featured press.
featured awards.
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Albert, Fred. “America’s Top Architects: Tucson’s HK Associates Breathes New Life Into a Midcentury Relic,” Forbes, June 20, 2026. Feature Cover Story on Casa Luce.
'Casa Luce' Featured in America ByDesign: Architecture, Season 6, Episode 8, CBS, 2026.
'Ventana House.' Featured in America ByDesign: Architecture, Season 6, Episode 5, CBS, 2026.
'Real House.' Featured in America ByDesign: Architecture, Season 6, Episode 3, CBS, 2026.
casita OBSCURA. Featured in Contemporary Living Yearbook 2027, ed. by Wim Pauwels. 9th ed. Contemporary Living series. Beta-Plus Publishing, 2026.
'lightHOUSE.' Featured in America ByDesign: Architecture, Season 5, Episode 10, CBS, 2026.
HK ASSOCIATES Featured as “Architecture Design Icons” and cover story in Sources for Design, no. 49, February 2026.
Bankier-Perry, André. ‘Real House: HK Associates.’ The Local Project, no. 19, November 2025: 222–227.
Hancox, Kathy. Recipient feature for the 2025 Chairman’s Award, produced by AIA Arizona. Vimeo video, 2025. https://vimeo.com/1137781222
Shawn Gilliam, ‘Reimagining Sense of Place: Materiality, Spatial Form, and Connections to Nature,’ Architect Magazine, November 25, 2025
Klingele, James. ‘2025 BCDA Merit: Real House.’ Builder Magazine, November 18, 2025. Builderonline.com.
Kelly Ryan Kegans, ‘Inside the Architect’s Window: A Closer Look at Where Vision Meets View,’ Architect Magazine, October 24, 2025
Gilliam, Shawn. “Reimagining Desert Modernism for a New Era.” ARCHITECT Magazine, June 30, 2025.
‘Most Inspired Desert Architecture, Best Architecture Category,’ ~ Cover ~ Sunset 2025 Western Home and Design Awards, June/July 2025: 29
Hancox, Kathy. ‘How design adapts to the Sonoran Desert.’ AIA Architect, March, 2025
ARCHITECT Staff. 2024. “Introducing the Winners of ARCHITECT’s 2024 Residential Architect Design Awards.” ARCHITECT Magazine, May 15, 2024.
Hancox, Kathy. Featured in “Future Focused,” produced by the American Institute of Architects. YouTube video, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6Gr8BqtDWg
“AIA Design Awards.” (Ventana House) Tucson Lifestyle Home & Garden, July 2023: 103-106
‘Ventana House, No. 5.’ Reader’s Choice Top 10 Most Popular Architecture Projects on Architizer in 2022’ Architzer, 2022
‘Ventana House: Top Readers Choice Architecture Project.’ Architzer, October 2022
‘Ventana House.’ ArchDaily, August 2021
Delp, Laurel. ‘Immersive Architecture.’ (Feature on HK ASSOCIATES INC) Western Art and Architecture, August/September 2021: 112-118
‘Courtyards House.’ Best of 20 Years of Archipendium, Archipendium 2020 Jubilee Edition (Berlin: Archimap), 2020
Bell, Jonathan. ‘Hard Rock.’ Wallpaper*, May 2020: 84-86
‘AIA AZ Design Awards 2019.’ (Now or Never) AZRE, Nov/Dec 2019: 40
‘AIA Home of the Year 2019.’ (Canyon House) Tucson Lifestyle Home & Garden, August 2019: 26-27
Carnery, Heather and Chevalier-McIntyre, Brittany. ‘Ground Breakers.’ Luxe Interiors + Design, Arizona Edition, May/June 2019: 96
‘In the Zone’ (Barrio Historico House) Enki Magazine, Feb 2019: 68-69
‘Un Office Disenado Dentro de una Pecera de Cristal.’ (lightHOUSE) Elle Decor Espana. September 2018
‘Reforma de Una Casa.’, Interiors Minimalista, September 2018
‘lightHOUSE.’ ArchDaily, August 2018,
‘Canyon House.’ ArchDaily, July 2018,
‘Barrio Historico House.’ archilovers, June 2018.
Basler, Alex. ‘Generations..’ (lightHOUSE) Territory Magazine, Issue No. 2 2018: 8-19
‘AIA Interior Architecture Home of the Year 2018.’ (lightHOUSE) Tucson Lifestyle Home & Garden, May 2018: 26-27
‘Barrio Historico House.’ The Hardt, February 2018,
‘Courtyards House.’ Archipendium 2018: 365 buildings | architects (Berlin: Archimap), 2017
Akkoush, Sarah. ‘How to Pick the Most Energy Efficient Windows and Doors.’ (Courtyards House) Dwell.com, November 2017
Courtyards House.’ ArchDaily, May 2017,
‘HK Associates.’ mauudhi, Issue 1, February 2017
‘Courtyards House, Editors Picks.’ Dwell.com, 2017
‘AIA Home of the Year 2016.’ (Courtyards House) Tucson Lifestyle Home & Garden, March 2017: 18-21
‘Lucernarios Luz Escultural.’ Arquitectura y Diseno, January 2016
Drummond, Gillian. ‘Salon Times Two.’ 3 Story Magazine, May 2015
Extreme Homes, Season 4 Episode 12, ‘Giant, Plastic, Surprise’, (Barrio Historico House) HGTV, 2015
Manos, Christina. ‘Salon Salon - A Downtown Meeting Place.’ Downtown Tucsonan, December 2014
‘Barrio Historico House,’ in Masterpieces: Courtyard Architecture + Design, ed. Baker, Lisa (Switzerland: Braun Publishing, 2014), 290-295
‘Barrio Historico House,’ in Masterpieces: Bungalow Architecture + Design, ed. Galindo, Michelle (Switzerland: Braun Publishing, 2014), 296-301
‘Grand Award’ (Barrio Historico House), Residential Architect, May/June 2013: 42-43
‘AIA Home of the Year 2012’ (Barrio Historico House), Tucson Lifestyle Home & Garden, September 2012: 18-19
‘Custom Home of the Year.’ by Bruce Snider (Barrio Historico House), Custom Home Magazine, May/June 2012: 12-15 (cover)
Labong, Leilani Marie. ‘Light Show.’ (Barrio Historico House), Luxe Interiors + Design, Arizona Edition, Winter 2012: 242-251
Annual Design Review ‘Live’ Citation Award (Barrio Historico House), Architect Magazine, December 2011: 90
Regan, Margaret. ‘The Built Environment - One goal of Architecture Week.’ (Barrio Historico House), Tucson Weekly, 29 September 2011
‘Barrio Historico House.’ ArchDaily, July 2011,
Ferreria, Brielle ‘Cinderella Story.’ (Finger Rock House), Luxe Interiors + Design, Arizona Edition, Summer 2009: 228-237 (cover)
‘Modern Majestic.’ (Finger Rock House), Tucson Lifestyle Home & Garden, March/April 2009: 58-59
Drummond, Gillian. ‘Homes' Designs Mix New Ideas, Old Standbys.’ (Finger RockHouse), Arizona Daily Star, March 15, 2009: 12
‘Roadtrips.’ (Pure Aesthetics), Jane Magazine, June/July 2007: 102
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Interior Architecture AWARD, American Institute of Architects, Casa Luce, 2026
Recognized with a national AIA Interior Architecture Award, Casa Luce demonstrates how the thoughtful transformation of an existing home can create new relationships between architecture, landscape, and daily life. The design reveals how material, proportion, and light can redefine the experience of an existing building while honoring its architectural legacy. Through acts of revelation, Casa Luce illustrates how preservation can serve as a catalyst for contemporary living.
Unbuilt Private House - Under 3000 sf - POPULAR CHOICE WINNER, Architizer A+ Awards, casa ala blanca, 2026
Selected by Architizer's global voting audience, casa ala blanca was recognized for its vision of living lightly and deeply in the Sonoran Desert. Through the careful entanglement of inside and out, sun and shade, water and ecology, the project demonstrates how architecture can enrich daily life while fostering a meaningful relationship with place.
Jeff Harnar Award for Contemporary Architecture in the Southwest, Casa Luce, 2026
Jeff Harnar Award for Contemporary Architecture in the Southwest awarded to Casa Luce for its transformative approach to preservation and contemporary desert living. Thinking beyond nostalgia, the project demonstrates how existing buildings can be thoughtfully reimagined to create new relationships between light, landscape, and inhabitation while honoring the architectural heritage of the Southwest.
Sources for Design, ARCHITECTURE Design ICON, Firm Award, 2026
Recognizing HK ASSOCIATES' body of work and contributions to contemporary architecture in the Southwest. The ICON award honors a practice that has spent more than two decades exploring how architecture can deepen our relationship to place through design, preservation, and environmental stewardship. From intimate courtyards to expansive desert vistas, HK ASSOCIATES creates homes whose luxury is defined by clarity, craft, and a profound connection to the experience of living in the Sonoran Desert.
Unbuilt Architecture CITATION Award, AIA Southern Arizona, casa ala blanca, 2025
FORBES Best in State Residential Architects, Firm Award 2025
Recognizing HK ASSOCIATES among Arizona's leading residential architecture practices, the Forbes Best in State distinction acknowledges a body of work rooted in the belief that the most enduring luxury is a meaningful relationship with place. Through projects that engage climate, landscape, and the rituals of everyday living, the firm's work demonstrates how thoughtful design can create homes of lasting beauty, performance, and relevance.
Builder's Choice Design Awards MERIT Award, Real House, 2025
Most Inspired Desert Modern, BEST ARCHITECTURE Category, Sunset 2025 Western Home and Design Awards, Firm Award, 2025
Recognizing HK ASSOCIATES' contribution to a contemporary architecture of the desert, the Sunset 2025 Western Home & Design Award acknowledges a body of work rooted in the Sonoran Desert yet relevant to a broader regional audience. Presented by Sunset, a publication long associated with shaping ideas about life and design in the American West, the award celebrates HK’s architecture that frames views, engages landscape, responds to climate, and deepens our relationship to place.
Renovation/Adaptive Reuse HONOR Award, RADA Residential Architect Design Awards, Casa Luce 2025
Outbuilding CITATION Award, RADA Residential Architect Design Awards, casita OBSCURA 2025
Distinguished Architecture MERIT Award, AIA Arizona, Real House, 2024
Interior Architecture HONOR Award, AIA Arizona, Casa Luce, 2024
Component Design HONOR Award, AIA Arizona, casita OBSCURA, 2024
Distinguished Architecture HONOR Award, AIA Southern Arizona, Real House, 2024
Interior Architecture HONOR Award, AIA Southern Arizona, Casa Luce, 2024
Distinguished Architecture HONOR Award, AIA Southern Arizona, casita OBSCURA, 2024
Distinguished Architecture CITATION Award, AIA Arizona, Ventana House, 2022
Distinguished Architecture HONOR Award, AIA Southern Arizona, Ventana House, 2020
Interior Architecture CITATION Award, AIA Southern Arizona, Now or Never, 2019
Home of the Year - Interior Architecture, AIA Southern Arizona, Canyon House, 2019
Home of the Year, AIA Southern Arizona, Canyon House, 2019
Interior Architecture CITATION Award, AIA Arizona, Now or Never, 2019
Golden Novum Design Award, Novum Design Awards, Barrio Historico House, 2019
Arizona Residence Award, International Property Awards, Canyon House, 2018
Distinguished Architecture HONOR Award, AIA Southern Arizona, Canyon House, 2018
Distinguished Architecture HONOR Award, AIA Southern Arizona, lightHOUSE, 2018
archilovers Best Project, lightHOUSE, 2018
archilovers Best Project, Barrio Historico House, 2018
Home of the Year - Interior Architecture, AIA Southern Arizona, lightHOUSE, 2017
Home of the Year, AIA Southern Arizona, Courtyards House, 2016
Distinguished Architecture HONOR Award, AIA Southern Arizona, Courtyards House, 2016
Citation Award, AIA Southern Arizona, Salon Salon, 2016
Residential Architect 2013 Grand Award, Barrio Historico House, 2013
Custom Home of the Year, Custom Home Magazine, Barrio Historico House, 2012
Home of the Year, AIA Southern Arizona, Barrio Historico House, 2012
Heritage Award, Tucson-Pima County Historical Commission, Barrio Historico House, 2012
Annual Design Review ‘Live’ Citation, Architect Magazine, Barrio Historico House, 2011
IESNA 2010 Illumination Awards - Award of Merit, Finger Rock House (with Margot Richards Lighting Design), 2010
IESNA 2010 Section Award for Commendable Achievement in Lighting Design, Finger Rock House (with Margot Richards Lighting Design), 2010