DECORATIVE PAVING -- NON-RESIDENTIAL

Seven entries were received in this category. Three of the entries are located in the Seattle Center. They include the South Plaza of the Center House, Founder's Plaza and International Fountain Plaza. The other four entries included: Linden Lane, Issaquah Commons, Cherry Crest Park and QFC Plaza.

The judges butted heads for a while on this category and finally decided on a tie between the Issaquah Commons project and the Center House South Plaza. Cherry Crest Park grabbed third place.

The developer of the Issaquah Commons project wanted break up the massing of the project's seven retail buildings, which totaled over 200,000 square feet. Part of the solution was the widespread use of stamped and colored concrete. The process turned a standard asphalt parking lot into a maze of cobblestone streets and pathways, tying the site with the older, pedestrian-oriented downtown area of Issaquah.

Sharing first place with Issaquah Commons was the Center House South Plaza at the Seattle Center. The project used imagery derived from radiating circus rings and "red carpets" to reflect the activities within the Center House.

An artist and landscape architect collaborated to create a circus ring game board of concrete pavement. The rings and carpets were created with patterns of embedded stainless steel forms in brightly colored concrete.

The design of Cherry Crest Mini Park near Bridle Trails in Bellevue incorporated play spaces for kids with seating areas, a plaza, pathways, open lawn areas and street frontage.

Unique features at Cherry Crest include concrete "Alpha Blox" and colored paving tiles that spell out the name of the park.

Project team

Center House South Plaza:

• Seattle Center, owner;
  
• Summit Technology, engineer;
  
• Golf Landscaping, contractor;
  
• Swift & Company Landscape Architects, architect; and
  
• Occidental Design/Lone Star Northwest Inc., concrete suppliers.

Issaquah Commons:

• Trammell Crow, owner;
  
• J.R. Hayes and Son, engineer;
  
• SDL McCarthy, contractor;
  
• Hodges and Assoc., architect; and
  
• Stoneway Concrete, concrete supplier.

Cherry Crest mini-park:

• City of Bellevue Parks & Community Services, owner;
  
• Continental Sport Systems, contractor; and
  
• Galloway & Barker, architect.

International Fountain and Mall:

• Seattle Center, owner;
  
• TRA, engineer;
  
• Cope Construction Company, contractor;
  
• Nakano-Dennis/TRA, architect; and
  
• Lone Star Northwest, concrete supplier.

QFC North Mercer Island Plaza:

• Quality Food Centers, owner;
  
• Martens/Chan Inc., engineer;
  
• Woodman Construction, contractor;
  
• Weisman Design Group, architect; and
  
• Cadman Inc., concrete supplier.

Seattle Center Founder's Court:

• Seattle Center, owner;
  
• CTS Engineers Inc., engineer;
  
• Pacific Concrete Technologies, contractor;
  
• Atelier Architects, landscape architect; and
  
• Salmon Bay, concrete supplier.

Linden Lane:

• Oakhurst Development Corp., owner and contractor;
  
• Skilling Ward Magnusson Barkshire, engineer;
  
• Mithun Partners, architect; and
  
• Cadman Inc., concrete supplier.

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