5.8.08 | Chicago, IL | HOK Chicago added Meghan Wunderlich to its staff as Director of Business Development. Ms. Wunderlich will handle marketing and new business development. Prior to joining HOK Chicago, Ms. Wunderlich was Manager of Architecture and Design Partnerships at Business Office Systems in Chicago

5.8.08 | Seattle, WA | Josh Khanna joined the Seattle office of IA Interior Architects as Project Manager. Ms. Khanna has over 13 years of experience in Corporate, Financial, and Entertainment design. She joins IA from Wolcott Architecture | Interiors in Los Angeles, where she also served as Project Manager.

5.7.08 | New York, NY | Bond., a new multi-disciplinary design studio, will debut on Saturday, May 17 during ICFF, at the Pomegranate Gallery, 133 Greene Street, NYC, from 6:00 PM to 9:30 PM. The studio’s launch event, Bond..,will feature an exhibition of provocative and conceptual work from Director of Design/Founder Joe Doucet, and projects from his team of international designers.

5.7.08 | Chicago, IL | Richard Smith will lead HOK Chicago as the Director of the Science and Technology practice. With more than 20 years of professional experience, Mr. Smith will oversee HOK Chicago's major university and college, healthcare, science and research building projects.  Prior to joining HOK Chicago, Mr. Smith was a principal with Loebl Schlossman & Hackl's Higher Education Group, where he managed a variety of institutional and commercial building projects. 

5.7.08 | Ann Arbor, MI | Monica Ponce de Leon, professor of architecture and director of the Digital Lab at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, was named dean of the A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan, effective September 1, 2008, pending full board approval. Ms. Ponce de Leon also is a principal in Office dA, a design practice she launched with Nader Tehrani in Boston. 

5.7.08 | San Diego, CA | Architectural Concepts, Inc. (ACI) a hospitality-oriented architectural and interior design firm was honored with two awards by the American Resort Development Association (ARDA). The ARDY for Resort Architecture and Interior Design (Refurbishment) was given to ACI for Raintree Vacation Club's Club Regina (Los Cabos and Cancun) for creating a proprietary Art Program drawing on original artwork by emerging artists from Mexico who paint, sculpt and create metal art. ACI also received the ACE Community Service Award for its Lemon Drop3 Party, benefiting San Diego Habitat for Humanity. 

5.6.08 | Berkeley, CA | Otto Williams and Jess Sorel, formerly with Metro Brand for Steelcase, launched a new design studio, WilliamsSorel in 2007. The California-based design studio works across a wide variety of disciplines including furniture, product and environments. WilliamsSorels will showcase its most recent work for Steelcase Premium Group at NeoCon, June 9-11 at the Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL.