Photography by Ari Burling

Thanks to savvy interior design by HOK, the headquarters office of the nonprofit Teach for America is now able to deliver on its mission in a more significant and robust way.

Formerly located in a midtown Manhattan office, Teach for America had grown piecemeal with additional square footage spread unevenly in a haphazard place to work. “We were spread across eight floors, with some staff in a building across the street,” says Elizabeth Vasek, Teach for America’s manager of workplace strategy and design. “We had to use an external stairwell to go from floor to floor, so it felt very disconnected.”