Paul Woolford

Paul Woolford is the Design Principal for HOK’s San Francisco studio and is responsible for some of the firm’s most environmentally innovative and imaginative buildings. He is a recognized industry leader, whose work has focused on being a design catalyst for helping people rethink the relationship between themselves and their environments. Paul has taught design at the University of California, Berkeley; Cornell University; and the Savannah College of Art & Design. He lectures around the world on environmental and design issues for organizations including AIA, USGBC, SCUP, MAAM, ULI and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. His signature design approach has garnered many prestigious awards, including National AIA Top Ten COTE Awards, National, Regional and Local AIA, IIDA & Planning Design Excellence Awards, has been widely published and exhibited at the Venice Biennale.