CINCINNATI, OH /UCWE/ - Hixson, a Cincinnati-based architecture, engineering and interior design firm, announced today it received a design award for its work with Ethicon Endo-Surgery in Blue Ash, Ohio at the Ninth Annual Cincinnati Design Awards for Excellence in the Built Environment held on Friday, November 11, 2005. The awards were co-sponsored by American Institute of Architects (AIA), International Interior Design Association (IIDA), Society for Environmental Graphic Design (SEGD), American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) and American Society of Interior Designers (ASID).

“As it is with all of our projects, the primary driver behind our work is the need to meet and, ideally, exceed the expectations of our clients,” said Tom Hellmann, AIA, Vice President and Director of Architecture and Interior Design at Hixson. “The fact that we have now been recognized by a jury of our peers for our work on the Ethicon Endo-Surgery project is an added honor and one that we are pleased to accept.”

ABOUT HIXSON
Hixson is an architecture, engineering and interior design firm specializing in projects for corporate office environments, retail projects and industrial processing facilities. Listed as one of the top firms in North America, Hixson delivers insight and advocacy leading to intelligent project execution through 16 integrated technical disciplines. To learn more, please visit www.hixson-inc.com.