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Amazon's dome idea could
create a new city landmark
Image by NBBJ/Studio 216
Amazon.com tossed out the design for one of the low-rise buildings within its three-block office development in the Denny Triangle and has come up with something entirely different: three, uh, space balls.

Infrastructure here earns a C from ASCE

By BENJAMIN MINNICK

Dams earned a B, but bridges got a C-, and roads and transit got a D+.


SBA to boost lending to veterans

By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG

The Small Business Administration says it has lined up pledges from more than 120 banks to increase lending to veterans.

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H-P campus tax decision costs Oregon county $9M

The state valued the 180-acre site at $337 million for the 2010-11 tax year. The company said it was worth $204 million.


Help restore historic buildings this summer

The 2013 Pacific Northwest Preservation Field School this summer will work on restoring Campstove Shelter, a Civilian Conservation Corps building at Deception Pass State Park, and Comstock Barn at Ebey's Landing, a national historical reserve on Whidbey Island.


High rise proposed at Terry & Virginia

By JOURNAL STAFF

An entity related to Fred W. Hines Jr. of Everett has proposed an 18- or 19-story tower at 2025 Terry Ave., permit records show.


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TODAY'S STORIES

A & E
WSU upset with UW over medical school
Art Anderson gets Alaskan contract
ASLA: lots of calls about new work
Mayoral candidates forum May 28
Redmond wins PSRC Vision 2040 award
Gensler joins ULI's Greenprint Center
AIA Seattle honors dinner is June 1
Danish architect to lecture here Friday
SAF tour Friday: ‘Architecture 101'
AIA event May 29: Design for security
Help restore historic buildings this summer
Infrastructure here earns a C from ASCE
Amazon's dome idea could create a new city landmark
Eugene eyes micro units for homeless

Business
SBA to boost lending to veterans
Brownbag today on ‘targeted hiring'
Little summer break for busy auto factories
Stocks gain on news from Fed
Apple's Cook: ‘We pay all taxes we owe'
Cause of grain elevator fires unknown

Construction
Safety issues could delay opening of $6.4B Bay Bridge
South Park transfer station wins top award
Plans on hold for $400M power plant
Housing recovery boosts Home Depot profit 18%
McKinstry leads energy retrofit of AFL-CIO's headquarters in D.C.

Environment
Makah dump site may join Superfund
Reviewer picked for coal terminal EIS

Technology
When is it OK for parents to let a wunderkind drop out of school?

Real Estate
High rise proposed at Terry & Virginia
$1M damage in Aberdeen fire
H-P campus tax decision costs Oregon county $9M
Met Market building purchased for $32M

WSU upset with UW over medical school

Spokane will have a four-year medical program with or without the help of the University of Washington, according to Washington State University president Elson Floyd.

Met Market building purchased for $32M

By JOURNAL STAFF

An entity related to Houston-based Weingarten Realty Investors bought the Queen Anne Marketplace, a shopping center anchored by a Metropolitan Market store, at 600 First Ave. N. in Lower Queen Anne, property records show.


South Park transfer station wins top award

By JOURNAL STAFF

The award recognizes builders and roofers for innovation and distinction in design.

Green Building Blog:
Your patio can also be a power plant
Two Washington firms are introducing a modular solar system that turns patios, carports, e-car charging stations and picnic shelters into power generators, even in remote locations

SeattleScape:
Seattle takes step backwards on affordable housing
Council looks at higher development fees, restricting micro apartments


Nuts and Bolts Blog:
Skanska fills its own bin for charity
The effort resulted in two carloads of toiletries for the James W. Ray Orion Center for Youth.


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Friday
Senate votes to extend federal water projects
Deere cuts sales expectations
Puyallup longhouse uses solar to go net zero
U.S. housing starts fall, but building permits surge
Omega Morgan moves transformer over 9,700-foot Colorado pass
Forest Service opens Juneau lab
Homestead to buy 15 houses
Ribbon cutting for harbor near Juneau
Cross-Border Expo set for Ferndale
Vandals taking Oregon park fees
Meeting May 22 on Everett water plant
Trammell expands First Hill project
Hamilton Urban Partners focus on apartments: new, rehabs, modular
Health plan finder for small firms is delayed
Jones & Jones designs OSU longhouse
Backers try to revive 20-year-old plan for Penn Station rehab
New state pot rules would limit stores
Strange But True!
Cyclists ride through Dutch museum
Architectural/decorative concrete / tie
Lake Washington High School
Residential structures
Lions Gate
Pervious concrete
Woods at Golden Given
Special applications: Artistic merit / tie
East Bay Public Plaza
Special applications: Artistic merit / tie
Everett Performing Arts Plaza
Architectural/decorative concrete / tie
St. Martin’s Abbey courtyard
Residential decorative concrete
Sprague residence
GRAND AWARD/Tilt-up structures
Everett Clinic Smokey Point Medical Center
Renton Memorial Stadium owes its good looks to concrete
Cast-in-place structures
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Proton Therapy
Public works: Infrastructure
Maple Leaf Reservoir
Public works: Bridges
Manette Bridge replacement
Special applications: Technical merit
Columbia ColStor
Concrete paving
Martin Luther King Jr. Way phase one
Museum of the Confederacy helps humanize Gettysburg
At the Movies: ‘Star Trek' goes not so boldly into rehash zone
After Hours: ‘Bach at Leipzig' opens tonight
Legoland Florida expansion open soon
A late fade on Wall Street
Public renovations
Percival Landing major rehabilitation
Tech, labor groups spar over immigration
UN: Disasters have cost $ 2.5T since 2000 but little is being invested to reduce risk
Just 2 of 13 small SUVs do well in crash tests
Shotcrete helps restore a school that went up in flames


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