News : HMC Architects

Initiative supports firm-wide commitment to environmentally neutral design and creates industry-wide benchmark for innovation
LOS ANGELES, Calif., February 3, 2011 — HMC Architects announced today the firm’s High-Performance Architecture Initiative which includes a building design process and commitment to share ongoing research publicly. Based on HMC’s dedication to environmentally neutral design, the...

PALM DESERT, Calif., November 22, 2010— It’s official. The Coeta and Donald Barker Foundation Nursing Complex at College of the Desert, designed by HMC Architects, has achieved LEED® Silver certification. This achievement affirms College of the Desert's commitment to environmental stewardship and becomes their first LEED-certified facility.

"It is great to work with a client like College of the Desert who is...

SAN DIEGO, Calif., November 17, 2010 — Rebecca Hathaway, RN, MSN and senior vice president of healthcare at HMC Architects, recently earned an evidence-based design accreditation and certification (EDAC) from The Center for Health Design. With this certification, Hathaway joins an elite group of professionals in the healthcare industry.

The accreditation tests individual knowledge and understanding of how to base...

$90 million learning facility slated to achieve LEED® Gold certification
LOS ANGELES, November 4, 2010— The design-build team of Bernards and HMC Architects has been awarded the contract for a $90 million construction technology building and parking structure at Los Angeles Trade Technical College. The project is anticipated to be completed and in operation by February 2014. 

The new construction technology...

Renovations of existing structures and a new ambulatory center to open by 2012
LOS ANGELES, Calif., November 2, 2010 — HMC Architects has designed two new buildings for the Los Angeles County Martin Luther King, Jr. Medical Center as part of a $360 million effort to reinvigorate the campus. The buildings are designed to improve operational efficiency while increasing positive patient outcomes.

The hospital—a...