The AIA awards this distinction to lower than three % of its members in recognition of their distinctive work and contributions to the sector of structure nationally.
Paul Woolford, FAIA, IIDA, LEED AP BD+C, a senior vice chairman and design principal in HOK’s San Francisco and Seattle workplaces, has been elevated to the American Institute of Architects (AIA) prestigious Faculty of Fellows.
Woolford’s distinctive design imaginative and prescient integrates constructed constructions with nature to create holistic environments targeted on sustainability, human well being and well-being. His work has earned quite a few accolades, together with three AIA COTE High Ten Awards and constant LEED Platinum certifications.
“Paul is a remarkably proficient and passionate architect dedicated to designing revolutionary, sustainable and people-centered buildings,” mentioned Eli Hoisington, HOK’s co-CEO. “His elevation to the AIA’s Faculty of Fellows is a testomony to his management, design excellence and affect on the occupation. Beneath Paul’s steering, our San Francisco studio has been acknowledged as AIA California’s Agency of the 12 months and his designers have gained dozens of regional and nationwide design awards.”
Stanford College of Drugs Middle for Tutorial Drugs
Woolford has served on HOK’s board of administrators and design board for the previous 20 years. His initiatives are identified for components that promote sustainability and a reference to nature. Examples embrace Stanford College of Drugs’s Middle for Tutorial Drugs, which includes biophilic components and restorative out of doors areas, and the NOAA Daniel Ok. Inouye Regional Middle in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, a design utilizing bioinspired air flow methods. Different notable initiatives underneath Woolford’s route embrace the Central & Wolfe Campus in Sunnyvale, California, Ng Teng Fong Hospital in Singapore, the Library interiors for King Abdullah College of Science and Expertise (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia, the tenth and O Road State Workplace Constructing in Sacramento and the Georgia State Archives.
Central & Wolfe Campus
Woolford is an influential determine in architectural schooling. He has taught on the College of California, Berkeley, Cornell College and the Savannah Faculty of Artwork and Design, and often serves as a lecturer, juror and design critic.
Past his professional contributions, Woolford has been an engaged member and chief of organizations just like the City Land Institute, San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, the YMCA of SF and Opera Parallèle. He has served as a longtime board member of the San Francisco Bay Space Planning and City Analysis Affiliation (SPUR), specializing in city planning within the Bay Space, and as president and board member of the Golden Gate Chapter of Lambda Alpha Worldwide. Demonstrating his dedication to public service, Woolford has contributed his time and experience to the Fulton County Library Fee, the Atlanta City Design Fee, the San Francisco Arts Fee and the San Francisco Public Works Fee.
Nationwide Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Daniel Ok. Inouye Regional Middle
