AIA Seattle
2002 HONOR AWARDS
FOR WASHINGTON ARCHITECTURE
* View all entries online in Completed, Not Yet Built, and Theoretical categories.

Media reports:
Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce 11/19: "AIA winners transcend design challenges," by Sam Bennett
The Seattle Times 11/24: "Architects' projects honored," by Elizabeth Rhodes
ArchitectureWeek 12/11
AIArchitect 12/16

Selected and announced by the jury at Benaroya Hall 11/18/02:
* Rick Joy
* Reed Kroloff
* Jane Weinzapfel FAIA
* Moderator David M. Scott FAIA

HONOR AWARDS (4)
Chicken Point Cabin, Northern Idaho (C 140)
� Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen
"This 'little machine of a house' makes big moves with a small palette. It begins with a framed view and an idea, and holds on to them without compromise, handling entries and access rigorously and yet with interesting complexity and texture. The architect has drawn on the picturesque, e.g. the tilt-up door, but without falling into nostalgia. We see here an order of perfect relationships, but with humor - a truly outstanding achievement."

University of Washington Bothell/Cascadia Community College, Bothell (C 461)
� NBBJ
"We commend here that rare achievement of a massive set of buildings delivered with great respect for human scale - recalling a bunch of sheds in a field, drawing together the learning community and protecting their communal experience while retaining its connection to the world outside. We particularly admired the integration of interior and exterior spaces highly responsive to available light, just what we seek in the Northwest. Skillful site planning also succeeds in creating a commuter campus that accommodates cars while promoting pedestrian circulation. Design professionals will appreciate the second- or third-generation references to the modernist language of Charles Moore and Edward Larrabee Barnes, which really shows its adaptability in this design."

The Point House, Montana (C 120)
� Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
"We commend the architect's sophistication that also 'knows when to stop' - aptly demonstrating why one hires an architect! Note the masterly use of materials, detailing, and the capture of views and light - separately and cumulatively, they create a wonderful experience of a special place. Age and rust will only improve it."

Reeve Residence, Salmon Point/Lopez Island (C 151)
� Cutler Anderson Architects
"A collection of structures respond in a beautifully refined way to the site. The forms combine with strength and clarity, connecting the internal and the external experiences to create a reverie of the landscape."

AWARDS OF MERIT (4)
Seattle Center Fisher Pavilion, Seattle (C 215)
� Miller/Hull
"This transformational project provides a new below-grade pavilion that opens a series of processional outdoor spaces at the heart of a community center. By its placement and form, it enlivens the spaces, structures, and activities that surround it. Internally, it rigorously yet modestly asserts a design language, giving meaning and credibility to details yet standing back and giving center stage to the people and activities it contains. Thus it embodies civic responsibility in design, from site plan to structural detail."

Harrison Street Entry Screen Wall, Seattle Center, Seattle (C 820)
� r-b-f architecture
"The architects have successfully taken on a piece of civic structure, creating a 'splendid distraction' that makes this space work. They've achieved a structure light enough to coexist with the EMP. We find this structure delightful both horizontally and vertically, from afar and up close."

Keystone Building, University of Washington Tacoma (C 470)
� LMN
"This building takes full advantage of a tight urban space with transit connections that lend vigor and vitality to its function. With its muscular trusses, it participates in the character of the site, adding a contemporary response to traditional building forms and adapting their vocabulary to new uses."

Bremerton Naval Hospital - Clinic Addition & Renovation, Bremerton (C 445)
� NBBJ
"The addition to the existing structure brings new scale and humanity to the serious function of this facility. Here we see a large program activated by the effective mixture of space uses, with clarity of plan unusual for a hospital of this size and complexity. The texture and scale of detail makes for a lively and light experience, pleasant and conducive to the health of those who visit and work here. We especially admire the adjacency of clinical spaces to the outside, and the concern for healing that brings these together. A positive note too for the non-cloying application of nautical motifs."

COMMENDATIONS (4)
Cle Elum House, Cle Elum (C 179)
� Lane Williams Architects
"We admire here the composition of architectural elements in both plan and section, with the basic building blocks distorted just sufficiently to create objects of compelling visual presence. A commendable solution to an unusual site opportunity."

Seattle Academy of Arts & Sciences Gymnasium, Seattle (C 260)
� Miller/Hull
"Among several educational projects reviewed by the jury, this one evidenced architectural integrity, and we commend client and architect for offering a positive model for the creation of a place of learning. We commend here the skillful use of exterior rhythm and texture, and the thoughtful use of grade and setback that allows successful insertion of a large monolithic structure into a neighborhood - making a contribution rather than a 'woeful large project.' This project also shows us that good clean contemporary architecture can coexist with anything!"

River Residence, Mt. Vernon (C 190)
� Weinstein Copeland Architects
"The assembly of a simple series of forms brings a wonderful quality of light into the created spaces, with a pleasing tactile mixture. The architect demonstrates the ability to marshal construction materials playfully but purposefully to create a comfortable and comforting place for the enjoyment of home and family."

Swedish Cancer Institute, Seattle (C 490)
� NBBJ
"We commend both a client willing to invest in quality that enhances its mission, and the architectural achievement that dissolves the 'typical clinical antiseptic vibe.' The addition brings a well-conceived change in texture and scale that welcomes and lends humane character to the whole building. Admitting light and a sense of the outdoors into the working spaces brings natural forces to bear on the communal experience of healing."