HOK veteran Bill Valentine dies aged 88

Bill Valentine

Source: HOK

US firm’s former president and chairman known for designing corporate headquarters including San Francisco’s Levi’s Plaza

Former HOK chairman Bill Valentine has died in California at the age of 88.

Valentine worked at the St Louis-based practice for 50 years, joining in 1962 as a Harvard graduate when the firm, which now employs around 1,700 people, had a headcount of just 50.

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