June 3, 2015

WATG

Alvarez

Heironimus

Hurst

Rehill

Global architectural and design firm WATG hired Dennis Rehill as a vice president, Chris Hurst as an associate vice president, and Erik Heironimus and Miguel Alvarez as senior designers. They will provide leadership on high-rise, mixed-use and urban design working as a virtual team, with Rehill and Heironimus in the WATG Seattle studio, and Hurst and Alvarez in Chicago. They will work with the firm's offices in Southern California, London, Honolulu and Singapore. Rehill previously was at Gensler in Seattle as architectural design director, Northwest region tall buildings practice leader, and commercial office building practice leader. He directed design of two pairs of high-rise residential towers, Skanska's 2&U Tower and 888 2nd Avenue. Before that, he worked at Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture on towers and master plans. Prior to AS+GG, he was an associate director for Scott Tallon Walker Architects in Dublin. He also worked on Burj Khalifa and 7 South Dearborn at SOM. Rehill is co-chair of the Seattle chapter of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Hurst was with Opus Architects and Engineers as a senior architect and manager of the Chicago office and has held project architect and lead designer positions for SOM, AS+GG and Lohan Anderson. At AS+GG, he was involved in design development of Kingdom Tower in Jeddah. Heironimus was an architectural designer and associate at Gensler, focusing on high-rise office and residential design, and hospitality and restaurant design. Alvarez has several years of supertall design experience, and previously was a senior designer at AS+GG responsible for design on several high-rise projects that include Kingdom Tower.