30-acre project with rowhomes, apartments, planned for waterfront
July 8, 2019
CURBED PHILADELPHIA–Nearly 1,100 new homes, including apartments and rowhouses, are coming to a currently vacant 30-acre site on the Delaware River. The project, which just…
Hickok Cole joins the Institute for Health in the Built Environment
April 30, 2019
WASHINGTON DC – In March 2019 Hickok Cole officially joined a research consortium headquartered at the University of Oregon called the Institute for Health in…
Spy Museum will go beyond espionage at its new home in L’Enfant
April 1, 2019
WASHINGTON BUSINESS JOURNAL–The name isn’t changing, but when International Spy Museum opens in its shiny new home in May, it’s going to be about a lot…
The work of reducing carbon emissions from buildings has begun.
March 22, 2019
VOX–The Green New Deal aims to get buildings off fossil fuels. These 6 places have already started. The nation’s capitol has taken some incredibly ambitious…
DC’s mayor signed an ambitious clean energy law at American Geophysical Union headquarters
January 22, 2019
GREATER GREATER WASHINGTON–DC Mayor Muriel Bowser signed the most ambitious clean energy law in the nation on Friday. It requires all of DC’s electricity to…
Our Branding team wins a Merit Award in the HOW International Design Awards for Indigo Asset Services, LLC’s new identity package
January 4, 2019
Featuring subtle details and the perfect indigo blue, Indigo Asset Services, LLC‘s new identity package wins a Merit Award in the HOW International Design Awards.…
Ward 8 Is Finally Getting A Second Supermarket
January 3, 2019
DCIST — Mayor Bowser starts her second term with the groundbreaking at Good Food Markets. Anchoring our South Capitol Apartments development, this local grocer will…
New year marks a new era for the International Spy Museum
December 31, 2018
WASHINGTON BUSINESS JOURNAL — Espionage aficionados might want to stop by the International Spy Museum in Penn Quarter, which will host its final round of…
RVA Director Jessica Zullo talks coworking on Virginia This Morning
December 19, 2018
CBS6 — Our RVA Director Jessica Zullo and Campfire & Co.’s Lauren Stewart join Richmond Magazine on Virginia This Morning to talk coworking and the…
New DDOT headquarters at 250 M Street
December 5, 2018
WASHINGTON BUSINESS JOURNAL — The District closes in on a deal for a new District Department of Transportation (DDOT) headquarters at our 250 M Street project…
WeWork expands relationship with Meridian to a second D.C. property
December 4, 2018
WASHINGTON BUSINESS JOURNAL — WeWork has inked yet another deal with The Meridian Group, this time near Mount Vernon Square, fresh off a joint venture it…
Design That Unites
December 3, 2018
RICHMOND MAGAZINE — Local design firms Hickok Cole and Campfire & Co. partnered to bring the contemporary interior to life, giving workers places for both private work and for collaboration.
Timber Towers featured on ArchDaily
November 28, 2018
Timber Towers featured among ArchDaily‘s list of projects redefining what’s possible when it comes to building with wood in America.
UrbanTurf announces the groundbreaking of our new project at 2009 8th Street NW
November 20, 2018
Jefferson Apartment Group announced that construction had begun at 2009 8th Street NW (map). The by-right development will deliver a 70 foot-tall building with penthouse, containing 132…
Case Study in Net Zero Energy: AGU’s Renovated HQ
November 15, 2018
What happens when a real estate project is driven by an organization of scientists that wants to benefit science, the environment and humanity? Is it possible…
The Search For Amazon HQ2 Is Over. Now Comes The Hard Part.
November 13, 2018
After 14 months in pursuit of Amazon’s massive campus and nearly $3B in economic incentives, city and state officials in the winning cities are now faced…
Plaza West: D.C.’s First Apartment Building For Grandfamilies
November 8, 2018
Plaza West is where the families they left behind pick up the pieces and arrange them into something new: grandfamilies. The building looks like any other…
How The Wharf Represents The Future Of D.C.’s Architecture
November 1, 2018
BISNOW – Beyond the new styles of developments that are coming, the future of architecture will also feature new methods for constructing projects that can make them less labor-intensive without sacrificing quality, Senior…
‘Glass Box Fatigue’: How Architects Are Flipping The Script On D.C. Office Buildings
October 18, 2018
BISNOW –D.C. developers have spent years churning out homogeneous office buildings, maximizing the height under the city’s zoning limit and creating all-glass exteriors to bring in light, but…
Altaire, branded by our Branding team, taps into demand for high-end rentals in Crystal City
October 17, 2018
WASHINGTON BUSINESS JOURNAL – More than 30 percent of the project’s units have already been leased.
New name and renderings revealed in advance of this month’s groundbreaking at 1555 Wilson Blvd
October 9, 2018
WASHINGTON BUSINESS JOURNAL – Penzance is out with new renderings of its western Rosslyn makeover.
Get the first look at our new apartments at the historic Scottish Rite site in Dupont Circle
URBANTURF — This spring, UrbanTurf reported on plans in the works for a residential building on the Masonic Temple-owned lot at 15th Street and S…
Born from circumstance and built on loss, ‘grandfamilies’ get their own building in D.C. designed by Hickok Cole
October 6, 2018
THE WASHINGTON POST – There are many ways to describe Plaza West, a newly constructed building in Northwest Washington designed specifically for grandparents raising grandchildren: a long-held…
2018 NAIOP DC|MD Awards of Excellence
October 4, 2018
F1RST Residences wins TWO Awards of Merit for Best Multi-Family Project and Best Amenity Space at the 2018 NAIOP DC|MD Awards of Excellence
Our Reunion Square project poised to become first TIF supported project in Ward 8
October 2, 2018
BISNOW – Mayor Muriel Bowser introduced two pieces of legislation Monday to provide tax increment financing packages for the Reunion Square development in Anacostia and the…
Apple signed a lease for a full floor at Anthem Row (700 K St. NW)
September 28, 2018
BISNOW – Trillion-dollar technology giant Apple is establishing an office presence across the street from the new flagship D.C. store it is preparing to open in…
Scheduled for completion next year, the new International Spy Museum at L’Enfant Plaza claims its place on DC’s list of landmark buildings.
September 19, 2018
THE WASHINGTON TIMES – The wedge of glass and red steel sticking out of the landscape of Brutalist architecture at L’Enfant Plaza is full of secrets,…
Senior Principal Yolanda Cole tackles affordability, the missing middle — and mass timber
September 13, 2018
THE WASHINGTON BUSINESS JOURNAL — Editor-in-Chief Doug Fruehling sits down with the Hickok Cole senior principal and ULI Washington district chair for an in-depth interview on…
D.C.’s First Apartment Building For ‘Grandfamilies’ Opens In Mount Vernon Triangle
BISNOW – Seniors raising their grandchildren in D.C. who cannot afford market-rate housing now have a new option available to them. The 50 “grandfamily” units are designed for grandparents…
F1RST Residences highlighted in Architecture DC
September 4, 2018
AIA|DC highlights F1RST Residences among mixed-used developments impacting the city in their latest issue of ArchitectureDC
Hickok Cole’s Marketing Department wins SMPS Marketing Communications Award
August 24, 2018
Thanks to SMPS—Society for Marketing Professional Services for recognizing Art Night 2017 with an Award of Excellence at this year’s Marketing Communications Awards.
How can we give a space that is inspiring, collaborative and visionary to our employees?
August 21, 2018
RICHMOND MAGAZINE – Over the past 16 years, Richmond-based Dominion Payroll has grown from a two-man operation in a 600-square-foot office to 80 employees working out of offices…
Accentuating apartment spaces
August 17, 2018
WASHINGTON BLADE – NoMa’s The Belgard, designed by Hickok Cole, has moved the goalposts for luxury living with thoughtful amenities meant to serve as an extension of…
American Geophysical Union will be the first renovated commercial building in the capital to be Net Zero
August 16, 2018
WASHINGTON DC – When the American Geophysical Union decided to renovate its headquarters, it saw an opportunity not only to upgrade its aging systems and reconfigure…
Mike Hickok weighs in on Amazon HQ2
August 3, 2018
WASHINGTON BUSINESS JOURNAL – “It will neither solve our problems or make them worse. As big an powerful as Amazon is, it will NOT overwhelm…
Architects Hickok and Cole on NPR HQ, International Spy Museum and Their Partnership
August 1, 2018
WASHINGTON DC – Michael Hickok came to Washington, D.C. in 1981 to lead an outpost of Boston-based architecture firm ADD. In three decades on the D.C.…
Hickok Cole wins Wood Innovations grant
July 9, 2018
WASHINGTON DC – Hickok Cole is proud to announce that it has been awarded a 2018 USDA Forest Service Wood Innovations grant to study the…
D.C. Architects Envision Timber Skyscraper for Philly
May 11, 2018
CURBED PHILADELPHIA — If the Philly skyline brings to mind one thing, it’s glass—and lots of it. From the Comcast Center to the two Liberty Palaces, many of…
D.C. Architects Want to Build a Timber Skyscraper in Philadelphia
PHILLY VOICE — “When you think of a skyscraper, you’re usually dealing with steel or concrete,” said Sean McTaggart, project architect at Hickok Cole. “The…
Hickok Cole Demonstrates the Viability of Mass Timber High-Rise in the US
March 22, 2018
DESIGNBOOM — Skyscrapers are iconic signifiers of innovation and prosperity in the United States, and yet the extraction of the building materials for steel and concrete has been…
Mayor Bowser Announces $4.7 Million Investment in Kingman and Heritage Islands
January 31, 2018
DC DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT — The Mayor directed the DC Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) to designate portions of both islands as…
Making room for Millennial families
January 30, 2018
DC POLICY CENTER — Will Millennials stay in the District when they start a family? D.C. policymakers have been fighting for decades to get young people…
Former Dupont Circle YMCA breaks down walls, plans for glassy office building
January 26, 2018
CURBED Washington DC — Progress continues on the conversion of a former YMCA building at 1711 Rhode Island Avenue NW (now known as 1701 Rhode…
Sustainability-Minded Non-Profits Work to Upgrade Their Buildings to Net-Zero Energy
January 25, 2018
The concept of net-zero energy building is ambitious. It also represents the very essence of sustainability. To truly live sustainably is to operate within the…
Gather brings coworking trend to Short Pump
January 23, 2018
Gather opened Jan. 15 at 2400 Old Brick Road in West Broad Village. It’s the company’s third location, joining spots downtown and in Scott’s Addition…
An urban game plan after Discovery’s departure
January 16, 2018
THE WASHINGTON POST — With the storm brewing over the departure of Discovery Communications from Silver Spring, it’s time for the region to take action…
DC Water Tries to Lower Customers’ Bills by Marketing Inventions
December 29, 2017
What do an average looking water fountain, a giant hole in the ground, and a truck full of what used to be poop all have…
At Kingman Island, Plans For A Nature Center, Floating Lab
December 27, 2017
Since 2016, the Department of Energy and Environment has studied possibilities for expanding environmental education at Washington, D.C.’s Kingman and Heritage Islands, also known as…
Are Alleys the New Frontier for D.C.’s Housing Market?
December 15, 2017
THE WASHINGTON POST — From the very inception of Washington, alleys have crisscrossed the city’s blocks, invisible passageways etched deep into the urban core. Over the…
Plaza West Development Moving Along
Currently under construction in the Mount Vernon Triangle neighborhood of Northwest Washington, D.C., Plaza West is an innovative development that will provide 223 affordable apartments…
Israeli Co-Working Company Picks D.C. for One of First 2 U.S. Locations
December 14, 2017
BISNOW — A Tel Aviv-based co-working company with locations throughout Europe is launching its U.S. expansion, and it has selected D.C. as one of its first two American…
How Penzance’s West Rosslyn Development Will Transform a Key Section of the R-B Corridor
December 7, 2017
BISNOW — In the next six months, Penzance will break ground on a development that will bring three 240-foot-plus towers, 900 residential units and other…
The Best Things To Do in Richmond, Virginia
December 4, 2017
CNN — What’s better than the delicious Alpine-inspired food at Brenner Pass in Scott’s Addition? Seeing it, and our similarly-inspired design, mentioned in CNN Travel’s best…
Ad Agency NDP Moves into Renovated Space in Scott’s Addition
November 30, 2017
RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH — Today marks the grand opening of ndp agency’s new 15,900-SF office in Scott’s Addition. Congrats to NDP and our RVA team on this…
AGU Building Renovation Update Video
November 21, 2017
Nothing’s more exciting than seeing our designs come to life. Follow along with American Geophysical Union as they transform their DC headquarters into the District’s…
An island that could unite D.C. lies in the middle of the river that divides it
October 16, 2017
THE WASHINGTON POST — The Anacostia River has long divided the District of Columbia. In 1791, Pierre L’Enfant designed the “City of Washington” on only the west side…
The Wharf in photos: How the $2.5 billion Waterfront development looks ahead of its opening
October 12, 2017
BISNOW — Developers, architects, city officials and residents have been imagining how a major mixed-use development could change the appearance of D.C.’s Southwest Waterfront. But now, with The Wharf’s grand…
Inside The Wharf’s apartment buildings, less than a month from the grand opening
September 15, 2017
BISNOW — The Southwest Waterfront is bustling with construction workers as The Wharf prepares for its Oct. 12 grand opening. But before the celebration, residents will begin moving…
Kingman & Heritage Islands Planning & Feasibility Study
September 5, 2017
DC DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT — Led by DOEE, Hickok Cole Architects and partners have developed this draft proposal that presents a vision for enhancing the…
This new building includes parts of three old buildings
August 29, 2017
GREATER GREATER WASHINGTON — As DC grows, new buildings are often required to incorporate historic structures. That’s easier said than done, but the results can…
Gather’s third co-working space to open in West Broad Village
August 23, 2017
RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH — “The nature of work is changing; people are spending less time in formal offices, adapting to flexible work hours and expecting access…
455 Eye Welcomes its First Residents
June 20, 2017
WASHINGTON BUSINESS JOURNAL — Two dilapidated townhouses and a circa-1912 warehouse do not naturally add up to a modern, amenity-filled District apartment building. They do…
4 Ways Co-Working Spaces Inspire Innovation and Collaboration
June 9, 2017
ENTREPRENEUR MAGAZINE — Director of Hickok Cole’s Richmond studio, Jessica Zullo, extols the usefulness of co-working spaces for networking, client engagement, and making connections between…
Corporate Philanthropists
November 21, 2016
WASHINGTON BUSINESS JOURNAL — Hickok Cole Architects ranked sixth on the Washington Business Journal’s list of corporate philanthropists. The company earned the spot based on…
Art Infusion
November 18, 2016
WASHINGTON BUSINESS JOURNAL — Art Night 2016, a fundraiser between Hickok Cole Architects and Washington Project for the Arts to support artists, was held Nov.…
Spy Museum Bridges Gap Between Mall, Wharf
September 23, 2016
WASHINGTON BUSINESS JOURNAL — There are few parts of the District that scream federal enclave as loudly as the Brutalist concrete void that is L’Enfant…