HK Associates Inc. Architecture

HK Associates Inc. Architecture HK Associates Inc is an award-winning architecture firm made up of husband and wife team Kathy Hancox Good design is inherently sustainable.

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 t

hem 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. We work closely with our clients to understand their specific needs, constraints and aspirations. From this, we develop a full and deliberate design that holds the potential to offer further insights as the project is realized. Once a work of architecture is inhabited by our clients, it's fullness begins - architecture reveals when the acts of daily life and the cycles of the environment meet the original design intentions."

06/20/2026

Forbes’ America’s Top Architects Cover Story - HK ASSOCIATES’ Casa Luce

Originally designed and built in the mid-1960s by Tucson modernist Tom Gist, we reimagined this home through a process of bold and thoughtful transformation.

“Our goal was to take this home to the place we felt it had always wanted to be.”

We’re honored to see Casa Luce highlighted by Forbes with this thoughtful feature by Deputy Editor Fred Albert. We also extend our gratitude to our clients, and to the builders, fabricators, and artisans who helped to realize the design.

Photography: Ema Peter Photography

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06/15/2026

Mother Nature, the favorite guest at Ventana House.

We’re honored to have this special home featured on America ByDesign.

Thank you to our clients, ByDesign TV Series, Mike Chapman, AIA Arizona, Western Window Systems and WETSTYLE | Designer Bathrooms for making this segment a reality.

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Cinematic sequences of movement and transition at Ventana House, where tuned apertures choreograph light and daily life ...
06/13/2026

Cinematic sequences of movement and transition at Ventana House, where tuned apertures choreograph light and daily life in the Sonoran Desert.

See more on CBS’s America ByDESIGN, Season 6, Episode 5.

Thank you to our clients, Mike Chapman, AIA Arizona, Western Window Systems and WETSTYLE | Designer Bathrooms for bringing this segment to life.

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Photos by the talented Beatrice Anctil. ✨

06/10/2026

casa ala blanca 🪽 perspective on dwelling in the desert

Thank you and everyone who took the time to support this project with their votes.

05/14/2026

casa ala blanca 🪽 is a finalist in the 2026 A+Awards (Unbuilt – Private House

05/12/2026

casa ala blanca🪽is 1 of 5 finalists in the 2026 A+Awards (Unbuilt – Private House

05/10/2026

casa ala blanca is 1 of 5 finalists in the 2026 A+Awards (Unbuilt – Private House

05/08/2026

casa ala blanca is 1 of 5 finalists in the 2026 A+Awards (Unbuilt – Private House

casa ala blanca is a one of five finalists worldwide in the 2026 A+Awards (Unbuilt – Private House
05/06/2026

casa ala blanca is a one of five finalists worldwide in the 2026 A+Awards (Unbuilt – Private House

05/04/2026

We’re honored to share that Casa Ala Blanca has been named a Finalist in the 2026 Architizer A+Awards (Unbuilt – Private House

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