(jennypdx– flickr/creative commons license) Adin Dunning of Miller Hull Partnership designed the main library for Vancouver, Washington. The vast exterior glazing, thick concrete massing, and stacked elements in a free environment was first implemented in the nearby Seattle library. The …
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(Wade Rockett– flickr/creative commons license) Olson Kundig architects renovated the historic St. Mark’s Episcopal church in Seattle. After construction began the original plan never came to fruition due to the Great Depression. The church’s prominant location atop the waterside’s hill …
(EricGagnon– flickr/creative commons license) Murase Associates designed Counterbalance Park, completed in 2008. Precision Earthworks Inc constructed the concrete urban jungle. Few have dared put put this much concrete into an open space. The busy intersection is noisy and dangerous. The …
(caseyyee– flickr/creative commons license) Arthur Erickson, Nick Milkovich Architects, and Thomas Cook Reed Reinvald designed the Museum of Glass in Tacoma Washington, which showcases glass artwork predominantly by Dale Chihuly. The industrial warehouses in this marina district give way to …
Architect Rem Koolhaas reshaped the definition of the library with this project for Seattle. Critical analysis resulted in a hyper-function machine of a building. Floors are arranged from an all-inclusive program of media resources, views, and adjacencies. This core catilevers …
The Gas Works Park is an interesting reuse of an old crude oil manufacturer. It stands today as an interactive industrial piece of archeology, just on the edge of the bay. A little green hill next to the boilers …
The William H. Gates Hall contains the University of Washington School of Law and the Marian Gould Gallagher Law Library. The $80 million, 6 story building has 196,000 ft2 and was opened in 2003. New York in collaboration with …
Billionaire Paul G. Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, funded this rebellious building. That’s probably where the problems started. Next to Seattle’s space needle, Frank Gehry’s building flows free from horizontal and vertical restrictions, with fantastic and colorful shapes. The project …
Weiss/Manfredi Architects and Landscaper Charles Anderson turned this “industrial site into open and vibrant green space for art.” The AIA gave this project an Honor Award for the seamless integrated of the buildings and landscape with infrastructure and art. …
Seattle sought a permanent building for their new city hall, one that welcomes and integrates the pubic, and exemplifies sustainability in new building construction. The council chamber is trapped inside a round metal enclosure, and the executive program sits …