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Collaborative Design Lecture
Robert Shrosbree, FASLA will be giving a lecture at the University of Idaho titled "Collaborative Design: Integrating Vision, Process and Place." The talk is scheduled for November 14, 2011 at 6:00 pm in room TLC 040.
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The Science and Practice of Sustainable Sites
Seattle Public Utilities, UW Botanic Gardens and WASLA are sponsoring a series of three seminars on "The Science and Practice of Sustainable Sites." On September 20, Clayton Beaudoin will be co-leading the first seminar on "Observations from Two Parks Pilot Projects," where he will discuss lessons-learned from our work on Seattle's Kirke Park on 9th Ave NW. For details on the series and registration information, see the link.
Visit http://depts.washington.edu/uwbg/education/prohort.php?trumbaEmbed=view=event&eventid=95725468 » |
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Jim Keller earns Alaska licensure
After completing a rigorous Arctic Engineering course and passing the licensing exam, principal Jim Keller is now a registered landscape architect in the state of Alaksa.
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ECOHOME Design Awards honor Bastyr Student Housing
ECOHOME Magazine's 2011 Design Awards honored Bastyr University's Student Housing with a Merit Award. The project was led by Collins Woerman Architects, with landscape architectural services by Site Workshop.
Visit http://www.ecohomemagazine.com/multifamily-building/bastyr-university-student-housing.aspx » |
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Robert Shrosbree elevated to ASLA Council of Fellows
We would like to congratulate Bob Shrosbree on being elevated to the American Society of Landscape Architects' Council of Fellows--which is among the highest honors the organization bestows on members. The designation of Fellow recognizes Bob for his exceptional accomplishments over a sustained period of time. Well done, Bob!
Visit http://www.asla.org/land/LandArticle.aspx?id=32107 » |
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Bastyr wins USGBC award for new Student Village
The U.S. Green Building Council honored Bastyr University's new Student Village with their Outstanding Multifamily Project award for 2010. The award was announced at the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in Chicago.
Collins Woerman was the architect for the project, which earned LEED platinum certification, the first student housing project on the West Coast to earn the designation.
Visit http://www.usgbc.org/ShowFile.aspx?DocumentID=8522 » |
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Sustainable Sites Workshop
The new Sustainable Sites (SITES) rating system evaluates site and landscape design, similar to the LEED system for green buildings. Seattle Public Utilities is sponsoring a workshop on September 30 from 4-6:00 at the Central Library to present an overview of the SITES rating guidelines, and show how these metrics can be used to inspire quality and performance throughout project design and construction.
Site Workshop's Kirke Park (9th Ave NW) and two other Seattle projects were selected for the SITES pilot program to demonstrate the challenges and benefits of using this new rating system to guide sustainable site design.
Panelists at the workshop, include Clayton Beaudoin and Flora Yeh, will explore where these innovative guidelines are leading us, and discuss how they are changing professional practice and the design process.
Visit http://www.sustainablesites.org/report » |
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Kirke Park
Neighbors in Seattle's Whittier Heights neighborhood gathered for an annual movie night at the site of the 9th Ave NW Park development, which was recently named Kirke Park (Norwegian for "church") to recognize its history as the site of the Seventh Elect Church in Israel. At the event, neighbors could review the final design for the new park. Construction is scheduled to be complete in early summer of 2011.
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Washington State Board of Licensure
Bill Bernstein was recently reappointed to the Washington State Board of Licensure for Landscape Architects for a five-year term.
Visit http://www.dol.wa.gov/business/landscapearchitects/laboardmembers.html » |
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Bastyr University Student Housing
The USGBC has certified the Bastyr University Student Housing project in Kenmore, WA for a Platinum award. The architect was Collins Woerman.
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Sustainable Sites Initiative
Seattle’s new 9th Ave NW Park has been accepted as one of 150 pilot projects for the Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES), a new rating system for landscape design, construction and maintenance. 9th Ave. NW was designed by Site Workshop LLC and developed through three dynamic community workshops. When this project funded by the Parks and Green Spaces Levy is complete, a defunct “church” site will be transformed into a vibrant neighborhood park. The one acre site lies mid-block and is surrounded on three sides by single family residences. Originally this site was home to a church group, and the compound sat vacant prior to acquisition by Parks, who opened it up for public use.
This new park has been developed to reflect the site’s past and the environmentally conscious neighborhood’s future. A community garden will continue the site’s history of food production, while many site relics will be reused within the park design. At the street edge, unnecessary paving is reclaimed for use as rain gardens. These gardens will buffer the park from the road and clean and store stormwater taken directly from the street. This will benefit King County’s combined sewer system, which will improve Puget Sound water quality.
Like the other pilot projects, these sites will test the point system for achieving different levels of site sustainability on a 250-point scale, and the performance benchmarks associated with specific credits within the Guidelines and Performance Benchmarks 2009.
Visit http://www.sustainablesites.org » |
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AIA Washington Civic Design Awards
The Washington Council of the American Institute of Architects honored Everett Community College's Gray Wolf Hall with a Civic Design Award at their May 20th awards ceremony. Designed by LMN Architects, with landscape design by Site Workshop, the new 77,000-sf. Undergraduate Education Building is on track for LEED Gold certification.
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WASLA Awards 2010
At their March 25, 2010 awards reception, the Washington Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects honored Site Workshop’s design for Ella Bailey Park with a Merit Award.
Jury Comments:
This is a good neighborhood park achieving in one move to put in evidence the "borrowed landscape" of Mount Rainier. Its largest central space - an oval - tilts toward Mount Rainier, pointing to its importance and the spectacular view across the Bat. This move is what the park is about, and it is more than enough. More projects should strive for such clear and simple moves. The plan, sections, perspective and photos of the finished project are clear and explain the project at a glance. The project's presentation in itself deserves commendation as well.
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Ella Bailey Park Featured in LAM
Site Workshop is honored to have Seattle’s Ella Bailey Park featured in the July issue of Landscape Architecture Magazine. Perched on the eastern ridge of the Magnolia neighborhood, Ella Bailey Park was highlighted in an article by Mark Hinshaw on the approach Seattle Parks & Recreation has taken to developing new parks: developing modest parcels in densely populated areas. Hinshaw praises the design for its “thoughtful, gentle touches that result in a place that revels in its breathtaking surroundings rather than competing with them.”
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AIA Honors ShoWare Center
On May 14, 2009, the Washington Council of the AIA recognized ShoWare Center with a Civic Design Award. Site Workshop is honored to have worked with LMN Architects on this project for the City of Kent.
Visit http://www.aiawa.org/CDA09.htm » |
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University of Washington HEADLINES Exhibit 2009
Site Workshop submitted a project for the UW College of Built Environments' HEADLINES exhibit. The exhibit features commissioned, but unbuilt work by a variety of local design firms. We chose to feature Reflection Park, a memorial site at Ft. Lewis. The concept for Reflection Park began with the goal of providing a place of reflection for families of fallen soldiers and hope for the future. Two very important but simple facts about past and present wars were explored in the design of the park: their duration in time and quantity of lives lost during each conflict. A diagonal long walk transverses the park and acts as a timeline delineating the years between conflicts, moving from the First World War to the present conflict in Afghanistan and Iraq. A series of bisecting paths for each war then leads the visitor to groupings of engraved and polished basalt stones set within meadow grass, visually conveying the magnitude of lives lost by the number of stones. At the low point of the site is a large reflection pool that provides a place to pause and remember and also serving as a symbol of hope for the future. Names of fallen men and women include those that were from Washington State or were last posted at Ft. Lewis at the time of their deployment. All branches of the Uniformed Services are represented, including the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard and Washington State National Guard.
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Sinclair Inlet Charrette
Clayton Beaudoin has volunteered to serve as co-captain of the Surface Water Management Team at a charrette sponsored by the Kitsap Trees & Shoreline Association, the Washington Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects, and the National Park Service Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program. Held on April 24 and 25 in Bremerton, WA, the charrette will produce a Development Concept Plan for the Sinclair Inlet shoreline that integrates transportation, public use, and environmental protection in a sustainable manner. Many contextual challenges and related opportunities exist along the narrow band of shoreline, including a rich military / industrial history, sensitive and valuable habitat, and an active railway, highway and sewage treatment plant. Clayton’s professional skills and experience meet up with his childhood questions as he applies both to this charrette in his hometown.
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Northwest Seattle Design Review Board
Mark Brands was recently re-appointed to the Northwest Design Review Board, where he will act as chair later this year.
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AIA Seattle Board of Directors
Robert Shrosbree was recently re-appointed to the AIA Seattle Board of Directors as Advisory Member for Allied Professionals.
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AIA Seattle Editorial Board
Anna O'Connell was recently invited to serve on AIA Seattle’s Editorial Board. The Editorial Board establishes the content, direction, and thought leadership for Forum, AIA Seattle’s quarterly magazine.
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Al Gharbia 2030 Charrette
In November 2008, Mark Brands travelled to the United Arab Emirates to participate in a week-long charrette, Al Gharbia 2030, sponsored by the Urban Planning Council of Abu Dhabi. A collaboration between local officials and a multi-disciplinary team of international experts, the session focused on the future development of Al Gharbia, the UAE’s western desert region, as they prepare for growth over the next 20 years in 7 settlement areas.
Visit http://www.zawya.com/printstory.cfm?storyid=ZAWYA20081127103101&l=103100081127 » |
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AIA Seattle Honors Kitsap Administration Building
The Seattle chapter of the AIA recognized the Kitsap County Administration Building and architects Miller|Hull with a Merit Award at their 2008 Honor Awards ceremony. The jurors said: "Work of this quality is unusual in a government building. Its civic presence, openness, simplicity and materiality combine in a high quality public building. Jurors noted the simple, resolved massing, the original, sophisticated detailing, and the purposeful imperfection in the formwork."
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National Building Museum Features Galisteo Basin Project
The National Building Museum's new Green Community exhibit features the Village at Galisteo Basin Preserve, a new community development in New Mexico being designed by Site Workshop, Civitas Canada and the Commonweal Conservancy. Located 15 miles southeast of Santa Fe, Galisteo Basin Preserve is a fragile and ecologically significant area celebrated for its spectacular scenery. To protect this 12,800-acre habitat, Commonweal Conservancy has purchased the entire preserve with plans to integrate a 300-acre compact village into a site where 96 percent of the land is protected in perpetuity by conservation easements. The exhibit runs through October 25, 2009.
Visit http://www.nbm.org/exhibitions-collections/exhibitions/green-community/green-community.html » |
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The Slides are Back!
Mark Brands has been leading a volunteer effort to revitalize the treasured hillside slides at the Phinney Neighborhood Center. The slides have been a long standing icon of play in the Phinney Ridge neighborhood and have slowly fallen into to disrepair over the years. The project is a joint effort between the Phinney Neighborhood Association (PNA) and the Phinney Neighborhood Pre-School Coop (PNPC). In support of the PNA’s ongoing effort to purchase their property from the school district and make capital improvements, Site Workshop has developed a Master Plan to guide future site improvements. The slides are targeted to be open on November 1.
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Site Workshop & AIA Team Up For Park(ing) Day
Park(ing) Day in Seattle was a great success. It was fun to see so many folks--including a number of local design firms--get involved. The range and variety of parks was impressive, and we definitely hope this event keeps gaining momentum. We enjoyed collaborating with AIA Seattle on the park directly in front of their office on First Ave--it was a great spot to engage passersby. We want to thank Meyer Wells for loaning us some amazing lumber for benches and table tops; Teufel Nursery for the nice selection of native plants; and Hilfiker Retaining Walls for the gabions.
Visit http://www.aiaseattle.org/node/2194 » |
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Park(ing) Day 2008
In celebration of Park(ing) Day, Site Workshop has teamed up with AIA Seattle to create an urban park in the parking spaces directly in front of the AIA Seattle offices at 1911 First Ave.
The global event, founded by the Trust for Public Land and San Francisco art collective REBAR, highlights the importance of open green space in our cities. This year's Park(ing) Day happens on September 19.
Stop by and say hello!
Visit http://www.tpl.org/content_documents/parking_day/SeattleNPDoverview.pdf » |
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WASLA Awards 2008
The Washington Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects recogized Site Workshop for two of recent projects. The Kitsap County Administration Building earned the Special Mention Award for General Design: Sustainability, while the Village at Galisteo Basin Preserve received the Award of Honor for Planning and Analysis.
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WRPA Award for Best Park
On April 24th, the Washington Recreation & Park Association will recognize Dahl Playfield with the Best Park – Class 1 Award for 2007-08. Site Workshop is honored to have collaborated with Seattle Parks, Friends of Dahl Playfield and artist John Hoge to revitalize this well-used park in Seattle’s Wedgwood neighborhood.
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Seattle Design Review Board
Mark Brands was recently appointed to the City of Seattle's Design Review Board (Northwest Neighborhoods).
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AIA Seattle Board of Directors
Robert Shrosbree has been elected onto the AIA Seattle Board of Directors in the position of Advisory Member (Allied Professionals).
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Seattle Design Commission Awards of Excellence
Ellla Bailey Park, Magnolia and Northgate Library, Community Center and Urban Park have been honored with Seattle Design Commission Design Excellence Awards. These awards are intended to highlight superior design in public projects, honoring both the city departments overseeing them and the design teams. Mayor Greg Nickels presented the awards to the five winning projects at a celebration held on Thursday January 17th.
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