09/2024 - WASHINGTON, DC
HYL TO MERGE WITH PERKINS&WILL
HYL, an award-winning, woman-owned interior architecture and workplace strategy practice with built projects across the U.S., merged this month with the world’s second-largest architecture and design firm, Perkins&Will. The union reflects the firms’ shared commitment to designing high-performance, healthy workplaces that enhance people’s lives, and—more broadly—to promoting diversity in the design profession.
“This is an exciting time with so much opportunity ahead of us,” says Damon Sheppard, managing director of Perkins&Will’s Washington, D.C. studio. “Together, we’ll scale up our interior design practice to do even more inspiring work locally and nationally, and continue to provide outstanding service to more clients across more market sectors. We’re looking forward to welcoming the HYL team and working together to make a positive impact through great design.”
Founded in 2014 by CEO Catherine Heath, HYL has built a reputation for excellence in corporate office design and workplace strategy, particularly for law firms. Its portfolio includes the law office of Williams & Connolly in Washington, D.C. and the New York office of global investment firm Carlyle, among a spate of other projects across the U.S.
“We have been looking for a way to scale up our studio to serve our clients nationally and internationally. Joining Perkins&Will is a strategic move that will allow us to focus our time on design excellence and client service while also expanding our capabilities through complementary services. We love that Perkins&Will is a mission-based organization, and we’re aligned on values,” says Heath, who will take on the role of Northeast regional practice leader for workplace at Perkins&Will, focusing on building strategic relationships with law firms and corporate clients. “We’re excited to help grow Perkins&Will’s interiors practice and look forward to collaborating with colleagues across the country while expanding opportunities for growth for our team.”
04/2023 - NEW YORK, NY
HYL TAKES A BITE OUT OF THE BIG APPLE
HYL is growing!
We’ve been so successful with our recent New York projects that it only seemed natural that we should establish a permanent location in the City. With several New York projects on the boards and a couple others due to be completed by the end of this year, we have various opportunities that are keeping our teams in both New York City and Washington, DC humming along as “one firm.”
And as HYL grows, so have the responsibilities of our leadership team. Catherine Heath’s focus has shifted to a global oversight of the firm as our CEO. Whitney Loke has taken over the reins of Managing Principal. And the firm’s financial direction will now be under Valarie Young’s guidance as CFO. To lead the New York office, Catherine brought Sarah Gerber on board as she has many years of experience working in the City across various project types; she and Catherine share a connection that goes back to their days at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) which facilitated a smooth transition for the new location.
This expanded version of HYL will continue its design legacy (almost ten years strong!) across other areas of expertise in addition to across state lines. Along with our impressive experience with legal clients, we will also be engaging other sectors, including corporate, landlord, as well as financial. We’ve just begun to tap into the depth of our team’s thought leadership within the various workplace environs and are looking forward to ten more years of continued growth.
02/2023 - WASHINGTON, DC
TENANT EXPERIENCE TRANSFORMED
AT 1001 PENN AVE NW
HYL’s design team worked alongside Nuveen, Hines, and Cushman & Wakefield on this incredible trophy building project and were honored to have transformed the office and tenant experience at 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.
HYL highlighted the building's atrium space with a new conference center amenity hub. Our design team created an impressive two-story flexible multi-purpose room accompanied by adjacent small conference and lounge spaces. The interconnecting stair also promotes activity, mobility, and connectivity in the amenity hub. This new amenity hub is surrounded by a series of six speculative office suites of varying sizes, allowing the leasing team and potential tenants the flexibility to tailor the boundaries of the suites as needed.
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10/2022 - WASHINGTON, DC
HYL WINS THREE AWARDS AT
NAIOP DC | MD AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE
We are proud to announce that HYL Architecture has won three awards at the annual NAIOP DC | MD 2022 Awards of Excellence celebration for the design of Wiley and Skanska located in Washington, DC.
Awards of Excellence
Best of the Best: Interiors: Wiley (Winner)
Best Interiors over 75,000 SF: Wiley (Winner)
Best Interiors up to 10,000 SF: Skanska (Merit)
We would like to extend a special thank you to our talented design team, industry partners, ad clients for their hard work in bringing these phenomenal projects to life.
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04/2022 - WASHINGTON, DC
HYL NAMED BEST IN INDUSTRY
ARCHITECTURE FIRM
HYL Architecture is incredibly honored to have been named Best in Industry Architecture Firm by the Commercial Real Estate Brokerage Association (CREBA DC). Thank you CREBA for selecting our firm for this outstanding award and congratulations to all the winners this year!
04/2022 - WASHINGTON, DC
CARLYLE DC WINS IIDA MAC
PREMIERE DESIGN AWARDS
HYL Architecture's client, Carlyle, won the IIDA MAC Premiere Design Award for Corporate Interiors Over 100,000 SF for their offices in Washington, DC.
The phased in-place renovation of Carlyle’s existing office realigned their space to echo the values of the firm while expanding and consolidating offices. A central hub around a four-story interconnecting stair reflects their principles of transparency and collaboration.
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12/2021 - RESTON, VA
PERATON RELOCATING HEADQUARTERS
TO RESTON, VA
HYL Architecture is pleased to announce our client, Peraton, will be relocating its 100,000 SF headquarters from Herndon, VA to Reston, VA. Peraton is expected to move to its new headquarters at 1875 Explorer Street in Reston Town Center by September 2022. This national and regional hub will house Peraton’s corporate leadership along with major operations for three business sectors, its Mission Capability Innovation Center, and will provide both physical and virtual working environments for employees.
11/2021 - WASHINGTON, DC
ELIAS LAW GROUP ANNOUNCES MOVE TO CAPITOL CROSSING'S 250 MASS AVE.
HYL is excited to announce our client, Elias Law Group, has signed a lease at Capitol Crossing’s 250 Massachusetts Avenue NW. This will be the firm’s first office in Washington, DC and the HYL team is honored to support Marc Elias and his Partners on this new endeavor.
10/2021 - BETHESDA, MD
CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL
MOVES TO HEADQUARTERS IN BETHESDA
As seen in
Bisnow, Choice Hotels International will be relocating its headquarters from Rockville to a new 16-story office building in North Bethesda. HYL was hired in early-2020, and has been working closely with the Choice Hotels management team and Savills to select a highly visionary and innovative HQ. Base building modifications and extensive programming helped our client select this new building as they were able to tailor the design to their own use. Choice Hotels is planning to move into the new space by the end of 2023.
06/2021 - WASHINGTON, DC
HYL REIMAGINES POST COVID WORKPLACE DESIGN IN THEIR NEW LOCATION AT THE WESTORY
HYL is pleased to announce our upcoming move to the newly repositioned Westory building in DC. HYL is creating a ‘destination office’ that will be a model for the post COVID hybrid work environment, exemplifying many of the workplace strategies and best practices that HYL has been researching for the last year. The new office design will include numerous choices for working that are both open and enclosed, and will also include a number of features to enhance health and wellbeing.
09/2020 - WASHINGTON, DC
WOMEN BUSINESS ENTERPRISE (WBE) & WOMEN OWNED SMALL BUSINESS (WOSB)
HYL Architecture is pleased to announce we are now certified as a Women Business Enterprise (WBE) and Women Owned Small Business (WOSB) by the Women’s Business Enterprise Nation Council (WBENC), the nation’s largest third-party certifier of businesses owned and operated by women. We are very excited that these formal certifications will help our clients achieve their diversity goals for supplier relationships.
06/2020 - WASHINGTON, DC
CONFIDENTIAL NEW YORK LAW FIRM WINS IIDA MAC PREMIERE DESIGN AWARD
HYL's Confidential New York Law Firm client won the IIDA Mid-Atlantic Chapter Premiere Design Award for the "Corporate Over 100,000 SF" category.
The complete renovation of this International Law Firm’s New York office unified the practice areas onto contiguous floors. With a cohesive mid-century design language, the cutting-edge conference center showcases sweeping views of Midtown Manhattan. It also features more natural light, brighter modern finishes, and ergonomic furniture throughout the office.
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06/2020 - WASHINGTON, DC
WILEY LLP RELOCATES TO NEW HQ
AT 2050 M STREET NW
HYL Architecture is excited to partner with Wiley LLP on the design of their headquarters at 2050 M Street. The move to the newly-completed trophy building will allow the firm to align their office space with their recent re-brand “Wired Into Washington, Felt Across the World” including a prominent, ground floor reception area on the corner of M and 21st Streets NW. The relocation will support a collaborative, flexible and future-forward workplace. The relocation marks DC’s largest lease transaction so far in 2020. Click here for more information.
03/2020 - PHILADELPHIA, PA
MORGAN LEWIS WINS BEST REAL ESTATE DEAL OF THE YEAR
HYL is pleased to share that The Philadelphia Business Journal has awarded the lease deal for Morgan Lewis the 2020 Best Lease in the City. The deal formalizes the lease agreement for a new, full building office for Morgan Lewis at 2222 Market St. in Philadelphia.
As the interior architects for the project, HYL is proud of the critical role our team played in the multi-partner collaboration that led to this milestone. The building interior is currently in the design phase, with an expected move in first quarter of 2023. Click here for more information.
03/2020 - WASHINGTON, DC
WHITNEY LOKE FEATURED PANELIST ON BISNOW'S DC WATERFRONT & WHARF UPDATE
HYL Architecture's own Whitney Loke spoke on Bisnow's panel 'Southwest DC Surge - A Waterfront and Wharf Update'.
The panel focused on the impact that large office tenants - such as HYL clients Williams & Connolly LLP and Urban Institute - have and will make on development in Southwest. Urban Institute currently resides at 500 L'Enfant Plaza SW and Williams & Connolly will relocate to The Wharf in 2022.
For more information on this event,
CLICK HERE.
10/2019 - WASHINGTON, DC
TENANT LEASE FOR WILLIAMS & CONNOLLY LLP WINS NAIOP DC|MD AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
HYL is pleased to share that NAIOP DC | MD has awarded an Award of Excellence: Best Real Estate Transaction to the 15-year tenant lease with our client Williams & Connolly LLP.
We are proud of the critical role our team, led by Catherine Heath, Whitney Loke, and Rob Grabarz, played in collaborating with The Wharf’s development group to shape the upcoming Parcel 6 building to meet the law firm’s unique requirements. HYL is currently in the process of design for Williams & Connolly, with an expected move date of 2022. HYL has also been actively supporting the development of strategy and analyzing real estate options for Williams & Connolly since 2017.
HYL provides outstanding leadership in the legal market sector and valued
expertise in representing our clients’ interests through a comprehensive process of site selection, lease negotiation, and base building design modification.
08/2019 - NATIONWIDE
HYL MOVES UP ON INTERIOR DESIGN MAGAZINE'S RISING GIANTS LIST
HYL Architecture has moved up from #87 to #50 on the 2019 Interior Design Magazine's Rising Giants list. For more information on the Rising Giants,
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08/2019 - WASHINGTON, DC
HYL FEATURED IN WBJ'S LARGEST INTERIOR DESIGN FIRMS LIST
HYL Architecture was ranked #18 on Washington Business Journal's Largest Interior Design Firms in Greater DC 2019 list. For more information,
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05/2019 - WASHINGTON, DC
BATES WHITE WINS MERIT AWARD AT THE IIDA MAC PREMIERE DESIGN AWARDS
Bates White won the Merit Award for the 60,000 SF - 100,000 SF category at the 2019
IIDA MAC Premiere Design Awards. Bates White specializes in providing advanced economic, financial, and econometric analysis to law firms, companies, and government agencies.
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12/2018 - WASHINGTON, DC
WILLIAMS & CONNOLLY LLP SELECTS THE WHARF PHASE 2 DEVELOPMENT
As seen in the
Washington Business Journal, Williams & Connolly LLP has signed a lease at the Wharf for the next chapter of the firm’s future. HYL has been supporting the development of requirements and analyzing the real estate options for the firm over the past two years. Design will start in earnest in the spring of 2019.
05/2018 - NEW YORK, NY
WHITE & CASE NY WINS NYCxDESIGN AWARD
HYL Architecture in collaboration with HOK, is recognized with the NYCxDESIGN Award for the White & Case New York corporate office. The design of this 440,000 SF Law Firm encourages collaboration, mentoring, and networking among attorneys and legal professionals in a sophisticated, modern workplace.
10/2017 - WASHINGTON, DC
ARNOLD & PORTER DC AWARDED NAIOP DC|MD BEST OF INTERIORS
HYL Architecture has won Best of Interiors over 25,000 square feet for the Arnold & Porter Washington, DC Headquarters. The Best of Interiors Awards are presented for innovation in interior tenant programming and implementation of design in non-retail space.
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09/2017 - WASHINGTON, DC
CATHERINE HEATH WINS CREW DC ANNUAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Catherine Heath, Managing Principal with HYL, was honored with the CREW DC Annual Achievement Award last night. The Annual Achievement Award is designed to recognize those CREW DC members who have achieved success with a significant achievement/challenge in their individual career goals over the course of the past year.
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06/2017 - WASHINGTON, DC
ARNOLD & PORTER DC WINS AIA NOVA AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE
HYL Architecture won the AIA Northern Virginia Awards of Excellence for Commercial Interior Architecture for the Arnold & Porter Washington, DC Headquarters. The Awards of Excellence are presented for projects that exemplify the value of good design and innovation.
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