Tributes paid to design and sustainability champion Lance Hosey, who has died at 56

2021-09-06T14:16:00-04:00

Tributes have been paid from the architecture and design community to design and sustainability champion Lance Hosey, who passed away on August 27th at age 56. Hosey was the Chief Impact Officer at HMC Architects, and an acclaimed author and public speaker. In 2015, Hosey became one of only 30 people to have been named as a Fellow of both the American Institute of Architects and the U.S Green Building Council.

Throughout his career, Hosey wrote two books and hundreds of essays on design innovation. During his time at HMC, who he joined in June 2020, he oversaw the firm’s design and sustainability ethos, leading strategies to improve the impact of the firm’s work, and mentoring young designers. Before his time at HMC, Hosey was a Director at William McDonough + Partners, a principal at Gensler, and a Chief Sustainability Officer at both RTKL Associates (now Callison RTKL) and Perkins Eastman.

Beyond his core roles in practice, Hosey contributed significantly to the design indust...

This could be the Los Angeles Convention Center of the (near) future

2015-06-25T13:42:00-04:00

On Tuesday, the City of Los Angeles announced that the team of Populous and HMC Architects had been selected to design the $350 million expansion of the Los Angeles Convention Center, beating out other proposals from teams lead by Gensler and AC Martin.

LA Mayor Eric Garceitti's office recently also released a set of renderings of the recommended new design by Populous & HMC Architects.

All images via Mayor Eric Garcetti's Facebook.

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Tributes paid to design and sustainability champion Lance Hosey, who has died at 56

This could be the Los Angeles Convention Center of the (near) future