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FEBRUARY 2012

Christopher Patano AIA will be chairing the new 2012 Student Design Awards Program for AIA Washington Council. 

EHS Design, Inc. added three staff members: Roberto Ramirez and Megan Murdock, LEED AP as Intern Architects and Danielle Nevils, Associate IIDA, LEED Green Associate as Interior Designer. 

Several member firms and CAPs were recognized by the Seattle Design Commission as part of the 2010-2011 Design Excellence Awards: Schacht Aslani Architects for Fire Station 30; Mithun for Summit Slope Park; Callison and GLY Construction for Block 101 Alley Vacation Public Benefits; and KPFF Consulting Engineers, Berger Partnership, and Runberg Architecture Group PLLC for Swale on Yale.  

JANUARY 2012 

Mark Shapiro AIA, a principal at Mithun, is one of eight urban development and design leaders selected from around the country to serve as faculty for the Urban Land Institute's 2011-2012 Rose Center Fellowship cities. 

Sparling is pleased to announce the promotions of five staff members: Tim Janof, PE, LEED AP to Principal, Spencer Bahner to Associate Principal, and Tara Damschen, Michael White, PE, and Scott Rose to Associates. 

Sullivan Conard Architects' Clam Shack is featured on the cover and page 37 of the February 2012 edition of Cabin Life Magazine.  

Record Store, the current installation at [storefront] Olson Kundig Architects was featured in The Atlantic - Cities.

Tom Kundig FAIA of Olson Kundig Architects was featured in the article, Top Architects Go Local, in the Wall Street Journal.  

The January AIA Seattle/DJC Project of the Month is Fire Station 30 by Schacht Aslani Architects. The December Project of the Month was ShoWare Center by LMN Architects. 

The Seattle Design Commission honored several public projects designed by member firms: Fire Station 30 by Schacht Aslani Architects, Summit Slope Park by Mithun, Block 101 Alley Vacation by Callison,and Swale on Yale In the Works Award with contributions by Runberg Architecture Group.

Robert Shrosbree, FASLA, of Site Workshop, passed away due to complications related to a brief battle with cancer. For nearly three decades, Bob enthusiastically shaped places for people, leaving his mark on projects all over Seattle, throughout the Pacific Northwest and abroad. A former AIA Seattle board member, Bob was a founding member of AIA Seattle's Public Policy Board. The full obituary is here.  

DECEMBER 2011  

Heliotrope's North Beach Residence won an Interior Design Magazine "Best of the Year Award."

Washington native Steven Holl FAIA was awarded the Gold Medal by AIA National. 

Gary Barber AIA has taken on the chairman's position for the Library Steering Committee for the City of Renton.   

Daniel Toole Assoc. AIA presented his winning competition entry for the Cavin Fellowship on public TV in France. 

Isla McKetta was appointed to the board of Richard Hugo House.

Kirsten R. Murray AIA of Olson Kundig recently served as juror for the SW Washington State AIA awards program. 

Several member firms were honored at the 2011 Northwest and Pacific Region AIA Design Awards in Tokyo, Japan. Honor Awards were presented to: NAC Architects for The Cathcart Site; Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Architects for Grand Teton Discovery and Visitor Center, Port Townsend Residence, and Waipolu Gallery House; Weinstein A/U LLC for Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Patient House; and Olson Kundig Architects for Art Stable. Merit Awards went to ZGF Architects for Port of Portland Headquarters; Weinstein A/U LLC for Kenmore City Hall; and Workshop AD for Colman Triplex. Citations went to: ZGF Architects for the Washington University Institute for Wine and Food Science and LMN Architects for PACCAR Hall, Foster School of Business. Awards to Perkins + Will Architects and Heliotrope Architects were announced in enews previously. 

The DLR Group-designed MUSE School held ribbon-cutting ceremonies on November 7 at its new 22-acre zero-waste Malibu Canyon campus in California.  

ORB Architects was honored with a Design Excellence Award, Small Business, from the Society of American Military Engineers' Seattle-Mt. Tacoma Posts for their Military Family Housing project at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska.  

Jim Olson AIA of Olson Kundig lectured at the Palm Springs Art Museum in November on "Architecture for Art."   

NOVEMBER 2011   

The November AIA Seattle/Daily Journal of Commerce Project of the Month is Kenmore City Hall by Weinstein AU.

 The Treehouse by Castanes Architects is featured on Architizer.  

MulvannyG2 Architecture hired Keith Martin as their new global director of information technology.   

DLR Group appointed Christopher L. Narramore, PE as a Senior Associate and Karen A. Montovino as an Associate.   

Gary Swenson, founding principal at Swenson Say Fagét, will retire in December.  

The American Institute of Architects 2012 National Convention Education Advisory Committee has accepted DKA Architecture's Rick Browning AIA's submission, "Active Outside the Practice: Architects in their Community" for presentation as part of the AIA 2012 National Convention and Design Exposition to be held in Washington, D.C.   

Perkins+Will was honored with two 2011 AIA Northwest and Pacific Region Design Awards at the AIA NWPR Conference in Tokyo, Japan for University of Washington School of Medicine Phase 2, Seattle, Washington and Sammamish Library, Sammamish, Washington. Heliotrope Architects was recognized for Suncrest Residence and for the unbuilt Greenlake Passive House project. 

FINNE Architects won two awards--the Architecture Single Residence category with the Eagle Harbor Cabin and in the Residential Property Interior Category with the Lake Forest Park Renovation--from the 2011 Americas Property Awards in London in association with Bloomberg Television and Google.   

David Frum AIA of Clark/Kjos Architects was nominated to the board of the Academy of Architecture for Health starting Jan. 2012 and was asked to serve on the Academy's awards jury.    

Chris Haas of Sparling is speaking in Houston as part of the AIA+2030 Professional Series.
MulvannyG2 Architecture took First Place in the 'External Newsletter' category and won an overall 'Best in Show' award for its e-newsletter, ReThink Architecture, at the 2011 Zweig Marketing Letter Excellence Awards.

Dorothy A. Johnston, Executive Director of AIA Seattle, 1973-1985, passed away on October 25.  Read the full obituary online.  

Tom Kundig FAIA of Olson Kundig Architects lectured on his recent work at the Royal Academy of Art in London on October 13 (podcast here), and was a featured speaker at the Monterey Design Conference held October 7-9. Kirsten R. Murray AIA lectured at Mississippi State University's School of Architecture on October 21 as part of the Harrison Lecture Series, and at Virginia Tech's School of Architecture and Design on October 13.   

Weber Thompson promoted Amanda Keating AIA, LEED AP BD+C to Senior Associate and Myer Harrell AIA, BD+C to Associate.   

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson was shortlisted for the National Mall Design Competition held in Washington, DC.   

The Ellis residence by Coates Design is showcased in Fine Life Magazine in Poland.  

Jim Duncan, Chairman of the Board and Principal of Sparling, joined the Board of Directors of Benaroya Hall. 
OCTOBER 2011   

Candela's Denise Fong will speak at the IES Annual Conference in Austin, TX.  

DLR Group appointed Scott Kruse, AIA, and Tom O'Neil, AIA, LEED AP as Senior Principals and named Ron van der Veen, AIA, LEED AP, and Bill Judge, CCCA, LEED AP as Principals. Lawrence (Larry) Yuan, AIA, NCARB joined as the firm's Asia Region Leader.

Designs by member firms Coop 15, David Vandervort Architects, and Coates Design top the list in a review of modern homes in the Northwest on Houzz.com. 

Sullivan Conard Architect's Olympia Residence is featured in the Fall 2011 edition of LUXE interiors + design.

Petersen Elementary School in Scappoose, OR, designed by DLR Group, earned LEED Gold certification from the United States Green Building Council (USGBC).

DLR Group has added several new professionals to its integrated design practice: Cassie Alexander, interior designer; Aaron Asis, intern architect; Denny Burke, intern architect; Tim Ganey, architect; Joel Gragg, marketing professional; Bernt Johnson, structural designer; Thomas Schubert, electrical designer; and Erik Turner, mechanical designer.

The Beverly Hills Unified School District Board of Education selected DLR Group to modernize Beverly Hills High School campus.

The Bullitt Foundation with design by The Miller Hull Partnership and engineering by DCI Engineers was written up in the Guardian.

Robert A. Smith Assoc. AIA has a new position with LMN Architects.

Several member firms won Best of Competition at the IIDA's INawards for interiors: DLR Group was Best IN Public, CollinsWoerman was Best IN Healthcare, Mithun was Best IN Hospitality, and NBBJ was Best IN Concept. In addition, DLR Group received an Honorable Mention for Best IN Hospitality.

The National Museum of the American Indian on the Mall in Washington, D.C., has become the first Smithsonian museum to achieve LEED certification. Johnpaul Jones FAIA of Jones & Jones Architects, Landscape Architects and Planners, was lead design consultant for the project.

MulvannyG2 Architecture hired Bernadette Rubio, NCIDQ, LEED AP, Associate, and Amanda Baker, CIDA, Associate, as well as rehiring Jo Garst, LEED AP BD+C, Associate. 

atelierjones' urban agriculture work was just published in the October 2011  Hong Kong's Perspective: Architecture, Interiors and Design magazine.

Nils Finne AIA of FINNE Architects was featured in the October 9th issue of the Seattle Times' Pacific Northwest Magazine.    

Art Stable by Olson Kundig was selected as the October AIA Seattle/DJC Project of the Month.  

DCI Engineers is one of eight firms featured in the Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce Environmental Outlook.

SEPTEMBER 2011 

Mark D'Amato of DCI Engineers was named Engineer of the Year by SEAW. 

Dr. Sharon Sutton FAIA was honored at the Women of Color Empowered Luncheon for their notable achievements in environmentalism. 

Dave Matthews AIA is now a Senior Associate at The Portico Group. 

MulvannyG2 Architecture promoted three people to new leadership roles in its Bellevue office: Russ Hazzard AIA to Regional Practice Leader; Ted Caloger AIA to Regional Practice Leader; and Jenny Li to Regional Design Leader. 

Tod Moore, RCDD, CIS, CDCD, Principal at Sparling presented on the "Forging Innovation" panel at the California Health Facilities Forum. 

DLR Group's design for Marysville Getchell Campus in Marysville, WA, was named the The Council for Educational Facility Planners International (CEFPI) 2011 James D. MacConnell Award winner. 

See Jonathan Junker Assoc. AIA and graypants on Apple's website. 

Mithun recently promoted Brendan Connolly AIA, to Partner; Roger Gula AIA, to Principal; Erin Christensen AIA to Associate Principal; and Lynn McBride AIA, to Associate Principal. 

Tom Kundig FAIA of Olson Kundig Architects is named to Wallpaper*'s list of "150 movers, shakers and makers that have rocked the Wallpaper* world in the last 15 years." 

Jim Olson FAIA of Olson Kundig Architects is featured in a retrospective exhibit on his work, "Jim Olson: Architecture for Art," at the Museum of Art, Washington State University. The exhibit runs until December 10. 

Tom Kundig FAIA of Olson Kundig Architects presented his work as part of the AIA Santa Fe Lecture Series in Santa Fe, NM. 

Peter Dobrovolny AIA, Dave Cutler AIA, Perry England, David Walsh AIA, and Cassandra Delaune were appointed to the new Seattle 2030 District Board of Directors. 

Basel Jurdy, Principal at Sparling, presented on acoustics in healthcare at the 2011 Washington State Society of Healthcare Engineering Annual Conference & Technical Exhibition. 

Walter Schact AIA of Schacht Aslani Architects will be serving as the AIA Washington Council representative to the Washington Architects & Engineers Legislative Council (AELC) and as the architect representative to the Governor's Capital Projects Advisory Review Board. 

Amanda Sturgeon AIA presented at On the Path to Sustainability: Fostering Healthy Built and Natural Environments and The Blue Frontier: Water Technology and Innovation in Buildings. 

Jason Legat of ModelRemodel was highlighted in last Sunday's Pacific NW Magazine. 

Brian Court AIA and Craig Curtis FAIA of the Miller Hull Partnership were mentioned in "Seattle Building Aims to Be a 'Green' Giant" article in the August 31 issue of Architectural Record Daily. 

AUGUST 2011 

Erin Doherty AIA was recently re-appointed by the Seattle City Council as member of the Pioneer Square Preservation Board. 

Outpost designed by Tom Kundig FAIA of Olson Kundig Architects is featured on the cover of Entre Muros, the design magazine of Mexico City's newspaper Reforma. In addition, his project Studio Sitges project appears in the September issue of Architectural Digest. 

Susan Jones FAIA, of atelierjones will be a juror for the New City Design Awards in the City of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada this fall. 

Robert Shrosbree of SiteWorkshop was elevated to the 2011 ASLA Council of Fellows, based on completed works that have advanced at the art, stewardship and social responsibility of landscape architecture. 

The University of Oregon announces the selection of Johnpaul Jones FAIA, cofounder of Jones & Jones Architects & Landscape Architects, as the 2011 Pietro Belluschi distinguished visiting professor in Eugene for the fall term. 

The Lake Forest Park Renovation and the Eagle Harbor Cabin by Finne Architects were featured in the new book, Country House Architecture and Design, published by Braun Publishing, Switzerland. The Eagle Harbor Cabin was also selected as a 2011 Winner of the Marvin Architect Challenge Design Contest. 

Susan Jones FAIA, of atelierjones, will be an AIA Honor Awards juror for the AIA Western Mountain Region Awards, AIA Arizona, and AIA Washington State Civic Design Awards this year. 

Tom Kundig FAIA of Olson Kundig Architects will be the special lecturer at two events in South Africa sponsored by the Southern African Institute of Steel Construction and the Department of Architecture, University of the Free State. 

Gelotte Hommas Architecture PS was voted the "Best Architect" by 425 Magazine.

Eric Drivdahl, Senior Project Manager at Gelotte Hommas Architecture honored in "40 under 40" by Professional Builder. 

atelierjones' urban farm greenhouses and vertical greenhouse for Daniels Real Estate were featured in the Daily Journal of Commerce.

ZGF's Seattle office added seven new employees: Craig Rizzo, Melissa Eby, Beth Stroshane, Julie Cronk, Scott Blakemore, Thayer Wild, and Adrienne Watkins.

The Finne Architects renovation on Queen Anne was featured in the Seattle Times Pacific Northwest Magazine and featured on CONTEMPORIST. 

TIGHT URBANISM, Alley architecture in the U.S., Australia, and Japan. A new book by Daniel Toole Assoc. AIA is now available for purchase. 

JULY 2011 

Olson Kundig Architects launched [storefront] Olson Kundig Architects. 

Zig Zag House by David Coleman Architecture is featured in the Design Milk blog.

SCCA Patient House by Weinstein A|U Architects + Urban Designers is the July AIA Seattle/DJC Project of the Month.

Coffman Engineers will receive a 2011 International/National Relief Partners Award from the Inland Northwest Chapter of the Red Cross.  

Modern Views by Studio/216 is an official selection for SIFF's "Films on Architecture and Design.   

The Miller Hull Partnership opened a new office in San Diego.  

Member firms took top honors at the AIA WA Civic Design Awards. LMN and Miller Hull received Honor Awards. DLR Group received two Merit Awards and Mithun received both a Merit Award and the People's Choice Award.  

röm architecture studio was awarded a 2011 AIA/HUD Secretary's Alan J. Rothman Award for Magnolia Mid-Mod.

DCI Engineers, NAC Architecture, Turner Construction, and Schuchart Dow received 2011 awards from the Washington Aggregates and Concrete Association. 

The Lynnwood Recreation Center, designed by NAC|Architecture with work by DCI Engineers, celebrated its grand re-opening last week.

Olson Kundig Architects' client, Lou Maxon, is blogging on Dwell.com about his family's efforts to build a new home. The story is also being developed as a film series.

Denise Fong, IALD, LEED® AP, MIES, Principal of Candela, a division of Sparling, will present the seminar "Beyond Retrofits: Redesigns that improve lighting quality while saving energy" on May 17 at LIGHTFAIR International 2011 in Philadelphia.

Stephen Yamada-Heidner AIA, Matthew Albores AIA, Daniel L. Skaggs AIA, Robin Murphy AIA, Mindy Black AIA, Lipika Mukerji AIA, Jerry Coburn and Wolf Saar AIA were appointed to the Seattle Design Review Board by the Seattle City Council.

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson promoted David Miller AIA and Jeremy Evard AIA to Associates in the Seattle office. 

Olson Kundig Architects is featured in residential architect magazine's newest issue featuring Tom Kundig FAIA's Art Stable as the magazine's Project of the Year. Slaughterhouse Beach House, also designed by Kundig, and Glass Farmhouse, designed by Jim Olson FAIA are also featured. Slaughterhouse Beach House won a Grand award and the Glass Farmhouse received a Merit Award.

APRIL 2011

Recognized throughout the world for his contribution to the advancement of tourism and his commitment to the environment, Jerry Allison FAIA of WATG passed away April 22, 2011, at the age of 78.  In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the "Gerald L. Allison Scholarship Fund" at the University of Washington (mail to: UW Office of Gift Processing; Box 359505; Seattle, WA 98195-9505).

GLY Construction was named one of the Best Places to work in the May issue of Seattle Met.
 
Puget Sound Energy erected its first wind power turbine as part of the Lower Snake River Wind Project, PSE's third wind power plant.  
 
EHS Design designed the new corporate offices for the Benaroya Company in Bellevue.

SRG Partnership promoted Barney Mansavage AIA to Principal.

Ross Chapin AIA of Ross Chapin Architects was featured in an article on Yes!
 
Two member firms won 2011 AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Projects Awards from AIA National.  Miller Hull was honored for LOTT Clean Water Alliance and LMN Architects + MCM/DA  was honored for Vancouver Convention Centre West.
 
Daniel Toole Assoc. AIA won first place in the Cavin Family Traveling Fellowship.

LMN has promoted three staff members. John Woloszyn AIA and Howard Fitzpatrick have been named Principals and Stephen Van Dyck has been promoted to Associate.
 
The McKinstry Innovation Center by NBBJ is the April AIA Seattle/DJC Project of the Month. 

Coughlin Porter Lundeen has promoted six employees to associate principal: Chris Duvall, Cory Hitzemann, Alan Jacobson, Garo Pehlivanian, Jeff Peterson and Bryan Zagers.
 
Congratulations to studio/216, Ron Murphy AIA of SMR Architects, and Clark Design Group on receiving 2011 State Historic Preservation Officer's Awards. 
 
Several member firms were recognized for 2011 Historic Seattle Preservation Awards Best Rehabilitation/Restoration Projects: Fire Station 2: Arai Jackson Ellison Murakami Architects;  Fire Station 17: Bassetti Architects; Fire Station 41: Hoshide Williams Architects;  Lake Wilderness Lodge: SHKS Architects; Living Landmark: Ronald F. Murphy AIA, SMR Architects. 

Crosscut featured an article on Honor Awards including projects by Heliotrope, Miller Hull, and NBBJ.
 
AIA Seattle Executive Director Lisa Richmond wrote an article for Citytank. 

MARCH 2011

Bill Talley passed away on March 22.  Bill was the Campus Landscape Architect for the University of Washington for approximately 20 years directly preceding Kristine Kenney.  A "Good-bye party" will be held on Saturday, April 2nd at 4PM in the University of Washington Club.  More information is available here.  

Miller Hull was mentioned in a video on the National Geographic website.
 
SRG Partnership, Inc. promoted Barney Mansavage AIA to Principal. 

Perkins + Will's Center for Urban Waters in  Tacoma was a finalist for the ULI's 2011 Awards for Excellence: The Americas Competition.

Weld Coxe, Hon. AIA, founder of Seattle-based Coxe Group, died on March 15 at the age of 81.
 
The King Street Station renovation, as designed by ZGF and constructed by Sellen Construction, was profiled in the DJC.
 
Two local firms received National AIA Housing Awards. Heliotrope Architects was recognized in the One/Two Family Custom Housing category for North Beach Residence, which was also recently featured in the Wall Street Journal. Olson Kundig Architects' Art Stable and 1111 E. Pike received awards in the Multifamily Living category. The Art Stable project team includes Tom Kundig, FAIA; Kirsten R. Murray, AIA; Kevin Kudo-King, AIA LEED AP; Jim Friesz, AIA LEED AP; Jeff Ocampo, LEED AP; Sky Lanigan, LEED AP; Wing-Yee Leung, LEED AP; Ming Yuan, and Kevin Scott.
 
The Peace Arch US Port of Entry by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson was dedicated on March 23. The project team included Magnusson Klemencic Associates, CDi Engineers, Sparling, and Robinson Company.
 
Port Townsend Residence by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson won a Merit Award for Custom Home 3,000 SF or less at the 2011 Residential Architect Design Awards. In addition, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Patient House by Weinstein A|U Architects and Urban Designers won a Merit Award for Multifamily and DeForest Architects won a Grand Award for Architectural Design Detail with Steel Stair.
 
GLY Construction received the National Association of Secretaries of State Medallion Award, the State of Washington's most prestigious civics award.
 
The Magnolia Branch Library remodel by SHKS Architects is the March AIA Seattle/DJC Project of the Month. 
 
Janof Hald Architecture was honored with a National Certificate of Recognition from the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) for Prospect House, a private residence on the south slope of Queen Anne, for excellence in structural steel design.
 
MulvannyG2 Architecture announced the addition of Design Principal, Ken Sizemore, to its office in Shanghai, China.
 
Chloe Tomar has joined Sellen Construction Company as Director of Marketing and Communications.
 
According to the DJC, VIA Architecture will be designing the Joseph Arnold Lofts in Belltown near the end of the year.

Bernard Cywinski FAIA, 70, a founding principal of Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, passed away on March 2, 2011. His life was a full-bodied love of architecture, design, drawing, living well and most of all to people. The many who love him, have all been touched by the joy and humanity of his affection, mentoring, collaboration, and the extraordinary buildings he helped fashion.
 
Several AIA Seattle member firms are featured in the 2011 Tour of Architects: Baylis Architects, BC & J Architecture Planning Construction Management, Coop 15, David Coleman Architecture, Grouparchitect, röm architecture studio, and workshop A | D.  
 
NBBJ named two new principals: Duncan Griffin AIA, LEED AP and Eric Hanson AIA.
 
Yong Sun Lee Assoc. AIA has joined Integrus Architecture as a Project Architect working on K-12 and higher education projects.
 
Ross Chapin AIA's Pocket Neighborhoods: Creating Small-scale Community in a Large-scale World will be published March 15 by The Taunton Press.

Olson Kundig Architects received three awards in the residential architect Design Awards, including the Project of the Year for the Tom Kundig FAIA-designed Art Stable. Slaughterhouse Beach House received a Grand Award in the Custom Home, more than 3,000 SF category. The Jim Olson FAIA-designed Glass Farmhouse received a Merit Award in the Custom Home, 3,000 SF or less category.  
 
EHS Design has renovated the Benaroya Company offices.  
 
Sullivan Conard Architects was recognized with three awards at the Seattle Design Center's Northwest Design Award Gala on February 17, 2011: First Place in the Outdoor Living category for Northwest Loggia, Second Place in the Whole House category for Engawa House, and Second Place in the Kitchen category for Bellevue Residence.
 
According to the DJC, Callison is designing the new Swedish clinic in South Lake Union and GLY Construction is doing the build-out.
 
The Northwest School has selected Mithun as its partner in expanding the school's facilities at its recently acquired property, 401 E. Pike Street. 
 
Studio/216 and the University of Washington College of Built Environments are celebrating the DVD release of their film, Modern Views: A Conversation on Northwest Modern Architecture.  
 
Jonathan Wehri Assoc. AIA, LEED AP has joined NAC|Architecture as project designer.
 
Vertical Leap by The Miller|Hull Partnership was featured in Builder.
 
Weinstein A|U's design of Gregg's Cycles was featured in ArchDaily.  
 
The DJC reports Integrus Architects has been selected as the architect for the Vashon High School renovation.

FEBRUARY 2011

Jeff Speert, AIA MAIBC LEED AP has been named a Principal with JRS Engineering, a building envelope consulting firm with offices in Seattle and Vancouver, BC.
 
A home by Ben Trogdon Architects was featured in Seattle Homes and Lifestyles Magazine.  
 
Weber Thompson currently has two projects, Ballard West and Sunset Electric, running through the USGBC LEED for Homes Multifamily Midrise for green certification of residential projects from four to six floors.  
 
Magnusson Klemencic Associates was a finalist in the American Council of Engineering Companies' 45th annual Engineering Excellence Awards competition for its role in the design of Terminal B and Concourse at Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) in San Jose, Calif.
 
Congratulations to winners of the 2011 BetterBricks Awards: Ron van der Veen of DLR Group (architecture);  CDi Engineers' Dick Moeller, Norm Brown, and Finn Jakobsen, (design engineer); MacDonald-Miller Building Performance Group (service contractor); Chris Flint Chatto Assoc. AIA of ZGF Architects (emerging leader); and Peter Dobrovolny AIA of the City of Seattle (advocate). 

Olson Kundig Architects received several awards in the last week. The Pierre, designed by Tom Kundig, FAIA, won the World Architecture News' 2010 House of the Year Award. The firm also took home two awards at the Northwest Design Awards: First Prize in the Hospitality category for Mistral Kitchen, designed by Tom Kundig and Second Prize in the Commercial category for Touchstone Offices, designed by Kirsten R. Murray, AIA. 
 
Suyama: A Complex Serenity featuring work by Suyama Peterson Deguchi is now available at Peter Miller Books.
 
LMN in collaboration with Gustafson Guthrie Nichol recently unveiled the design for The Cleveland Medical Mart and Convention Center (CMMCC).

LMN Architects has been selected as the design architect for the University of Iowa's Voxman School of Music and Clapp Recital Hall.
 
1111 E. Pike by Olson Kundig Architects was the February AIA Seattle/DJC Project of the Month.
 
Walter Schacht AIA, principal with Schacht Aslani Architects, taught a course on tribal museum planning and development at the Burke Museum.  

Janof//Hald Architecture's Prospect House was selected for the online exhibition of the AIA's Design for Decades initiative in the residential category. 

Homes by Eggleston|Farkas Architects, the Miller Hull Partnership, and Bohlin Cywinski Jackson are featured in "House in the Landscape: Siting Your Home Naturally" by Jeremiah Eck (Princeton Architectural Press).  The book is available at Peter Miller Books.
 
SRG Partnership has promoted three architects: Keasa Jones AIA has been promoted to Associate and Allison Titus AIA and Jeff Yrazabal AIA have been promoted to Senior Associate.
 
Environmental Works was featured in Pacific NW Magazine.
 
Ron van der Veen AIA, LEED AP has joined DLR Group.
  
GLY Construction is moving to 200-112th Avenue NE, Suite 300, Bellevue, WA 98004-5878 effective Monday, February 21, 2011. 
 
Olson Kundig Architects is the focus of the article "Kings of Renewal" appearing in February's Seattle Business Magazine. In addition, two Tom Kundig FAIA-designed projects - the Pierre and Shadowboxx - have been shortlisted in the World Architecture News (WAN) 2010 House of the Year Awards.   

JANUARY 2011

Sullivan Conard Architects' Lakeshore Residence is featured in La Natura Come Amante, Nature as a Lover, Luca Maria Francesco Fabris' recent book on the work of Landscape Architect Richard Haag. The book is available at Peter Miller Books in Seattle.

Tom Kundig FAIA of Olson Kundig Architects has been inducted into the U.S. General Services Administration's 2010 Class of Peer Professionals. He was also quoted in a recent Financial Times article "How to Build Heritage."  In addition, Hammer House is featured in the Annual Houses issue of Azure Magazine and Lightcatcher at the Whatcom Museum, led by Jim Olson FAIA, was featured in the December issue of Interior Design magazine as part of the magazine's "Best of the Year" issue.

SRG Partnership principal Skip Stanaway AIA is retiring after more than a decade with the firm and 32 years in the architectural profession.

Inform Interiors announced the opening of Inform Contract for commercial and public projects.

Schemata Workshop won AARP's Livable Communities Awards in the Architect category for Daybreak Cohousing.

The expansion of Swedish Health Services with design by CollinsWoerman and Mahlum, among others, was recently profiled in Insurance News. 

Archdaily featured the renovation of the Wards Cove Marina Warehouse by atelierjones.

According to the DJC, Swenson Say Fagét will be involved with CHH's 40 new apartments at 12th & Jefferson.

NAC|Architecture and Denver-based AR7 Architects have merged.

Stuart Silk Architects was featured in The New York Times. 

Archinnovations profiled Northwest Maritime Center in Port Townsend, WA by The Miller Hull Partnership.

Vancouver Convention Centre West by LMN Architects and John E. Jaqua Center for Student Athletes by ZGF Architects were honored by the Institute Honor Awards for Interior Architecture.

AIA Seattle congratulates Bob Sparling of Sparling on his recent retirement from the company. 

Lynnwood High School by Bassetti Architects  and Thurston Elementary by Mahlum were selected as 2011 Top Ten Schools of 21st Century by Architectural Record.

Bastyr Student Village by CollinsWoerman with additional work by Karen Braitmayer FAIA is now open.

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, Miller Hull Partnership, Mithun, and Olson Kundig Architects were selected for Residential Architect's ra50. 

Callison has named John Jastrem its new CEO and chairman.

The DJC reported that the Lincoln Square expansion by Sclater Partners Architects has been approved. 

arch daily featured North Beach by Heliotrope Architects and South Park Library by Johnston Architects. 

EHS Design, Inc. recently hired Julie Koch, NCIDQ, LEED® AP ID+C as a senior project manager and Aaron Garrett as intern architect.

Jennifer Guthrie and Shannon Nichol ASLA. Hon. AIA Seattle of Gustafson Guthrie Nichol will be delivering this year's Dean's Distinguished Lecture for the College of Built Environments at the University of Washington on January 24.   

MultiCare Health System's application to build a comprehensive, 58-bed hospital in Covington designed by CollinsWoerman was approved by the state Department of Health.

NAC|Architecture's "Fifth-Grade Exploration Studio" has been named the winner of Slate magazine's contest to reinvent the American classroom.  In addition, Glacier Peak High School in Snohomish, Wash., also designed by NAC|Architecture, is the recipient of an American School & University 2010 Educational Interiors Showcase Gold Citation for Cafeterias/Food-Service Areas. 

The National Council of Structural Engineers Associations (NCSEA) awarded Cary Kopczynski & Company (CKC) a national finalist award for its work on Escala.

GLY Construction received the Corporations for Communities award from Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed.

Baylis Architects was recognized nationally as a Novogradac Journal of Tax Credits Development of Distinction for special achievement in in the development of affordable housing. 

Peter Bohlin FAIA of Bohlin Cywinski Jackson was interviewed in Arch Daily. 

Jim Olson FAIA of Olson Kundig Architects participated in a panel discussion at the Bellevue Arts Museum auditorium on January 21, as part of the George Nelson Symposium, Beyond the Exhibition.  

Joe Mayo Assoc. AIA of Mahlum is the new AIA Pacific Northwest Regional Associate Director.  

Tom Kundig FAIA of Olson Kundig Architects discussed his work at the New York Public Library on January 25.