
May 15, 1998

WACA Award: Decorative Paving

Journal staff

Three projects were submitted in the Decorative Paving category: Redmond Town Center Parcel One; University of Puget Sound's Espresso Cafe; and the Alki Beach Trail.

Category winner Redmond Town Center used concrete for its aesthetics, lifecycle benefits and construction cost. The project features cast-in-place sidewalks that were colored with a diluted shade of gray to create a warmer look to the surfaces. Also, joint tooling was intentionally deep and devoid of "shiners" to create a weathered appearance.

Redmond Town Center

Category winner Redmond Town Center features a 40-foot concrete star.

To help emphasize the pedestrian nature of Redmond Town Center, parallel parking areas near the heart of the project were designed with integrally-colored and stamped concrete in a cobble pattern.

A combination of ready-mix concrete and unit pavers were used in several of the project's courtyards and building forecourts. Additional aesthetics were created with sandblasted concrete cast-in-place walls and special applications of precast concrete in and around courtyard fountains.

One of the project's courts, the East Court, uses several attributes of ready-mix concrete. It features a 40-foot star with points of integrally-colored white concrete tipped with bronze that radiate from a shopping center directory. It rests in a charcoal gray field and is surrounded by a sandblasted concrete bezel ring and pavers set in a herringbone pattern.

Project teams

Redmond Town Center Parcel One: Winmar Co., owner/developer; KPFF, structural engineer; McCarthy, general contractor; LMN, architect; and Hewitt Isley, landscape architect.

University of Puget Sound Espresso Cafe: University of Puget Sound, owner; Chalker Putnam Collins and Scott, structural engineer; WPC Inc., general and concrete contractor; McGranahan Partnership, architect; and Holroyd Co. Inc., concrete supplier.

Alki Beach Trail: Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation, owner; Gary Merlino Construction Co., general and concrete contractor; MacLeod Reckord, architect; and Stoneway Concrete, concrete supplier.