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Kenneth Drucker, FAIA is Senior Principal and the Design Director of HOK’s New York practice. Drucker is Chairman of the international firm’s Design Board and serves on the Board of Directors. Through his work and thoughtful design leadership, Drucker has served an integral role in steering the direction of HOK today. He is passionate about solving complex problems and weaving his work into the fabric of the city. Drucker believes that architecture must be sustainable while blending both art and science. “At HOK, the design of high performance buildings is our design aesthetic”.

Notable projects Drucker currently has on the boards include a 500,000 SF headquarters Building for LG Electronics in Englewood Cliffs, just north of the George Washington Bridge, which includes the latest in sustainable features, Canon’s 700,000 SF headquarters in Melville, Long Island, Master planning for New York Presbyterian’s two campuses (Cornell-Weill and Columbia) at 68th and 165th Streets, and Singapore’s Mission to the United Nations. Drucker is completing a 6 million SF Masterplan in Los Angeles for United Technologies/BGI of Boston and has 11 million SF of Mixed-Use projects currently in design and construction in the USA, Korea, Vietnam, India and Brazil.

Other notable projects in New York City include the Staten Island Ferry Terminal (St. George Station Intermodal Center), which integrates natural day lighting into the main waiting room, green roofs, displaced ventilation and a waterfront esplanade. Drucker has worked with both NY City and NY State on the redevelopment of Moynihan Station and Penn Station as well as achieving approval for the General Project Plan for the State’s expansion and modernization of the Javits Convention Center. Shortly after 9/11, Ken designed Tishman/Speyer’s 222 E. 41st Street and has worked with the NYC Economic Development Corporation to integrate the future Performing Arts Center at the WTC site. Drucker is also responsible for the design of Brooklyn BioBAT at the Brooklyn Marine Army Terminal.

Through a series of projects — Federal Courthouse in Tucson, Arizona, Winrock Headquarters in Little Rock, Harlem Hospital — Drucker’s work has been derived from the regional and environmental characteristics unique to each site. The Tucson Federal Courthouse and Office Building combines monumental outdoor space and outdoor civic space for the seasons, while the Winrock form is derived from a historic “dogtrot,” transformed by modern technology into shaded, rain-collecting and daylight-filled rooms. Harlem Hospital’s New Patient Pavilion integrates digital enlargements of landmarked murals into the facades. His new Center for Jewish Studies at Yeshiva University integrates the new building with the existing campus library while knitting the facades into the fabric of the adjoining residential community.

The Toronto Hospital, another Drucker-designed project, is located on the major governmental and institutional boulevard. Its patient court/atrium serves as a beacon for healing, while providing important daylighting to patient rooms and a healing garden for patients and visitors. The Wild Center in Tupper Lake, New York, is the first LEED-Silver museum in the State of New York. The Miriam Hospital in Rhode Island has become the focal point of a small working-class community in Northeast Providence.

Drucker received his M’ARCH in 1987 from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design and a B’ARCH in 1980 from Cornell University. In 2009, he became a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.

Drucker has served on New York’s AIA Chapter Board as VP for Design Excellence, he is published globally, teaches and has received AIA Honor Awards for his design of the St. George Ferry Terminal, Harlem Hospital and Winrock Headquarters. Drucker is involved with New York New Visions and speaks regularly on Sustainable Design and the integration of Biomimicry into his work.

Kenneth Drucker, FAIA is Senior Principal and the Design Director of HOK’s New York practice. Drucker is Chairman of the international firm’s Design Board and serves on the Board of Directors. Through his work and thoughtful design leadership, Drucker has served an integral role in steering the direction of HOK today. He is passionate about solving complex problems and weaving his work into the fabric of the city. Drucker believes that architecture must be sustainable while blending both art and science. “At HOK, the design of high performance buildings is our design aesthetic”.

Notable projects Drucker currently has on the boards include a 500,000 SF headquarters Building for LG Electronics in Englewood Cliffs, just north of the George Washington Bridge, which includes the latest in sustainable features, Canon’s 700,000 SF headquarters in Melville, Long Island, Master planning for New…

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