As part of the AIA national Livable Communities Conference/Walking Working Water in Seattle September 14-17, AIA Seattle joins with AIA national committees (Housing, COTE, R/UDC, YAF) in inviting attention to Seattle-area projects representing notable policy and design innovation. In addition to workshops and presentations offered throughout the Conference, attendees will take part in these Waterfront Welcome Walking tours offered Thursday afternoon and Mobile Workshops scheduled for Saturday morning, also open to other registrants.

As detailed below, widely knowledgeable architects and design professionals lead the Waterfront Welcome Walking tours, highlighting significant natural and urban features and projects in this context, while providing a general orientation to Seattle's downtown waterfront setting and the local design culture as it relates to walking, working, and water.

(T1) Seattle Art Museum Olympic Sculpture Park, Pike Place Market, SAM Downtown
Visit Seattle's historic and ever-evolving Pike Place Market, and two current downtown-shaping projects for Seattle Art Museum: SAM Downtown, by Allied Works, and Olympic Sculpture Park, by Weiss/Manfredi.
Guides: Chris Rogers, SAM Director of Capital Projects; Alex Rolluda AIA, Rolluda Architects, Pike Place Market Historical Commission; Val Thomas FAIA, Val Thomas, Inc.

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(T2) Port of Seattle HQ / Seattle Aquarium / Seattle Ferry Terminal/ Seattle Central Waterfront
At Pier 69, the Port of Seattle Headquarters (Hewitt Architects) oversees Seattle's bustling harborfront. The harborside tour passes the Edgewater ("the Beatles stayed here") and cruise ship terminals, with stops at the Seattle Aquarium (now in renovation/expansion involving Miller|Hull and Mithun), and a look at the Colman Dock with its pedestrian and vehicular connections to water journeys.
Guides: Dave Goldberg AIA, Mithun; David Hewitt FAIA, Hewitt Architects; Scott Wolf AIA, The Miller|Hull Partnership

(T3) Seattle Central Library / Seattle Civic Center / Seattle City Hall
Since its much-heralded opening in September 2004, Seattle Central Library (OMA/LMN) has become a major tourist attraction. Nearby, Seattle City Hall (Bassetti/Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, landscape design by Gustafson Guthrie Nichol with Swift & Company) expresses the City's commitment to sustainability, rating LEED Gold, along with Seattle Civic Center elements: Seattle Municipal Tower (recent renovation by Hewitt Architects) and LEED Silver-rated Seattle Justice Center (NBBJ).
Guides: Greg Hepp AIA, Bassetti Architects; Steve Del Fraino Assoc AIA, LMN Architects; Barbara Swift ASLA, Swift & Company

(T4) Belltown Housing
Burgeoning Belltown materializes a vision of downtown living, with a range of new housing and mixed-use projects – numerous high-end residential, and also some notable projects serving low-income residents. Highlights include Growing Vine Street (Geise Architects), Traugott Terrace (Environmental Works), Senior Service Mixed Use (Weinstein A|U), and Cristalla (Weber + Thompson).
Guides: Lesley Bain AIA, Weinstein A|U, Carolyn Geise FAIA, GEISE Architects; Jan Gleason FAIA, Environmental Works; Brian Steinburg, Weber + Thompson

Advance registration CLOSED
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