PRACTICE
Our Mission
To design high performing environments that prioritize wellness, making the workplace an exciting and inspiring place for our clients to learn, grow and build their future.
HYL designs work environments that help individuals succeed and organizations soar. Our focus is on creating destination workplaces and renovations to the buildings in which they are located. Our expertise in the operational and cultural issues that drive real estate decisions for corporate, and professional services clients is sought after by tenants, property owners and their representatives in numerous geographical markets.
The HYL culture is exciting, collegial, and collaborative. Diversity is at our core – we celebrate individual contributions to project excellence and support people holistically with mentorship, awesome perks and a progressive work culture. We hire top talent and provide training and experience that boosts our team well beyond the skillset of their industry peers. We all thrive together by valuing our client’s goals and embracing them as our own, truly immersing ourselves in the joy of innovation.
HYL is bold and accomplished, producing consistently superior results that add tremendous value, benefitting our clients. No project, location or issue is too challenging for this team to tackle. Our portfolio includes some of the most impactful and significant projects in major cities across the US. With offices in Washington DC and New York City, we are respected and ranked nationally as one of the top firms in our industry.
We are your
workplace experts.
Our team has designed non profits, associations, and professional services organizations with a broad range of strategies and aesthetics.
We cultivate creativity.
We begin each project with no preconceived outcomes. Our holistic, detailed and multi-disciplinary approach will tailor the process to your workplace culture and business goals.
We create
unique strategies.
Workplace trends inform our work, but do not dictate our solutions. We want your space to be uniquely you.
We speak your language.
We know how to build consensus and communicate decisions to your key decision makers..
We listen to you.
We are here to help you achieve your goals, not ours.
Our team will help you navigate the process to make your vision a reality.
Our Expertise
Corporate Offices
Corporate Headquarters
Law Firms
Associations
Foundations
Financial Services
Lobbying
Media / Public Relations / Technology
Speculative Office Suites / Co-working space
Building Repositioning / Renovation
Workplace Analysis & Strategy
Strategic Occupancy / Efficiency Analysis
Design Strategy Conceptualization
Macro & Micro Programming
Visioning / Goal Setting
Space Utilization
Space Standards Development & Mock-Ups
Test Fits
Stacking & Blocking
Concept Design
Full Service Interior Architectural Design
Furniture Selection & Specifications
Graphic Design
Branding
Project Management
LEED Certification Assistance
Pre & Post Occupancy Evaluation
Change Management
Base Building Advisory
Awards / Publications
AWARDS:
2023 CREW DC Awards / Winner, Project Excellence, Williams & Connolly, DC
2023 Interior Design Magazine Best of Year Award / Honoree, Best Commercial Cafeteria / Williams & Connolly, DC
2023 NYCxDESIGN Awards / Finalist, Best Corporate Office / Carlyle, NY
2022 NAIOP DC | MD Award of Excellence /
Winner, Best of the Best Interiors, Wiley, Washington, DC
2022 NAIOP DC | MD Award of Excellence /
Winner, Best Interiors over 75,000 SF, Wiley, Washington, DC
2022 NAIOP DC | MD Award of Excellence /
Winner, Best Interiors up to 10,000 SF, Skanska, Washington, DC
2022 CREW DC Awards /
Finalist, Project Excellence, Skanska, Washington, DC
2022 IIDA Mid Atlantic Chapter Premiere Design Awards
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Winner, Corporate Interiors Over 100,000 SF / Carlyle, DC
2022 Commercial Real Estate Brokerage Association (CREBA DC)
/ Winner, Best in Industry Architecture Firm
2021 NAIOP DC|MD Award of Excellence / Winner, Best Interiors Over 75,000 SF / Carlyle, DC
2020 Interior Design Magazine Best of Year Award / Finalist, Finance/Law Office / Confidential Law Firm, NY
2020 IIDA Mid Atlantic Chapter Premiere Design Awards / Winner, Corporate Office Over 100,000 SF / Confidential Law Firm, NY
2020 NYCxDESIGN Awards
/ Finalist, Best Corporate Office / Confidential Law Firm, NY
2019 IIDA Mid Atlantic Chapter Premiere Design Awards / Merit Award / Bates White, DC
2018 NYCxDESIGN Awards / Winner, Best Corporate Office / White & Case, NY
2018 CoreNet Global NYC / Commercial Interior Project of the Year / White & Case, NY
2017 CREW DC / Annual Achievement Award / Catherine Heath
2017 AIA NoVA / Award of Excellence in Commercial Interiors / Arnold & Porter, DC
2017 NAIOP DC | MD / Award of Merit, Best Interiors over 25,000 SF / Arnold & Porter, DC
PUBLICATIONS:
Summer 2023 / AIA|DC Architecture DC Magazine / "Making the Case - A Law Firm for the Post COVID Age"
April 2023 / Interior Design Magazine / Big Moves All Around - Williams & Connolly
March 2022 / IIDA /
Women Lead Design: Women's History Month 2022 Part 3 featuring Catherine Heath, HYL Architecture
June 2021 / IIDA
/ IIDA College of Fellows Announces 2021 Inductees featuring Catherine Heath, HYL Architecture
October 2020 / Interior Design Magazine
/ Women in Design featuring Catherine Heath, HYL Architecture
Summer 2020 / AIA|DC Architecture DC Magazine / "Stairway to Collaboration - A New Headquarters Helps Urban Institute Evolve Its Ways of Working"
December 2019 / Interior Design Magazine
/ “Best in Design” featuring Bates White and Buckley
January 2018 / Office Snapshots / "White & Case Offices"
December 2017 / Washingtonian Magazine / "The Spirit of the Renwick’s “Wonder” Exhibit Lives On at a Georgetown Law Firm"
October 2017 / Interior Design / "White & Case’s NYC Headquarters Is Calm, Cool, and Collected"
June 2017 / Above the Law / “White & Case Has Built The New ‘Modern’ Law Firm Office — And It’s Awesome”