Industry Architecture Key people Dan Noble, CEO Number of employees 1,000 Number of locations 27 | Founder Harwood K. Smith Website HKS, Inc. Founded 1939 Type of business Private | |
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Services Architecture, Interiors, Graphics, Planning Subsidiaries HKS Hill Glazie Studio, HKS Architects Limited, HKS HADP Studio Profiles | ||
HKS, Inc. is an American international architecture firm headquartered in Dallas, Texas (USA). It was founded in 1939 by Harwood K. Smith.
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History
As of 2015, the firm employs more than 1000 people, making it one of the largest architectural firms in the United States and has completed services on structures valued in excess of $69 billion, with more than $12 billion of construction currently underway.
In 2014 HKS launched a year-long public campaign to commemorate the firm's 75th anniversary.
In 2012 HKS announced the acquisition of Miami-headquartered educational design firm HADP Architecture, Inc.
In 2011 HKS saw rapid expansion. In October HKS released an announcement it had acquired the interior design firm Maregatti Interiors LLC in Indianapolis. The HKS Science & Technology Practice was formed after the firm acquired Earl Walls Studios in San Diego, California. HKS also opened new locations in Chicago, Denver, New York, and New Delhi, India.
In 2010 HKS announced the formation of a nonprofit architectural research group, Center for Advanced Design and Evaluation or CADRE.
HKS has expanded its global presence, in 2008 opening offices in Abu Dhabi and São Paulo, Brazil and again in 2010 with an office in Shanghai, China.
In 2007, HKS expanded their hospitality architectural design services and also acquired the hospitality design firm Hill Glazier Architects, located in Palo Alto, California. The firm also opened offices in Miami, Nashville, Oklahoma City, and Chennai, India.
In 2006, HKS acquired the Stein-Cox Group and Trinity Design to have presences in Phoenix, Arizona and Detroit, Michigan, respectively.
In 2002, HKS expanded its international presence by opening HKS Arquitectos in Mexico City to serve its Latin American clients. HKS Architects Limited evolved out of the RyderHKS International firm and is based in London and focuses on healthcare, commercial, educational, hospitality and sports architecture in the United Kingdom and Europe.
Notable Projects
This list includes projects in which HKS collaborated with other architecture firms.