HK Associates Inc is an award winning architecture firm made up of husband and wife team Kathy Hancox and Michael Kothke. Before forming HK Associates, Michael and Kathy followed largely independent but parallel career paths, with each making significant contributions to internationally recognized architecture firms in both Canada and the United States: Patkau Architects, Peter Cardew Architects, Acton Johnson Ostry, Lundberg Design, SOM, and Leddy Maytum Stacy.
An opportunity to work together with Rick Joy brought them to Tucson, AZ in 2003 where they fell in love with the desert, later establishing HK Associates. HK believes in the power of thoughtful design to enrich life, and views every project as an opportunity to create something meaningful. Striving for elegance and honesty in design, our creative approach is client and site specific, structuring spaces and moments that are timeless and contextual.
For us, architecture is a process of revealing that results in places that reveal.
An opportunity to work together with Rick Joy brought them to Tucson, AZ in 2003 where they fell in love with the desert, later establishing HK Associates. HK believes in the power of thoughtful design to enrich life, and views every project as an opportunity to create something meaningful. Striving for elegance and honesty in design, our creative approach is client and site specific, structuring spaces and moments that are timeless and contextual.
For us, architecture is a process of revealing that results in places that reveal.
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Emerging from the desert, Canyon House is equal parts landform and a mechanism for viewing.
Stoic on the exterior - but transcending an object in the landscape - Canyon House blurs the boundary between inside and out, imprinting the exterior environment onto the interior of the home: revealing life as a series of moments, vistas and reflections.
Sited to frame the Catalina Mountains to the north and the Tucson Mountains to the southwest, the over-riding intent was for the clients to live "in the view" - sensory immersion being the driving concept and effect of the architecture.
Stoic on the exterior - but transcending an object in the landscape - Canyon House blurs the boundary between inside and out, imprinting the exterior environment onto the interior of the home: revealing life as a series of moments, vistas and reflections.
Sited to frame the Catalina Mountains to the north and the Tucson Mountains to the southwest, the over-riding intent was for the clients to live "in the view" - sensory immersion being the driving concept and effect of the architecture.
Now or Never is a retail concept with a global focus on objects and accessories for modern life and the modern home.
Situated within the MSA Annex shipping-container enclave of Tucson's Mercado District, the design of this interior was inspired by the client's fashion and retail expertise, as well as by their attention to global and local design currents.
The industrial exterior of the shipping container that houses NON is balanced by a sense of informal interior domesticity.
A custom wood display system highlights and compliments the contents of the shop while also creating a subliminal composition that alludes to the NON graphic identity.
Situated within the MSA Annex shipping-container enclave of Tucson's Mercado District, the design of this interior was inspired by the client's fashion and retail expertise, as well as by their attention to global and local design currents.
The industrial exterior of the shipping container that houses NON is balanced by a sense of informal interior domesticity.
A custom wood display system highlights and compliments the contents of the shop while also creating a subliminal composition that alludes to the NON graphic identity.
Situated in a nondescript subdivision on Tucson's eastside, the Courtyards House is a desert minimalist reinvention of residential suburban inhabitation.
Conceived as a series of interlocking interior and exterior volumes, the living spaces of the home contain, or are contained by six individual courtyards.
Spatial boundaries are defined, yet fluid, with light, views and access flowing from one part of the home to the next.
Each courtyard is distinctly xeriscaped with southern Arizona specimens, providing moments of focus and release - foreground and middle ground lend themselves to background and the distant mountain views beyond.
Conceived as a series of interlocking interior and exterior volumes, the living spaces of the home contain, or are contained by six individual courtyards.
Spatial boundaries are defined, yet fluid, with light, views and access flowing from one part of the home to the next.
Each courtyard is distinctly xeriscaped with southern Arizona specimens, providing moments of focus and release - foreground and middle ground lend themselves to background and the distant mountain views beyond.
Salon Salon is a a fresh interpretation of the typology of a hair salon.
Situated within Tucson's Historic Train Depot (restored and renovated by Poster Frost Mirto in 2004), as much as the project is a retail space, it also aspires to connect, in the spirit of an Enlightenment salon, as a social amenity within Tucson's downtown revival.
Boundaries are intentionally blurred between function and aesthetics, with the objective of promoting public interactions and conversations that transcend the private retail sphere.
Situated within Tucson's Historic Train Depot (restored and renovated by Poster Frost Mirto in 2004), as much as the project is a retail space, it also aspires to connect, in the spirit of an Enlightenment salon, as a social amenity within Tucson's downtown revival.
Boundaries are intentionally blurred between function and aesthetics, with the objective of promoting public interactions and conversations that transcend the private retail sphere.
Located in the foothills of the Santa Catalina mountain range, the Finger Rock residence is named for its view of one of Tucson's most prominent natural landmarks.
The concept and layout of the house are a direct response to its desert setting and panoramic views.
The Living Room, Kitchen and Dining Room occupy the second floor and are connected to terraces that offer vistas of the north, south and east horizons, while a narrow horizontal window on the west facade captures evening sunsets.
The Master and Guest Bedrooms, as well as a Gym and Office are located at ground level, offering intimate views and a direct connection to the desert floor.
The concept and layout of the house are a direct response to its desert setting and panoramic views.
The Living Room, Kitchen and Dining Room occupy the second floor and are connected to terraces that offer vistas of the north, south and east horizons, while a narrow horizontal window on the west facade captures evening sunsets.
The Master and Guest Bedrooms, as well as a Gym and Office are located at ground level, offering intimate views and a direct connection to the desert floor.
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