Posts Tagged ‘Pedersen’

Going Green in WDC

Saturday, October 10th, 2009
Not to be outdone by Chicago , HOK WDC hosted a book-launch party for our own Leigh Stringer and her fabulous book The Green Workplace on Tuesday, October 6. The HOK Advance Strategies, WDC team: Todd Pedersen, Claire Whitehill, LEIGH STRINGER, Daphne Kiplinger, Edmund Velasco, Jodi Williams The event was held on the green roof of 700 Sixth Street , one of DC’s first LEED C&S Platinum buildings (designed by HOK, of course).  The building’s developer, Akridge , gracefully allo

Strange New Air Force Facility Energizes Ionosphere, Fans Conspiracy Flames

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
Photo: CORBIS Wired - Noah Shachtman Source: Darpa Budget Estimates Todd Pedersen had to hustle— the sky was scheduled to start glowing soon, and he didn't want to miss it. It was just before sunset, a cold February evening in deep-woods Alaska, and the broad-shouldered US Air Force physicist was scrambling across the snow in his orange down parka and fur-lined bomber hat. Grabbing cables and electronics, he rushed to assemble a jury-rigged telescope