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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, workplaces across every industry are redefining what it means to perform their essential functions; Hord Coplan Macht is no different. Although architecture is a highly collaborative field, which traditionally has mandated in-person meetings, HCM has been exploring alternative methods of harnessing the…

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, workplaces across every industry are redefining what it means to perform their essential functions; Hord Coplan Macht is no different. Although architecture is a highly collaborative field, which traditionally has mandated in-person meetings, HCM has been exploring alternative methods of harnessing the…

Hord Coplan Macht announced today that CEO Lee Coplan, FAIA has been elevated to the American Institute of Architects (AIA) College of Fellows.  The fellowship program was developed to elevate those architects who have achieved a standard of excellence in the profession…

Hord Coplan Macht’s Baltimore Office is the first WELL Gold Certified, New and Existing Interiors, project in the state of Maryland. Hord Coplan Macht (HCM) announced today that their Baltimore office is the first WELL Gold Certified, New and Existing Interiors project…

Hord Coplan Macht is proud to have been named one of Interior Design Magazine's 2020 Top 100 Giants! This prominent list is compiled by ThinkLab, the research division of Interior Design Media. ThinkLab is dedicated to performing industry research and compiling it…

HCM's Scott Walters Named 2020 AIA Baltimore President Scott Walters, AIA, LEED AP is a Principal in the Hord Coplan Macht Education Studio. He has led HCM’s design team on multiple award-winning projects for universities and community colleges, as well as private…

iGen, or Generation Z, are known for their intuitive use of technology, multi-tasking skills, and their drive for independence - and they make up the majority of higher education students today. What does this mean for the way that we design educational…

Jim Albert, HCM Principal, was recently quoted as an expert on healthcare design in The Central Penn Business Journal. "Most hospitals were built 50 years ago and every five years they add a new wing; they become little mazes that are hard…

  Hord Coplan Macht (HCM) announces its selection as design team leaders for the new “Promise Project” at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center (GBMC) in Towson, Maryland. This new $65 million project is slated for completion in the summer of 2023. The…

Hord Coplan Macht (HCM) announces that founding partner Ed Hord, AIA will retire at the end of 2019. Hord, along with Lee Coplan and Carol Macht, founded Hord Coplan Macht in 1977. Since that time, the firm has grown to a nationally…

HCM is proud to be recognized as one of ARCHITECT Magazine’s “Biggest Movers in Percentage of Minority Designers” on staff. The printed list ranks the top ten firms with the largest percentage increase of minority designers, and HCM was number eight with…

Hord Coplan Macht understands the impact well-designed spaces have on communities. From our inception, we have made it a priority to improve our communities, not only through design, but also through service projects, fundraisers, and charitable giving initiatives. Every year, each of…

North Dorchester High School is among the new construction K-12 projects to be welcoming its first class of students this fall. This fall, more than 22,000 students across the country will return to elementary, middle and high schools with Hord Coplan Macht-designed…

The newly designed and constructed Aerospace Engineering Sciences (AES) Building on the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) campus opened this week, the result of an architectural collaboration between RATIO, design architect, and Hord Coplan Macht, the architect of record for the…

"Sustainable design in multifamily development has evolved from focusing heavily on the materiality of buildings to the promotion of healthy living practices." Hord Coplan Macht Housing + Mixed-Use Studio Leader Monica Robertson, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, CGP wrote about The Evolution of…

Hord Coplan Macht is proud to announce that the following team members have been promoted in recognition for their skills and leadership not only within the firm, but also the community. Congratulations to our team members on this achievement! Principal Heather Flannery…

Senior living communities in busy town center locations are an increasingly popular option for older Americans. These communities respond to the needs of that segment of the senior population who do not see themselves retiring to a traditional suburban campus, and who…

"To the residents of this county, this is like Christmas Eve." -Chris Hauge, Director of Facilities and Operations, Dorchester County Public Schools. A team of HCMers took a road trip to Hurlock, Maryland to tour the recently-completed North Dorchester High School (NDHS).…

Hord Coplan Macht (HCM) is pleased to welcome Zack Shankman as General Counsel.  As a member of the leadership team, Shankman will serve as a company-wide resource, advising on strategies and their implementation, assisting with complex business transactions, and overseeing the firm’s…

The Baltimore Business Journal's annual ranking of Baltimore-area architecture firms has been published and Hord Coplan Macht is, again, ranked #1!

Hord Coplan Macht is proud to stand with The American Institute of Architects (AIA) at the forefront of the school safety conversation. As Jenine Kotob, Assoc. AIA, an architectural designer in our DC Metro office, put it, "Security and designing beautiful spaces are…

Next-Gen learners are device driven students who expect technology that’s fully integrated into their learning environment. They also possess other generational attributes that affect how they interact, think and learn. Read our take on Designing for Gen Z, in our latest Whitepaper…

In 1968, civil rights leader Whitney Young addressed the national American Institute of Architects (AIA) convention, and at the time, only 2 percent of architects were black. Today, that sobering statistic is unchanged -- only 2 percent of licensed architects in the…

At Hord Coplan Macht, we don't just build buildings, we build communities. Across our offices and studios, we dedicate resources and time to a variety of causes close to our hearts and our communities throughout the year. We were thrilled to be…

Hord Coplan Macht is pleased to announce that it received a Merit Award from the Potomac Chapter of the American Society for Landscape Architects (ASLA).  Presented at the Potomac chapters' annual gala on May 16, the awards program recognizes projects that demonstrate…

Hord Coplan Macht was honored to be named the #1 Best Place to Work by the Baltimore Business Journal in the large company category. Read our nomination submission below, which, along with an office-wide survey sealed the deal for our top spot.…

From Federal Hill to Mount Vernon, from Alexandria to Oxon Hill, HCMers in our Baltimore and DC Metro offices ditched their cars in the name of Bike to Work Day. Bike to Work Day 2019 from Hord Coplan Macht on Vimeo.  …

From a vacant warehouse in the Mondawmin neighborhood of Baltimore to 73-unit mixed-income apartment community, HCM-designed New Shiloh Village transformed a contaminated site into a community. Today, the New Shiloh Village Apartments represents $22 million in new investment. Sixty-five of the apartments are…

The Hord Coplan Macht Cool Box is a place to get to know some of the people and personalities who are delivering great ideas and leading work for our clients. In the Cool Box today: Scott Walters, a Principal in our Baltimore…

Set in Alexandria, Virginia's picturesque Old Town, HCM-designed Gables Old Town North infuses a distinctly modern, yet accessible language into the historic neighborhood. The interpretation retains the rich materiality and strong human scale of the neighborhood while looking ahead to the future…

No matter what the details – be it a school, a senior living center, or a hospital – Hord Coplan Macht’s work affects those who learn, live, and work around it. That’s why we’re dedicated to involving those communities from the start.…

Four hours, 30 planters, and countless bags of mulch and compost later: our Baltimore office's U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) #GreenAppleServiceDay project at Baltimore City College has reached its next milestone! The project will serve as an outdoor classroom for students and HCMers have been supporting this…

Hord Coplan Macht is excited to have taken home four awards from this year's National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Awards Program for Two Light and Brightview Bethesda. Two Light The HCM-designed luxury rental building in Kansas City took home Best in Region (Central)…

We are thrilled to announce Hord Coplan Macht CEO Lee Coplan has been named as a Leader in Diversity by the Baltimore Business Journal! Although he is the public face for this award, Lee will be the first to point out that…

Hord Coplan Macht’s Brightview West End took top honors in this year’s Senior Housing News Awards in the Assisted Living Category. The annual awards program recognizes cutting-edge design, excellence and innovation in senior living. The urban-integrated, high-rise senior living community located in…

Geared up in hard hats and safety vests, high school and college students from across the Baltimore region, got a taste of the architect life through Hord Coplan Macht's bi-annual Architect for a Day program. Attendees toured HCM-designed 1110 Key Federal Hill,…

Laboratory design on higher education campuses has evolved significantly over the last decade. Gone are research laboratories hidden away from sight. Today’s labs are front and center and the pride of most institutions. Current laboratory design trends can be categorized into three…

Two Hord Coplan Macht projects topped the list in this year’s Senior Housing News Awards.  Brightview West End won the Assisted Living category and the renovation and expansion of the Town Center at Erickson Living, Oak Crest placed second in the Renovation/Repositioning…

Creative. Entrepreneurial. Responsible. A Top Place to Work. Hord Coplan Macht was named the #2 midsize employer in this year's Baltimore Sun Top Workplaces rankings! The annual publication ranks firms in the Baltimore-metro area based on an employee survey and a firm application…

"Chief Executive Officer Lee Coplan and his team pride themselves on hiring talented people, inspiring them with work that they love and building a team that becomes family. That’s why their work environment is so important — it is a place for…

HCM headed to Phoenix for the annual Healthcare Design Expo & Conference November 10-13. The team joined over 3200 industry professionals for four days of networking, knowledge-sharing and award-winning. Check our our two presentations for the conference, below: Jim Albert, AIA, ACHA,…

Hord Coplan Macht earned two awards in this year’s American Institute of Architects (AIA) Baltimore Excellence in Design competition. HCM’s commissioned design for a New Athletic Center at an area independent school won the Excellence in Design Award for Unbuilt Architecture. Receiving…

What's #trending in residential real estate design? The Baltimore Business Journal spoke to HCM Director of Design Chris Harvey to find out. See what Harvey's calling in, out and next: Pictured: 225 N Calvert, Union Wharf, Remington Row

The Hord Coplan Macht Cool Box is a place to get to know some of the people and personalities who are delivering great ideas and leading work for our clients. In the Cool Box today: Matthew Fitzsimmons, a Senior Associate in our…

The Hord Coplan Macht Cool Box is a place to get to know some of the people and personalities who are delivering great ideas and leading work for our clients. In the Cool Box today: Melanie Ray, an Architect in our Housing/Mixed-Use…

Hord Coplan Macht is proud to announce that the following team members have been promoted in recognition for their skills and leadership not only within the firm, but also throughout the community. Promoted to Principal: Kara Aylesworth, AIA Robyn Bartling, PLA, ASLA…

As a thought leader, research center, and educational program, the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing has outgrown its old building, both in size and use. The new $45 million combined renovation and addition will revolutionize not only the physical space the school…

This summer, like we do every year, HCM hosted interns in all of our offices.  We were lucky to have an incredible group of students who taught us almost as much as we taught them!  As part of our internship program, we…

When Green Street Academy, a Baltimore City Public Charter School, opened its doors in 2015, it marked itself as a place of innovation. The 130,000 gsf building is the second-largest LEED® Certified Platinum project in the world and offers unique programs like…

HORD COPLAN MACHT PROJECT WINS NATIONAL DESIGN AWARD The annual Healthcare Design Magazine design showcase recently honored Hord Coplan Macht’s Mid-Michigan Medical Center--New Cardiovascular Center as one of the best design projects of 2018. Earning Honorable Mention, the cardiovascular center will improve hospital…

Last year, Hord Coplan Macht launched its inaugural Day of Giving in honor of our 40th anniversary. This year, we carried on the tradition, donating a total of $17,685 distributed across ten charities in Baltimore, Denver, and Alexandria, the locations of HCM’s…

Hord Coplan Macht is pleased to announce that it was awarded the Presidential Award of Excellence by the Maryland Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) and a Merit Award for Historic Preservation by the Potomac Chapter of the ASLA. …

The Baltimore Business Journal annual ranking of Baltimore-area architecture firms has been published and Hord Coplan Macht is, again, ranked #1!   HCM was also ranked as the region’s 16th largest interior design firm.

Mercy Health Services came to Hord Coplan Macht with a challenge: to transform a former grocery store into an outpatient center that was consistent with the provider's signature superior service. Read about how HCM used branding and wayfinding to master the patient…

At Hord Coplan Macht, Every Day is Earth Day   While Earth Day is celebrated annually on April 22nd, we like to think that everyday is Earth Day at Hord Coplan Macht. As a firm that wholeheartedly believes that well-designed, sustainable, and…

Hord Coplan Macht is incredibly proud to announce that founding partner Carol Macht, RLA, FASLA has been honored by the Maryland Chapter-American Society of Landscape Architects with their lifetime achievement award of excellence. Presented at the organization's annual gala, the award was given in…

Hord Coplan Macht is excited to announce the establishment of the Hord Coplan Macht Scholarship Fund at Morgan State University. The $5,000 annual commitment, for a five-year term, will help offset educational costs for two students in the School of Architecture and…

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth is one of the most unique campuses in the United States.  Originally envisioned by world renowned architect, Paul Rudolph, the campus is based on the idea of an agora of learning with residential neighborhoods around it.  While…

Whether we’re creating or revamping the buildings in which people live, work, get healthy, or go to school, at its core, our job as designers is to improve communities and the lives of the people within them. Since our early days, Hord…

HCM is thrilled to partner with Morgan State University - School of Architecture + Planning as a recipient of a 2018 AIA Upjohn Research grant! Now in its 11th year, the Upjohn Research Initiative provides up to six research grants $15,000 to $30,000 each…

In order to succeed in today’s highly competitive environment, colleges and universities must provide a quality learning experience along with superior services. With an increasingly diverse student population, re-thinking the processes behind services, such as mail, and the intelligent application of new technologies, is key to improving the student and…

When it comes to healthcare, flooring is more than just a finish. As HCM Interior Designer Heather Flannery will tell you: the right flooring brings both form and function to a facility. Click here or the image below to read Heather’s article…

When designing the Bunting Endoscopy Center at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore, Md., Hord Coplan Macht challenged not only how the space worked, but also how hospital staff worked within it. From maximizing patient privacy and infection control to challenging workflow and…

Hord Coplan Macht’s Jamie Norwood, AIA, EDAC, LEED AP BD+C, and Heather Flannery, CID, IIDA, EDAC, spoke on  “Designing and Transitioning to a Private Room NICU: Making the Right Decisions” at the American Society of Healthcare Planning Design and Construction Summit. When MedStar Franklin…

Vertically integrated cardiovascular service lines can provide better coordinated patient care with improved outcomes.  Integrating a cardiovascular service line requires thoughtful redesign of a hospital's operational processes around the patient’s needs.  The service line model also requires investments in equipment and facilities…

Design Tools for Daylight is a comparative research analysis of the daylight tools available to designers using a case study of a recently completed school.  It will compare the school’s daylight results from calculations, architectural modeling, and energy modeling, to each other…

HCM and Trammell Crow Company broke ground mid-December on a new high-rise Class A residential mixed-use building named for it's location in Pittsburgh's Station Square. Sited on the banks of the Monongahela River across from the city's Central Business District, the design…

Hord Coplan Macht is pleased to announce that it was awarded the Presidential Award of Excellence by the Maryland Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA).  Presented at the organization’s annual gala, the awards program recognizes projects that demonstrate a…

Hord Coplan Macht is pleased to announce that it has received a “Merit Award" and had a project selected as a “Published Project” by the American Institute of Architects Design for Aging Knowledge Community.  Presented at the 2017 Leading Age Conference in…

Hord Coplan Macht is honored to announce that its McHenry Row II project received a Merit Award from the Potomac Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects.  Presented at the organization’s annual gala, the awards program recognizes projects that demonstrate a…

We are  proud to announce that our Anthology DC project, designed for Jair Lynch Real Estate Partners, was awarded the grand prize in the “Best Mid-Rise Apartment Community” in the National Association of Home Builders Multifamily Pillars of the Industry Awards.  The project was also named…

Plans to complete a 20-story office building with Merritt Properties hit a new milestone mid-February with a preliminary approval issued by the Urban Design and Architectural Review Panel (UDARP). The $1 billion, 200,000 sf project will sit along the waterfront east of…

With all eyes on PyeongChang, South Korea for the 2018 Winter Olympics, we got to thinking about our own next generation Olympic-level talent here at Hord Coplan Macht. We truly believe that our people are what set us apart and that it’s…

The Hord Coplan Macht Cool Box is a place to get to know some of the people and personalities who are delivering great ideas and leading work for our clients. In the Cool Box today: Jordan Billingsley, BIM Coordinator. Did you have…

A large part of what makes Hord Coplan Macht so unique is our diverse array of strengths. From Healthcare to Education, Landscape to Interior Design, our multi-studio approach provides a diversity in expertise that allows us to see the big picture and…

At Hord Coplan Macht, we believe that every school project provides an opportunity to support and enhance the learning that happens within the facility. While it is common in the industry to look for ways that allow the finished building to function…

Hord Coplan Macht is seeing school environments reinvigorated by adaptable learning spaces, outdoor connections and makerspace innovation hubs. At the center of this transformation is the conversion of today’s school library into tomorrow’s learning commons.  As demonstrated in our collection of case…

The latest addition to the Brightview family began construction in Downtown Bethesda, Maryland early February 2018. Brightview Bethesda is an innovative high-rise senior living community received a Merit Award from the Design for Aging Knowledge Community in 2017. Read more about the…

Hord Coplan Macht is pleased to announce that it was presented the WaveMaker award from ULI Baltimore for its design of the City Arts 2 apartment complex. This honor, given at the annual conference of the same name, recognizes visionary direction and…

  Hord Coplan Macht is providing design services for Crescent Communities in the historic district of Deep Ellum in Dallas, Texas. The project capitalizes on the unique history, dynamic culture, current development patterns and rich existing fabric of Deep Ellum. Imbibed with…

The purpose of this study by James Determan, FAIA and a team of contributors is to examine to what extent the physical learning space design contributes to enhanced learning outcomes in an undergraduate, active learning class of ethnically diverse students. The study, completed…

Hord Coplan Macht Principal Glen Tipton, FAIA recently spoke at the Leading Age 2016 Annual Meeting.  His presentation, Strategies to Appeal to a Changing Market also included speakers Karen Adams, Vice President, GSI Research & Consulting, Grass Valley, CA and Andrew Morgan, Director of…

Hord Coplan Macht Principal Rick Abbott, AIA, EDAC recently spoke with Mercy Medical Center’s Helen Leek on “Finding Room for the Physician’s Office in the Integrated Outpatient Center” at the HealthCare Design Expo & Conference in Houston, TX. Session Overview: The current trend in outpatient…

Building Design + Construction has published their annual rankings report and once again, Hord Coplan Macht was ranked among the top national design firms. Top Architecture Firm — #19 Top University Sector Architecture Firms — #22 Top Multifamily Sector Architecture Firms — #6…

In celebration of the firm’s 40th anniversary, Hord Coplan Macht launched its Inaugural Day of Giving. On June 30,  2017, every HCM team member was given the opportunity to donate, through their paychecks, to one of a number of local charities. In…

Preliminary designs for HCM's latest project in the historic Fells Point neighborhood of Baltimore received approval mid-December, 2017. The Elm Street Development proposed the conversion of an existing warehouse into 275 apartments, 25 townhomes and potential amenity or retail space. Read the…