HKS

HKS provides architecture, interiors, and planning for a range of buildings and communities. Its practice combines research and an understanding of human needs with design teams serving projects in the United States and other markets. The relationship between program, layout, and context is central when considering services of this kind: spatial decisions need to respond to planned activities, site characteristics, and the needs of people using the facilities.

The firm publishes specialties in healthcare, sports, hospitality, education, aviation, and mission-critical buildings. Structural engineering, landscape, and sustainable design also form part of an offering linking spatial decisions with technical considerations during project development. Reviewing references by program and context helps identify which aspects of the practice can respond to the priorities of a particular assignment and its intended users.

Reviewing the portfolio offers a starting point for connecting references with the needs of an assignment. Before establishing scope, it is useful to describe users, proposed spaces, and property constraints, distinguishing conceptual decisions from later stages of documentation and the technical coordination required for delivery.