Design Detailings: Charles Jencks to speak at Benaroya

International architect and author Charles Jencks will speak tonight at Benaroya Hall at 7:30 p.m.

Jencks, who lives in Scotland, did a landscape project for the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. He has also written more than 30 books, including a 1977 volume called "The Language of Post-Modern Architecture" and most recently, "The Iconic Building," which looks at structures by Frank Gehry, Daniel Libeskind and Rem Koolhaas.

Jencks lectures in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and Asia. He earned degrees in architectural history at the University of London, and English literature and architecture at Harvard University.

Tonight's talk is sponsored by NBBJ, Sellen Construction Co. and Seattle law firm Reed, Longyear, Malnati, Ahrens & West. Cost is $15, $7.50 for students or those under 25. For tickets, see http://www.boxoffice.html.

CHS Engineers, McAndrews merge

Two Bellevue engineering firms have merged: CHS Engineers and The McAndrews Group. The combined company will be known as CHS Engineers.

Principals are Larry McAndrews, Scott Christensen, Rodney Langer, Evan Henke and John Nottingham. All are engineers.

Christensen helped start CHS Engineers in 1993. The company's specialty is consulting for municipalities. McAndrews founded The McAndrews Group 10 years ago to work with small cities and towns, as well as developers and architects.

The combined company will continue to provide code and building inspection services, but also offer packages for surveys, road design and construction management support.

W&H Pacific wins award for Ore. bridge

The National Steel Bridge Alliance recognized W&H Pacific of Bothell for the Bill Healy Memorial Bridge in Bend, Ore. The awards recognize innovative steel bridges built in the United States.

The Bill Healy bridge won second place in the medium span category. W&H Pacific did structural and civil engineering, landscape architecture and construction management on the project, which finished in 2003.

Design Detailings: Houston-based ABS Consulting has closed its Seattle office, but Donald Ballantyne will maintain Northwest operations from Tacoma. Ballantyne

New ownership at Wattenbarger

Seattle firms win design awards

Several Seattle firms won Northwest Design Awards recently in a Seattle Design Center competition.

Dawson Design Associates won for hospitality design. BCDG Interiors won for bathroom and bedroom designs, and tied with Boxwood for contemporary design.

Two Bainbridge Island firms, Zimmerman Architecture and Ardeo Design, won for retail design and a yacht remodel, respectively. Hensel Design Studios won in seven categories, ranging from a remodel to house design.

Fire code board has openings

Mayor Greg Nickels is seeking candidates to fill vacancies on the Seattle Fire Code Advisory Board.

The 15-member board advises the mayor, city council, fire chief and fire marshal on fire prevention issues in Seattle.

The city needs representatives from marine, fire insurance, fire protection and retail industries, as well as two members of the public.

The mayor makes appointments, which are subject to city council confirmation. Board members serve without compensation.

To be considered, send a letter of interest and resume by Oct. 15: Diane Hansen, Seattle Fire Department, 220 Third Ave. S., Seattle WA 98104. Or e-mail diane.hansen@seattle.gov.

Morss to study Aberdeen clinic

Coastal Internal Medicine of Aberdeen hired Bainbridge Island-based Morss Medical Architecture to do a feasibility study for a new building.

The 5,000-square-foot building would offer internal medicine services and house a group of providers for Aberdeen-area patients. It would open in the fourth quarter of 2006. Morss Medical has 30 years of experience in medical architecture.

South African architect at SAM

Lindy Roy, an innovative architect from Cape Town, South Africa, will speak at the Seattle Art Museum at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. Roy is the founder of New York-based ROY, known for its research-driven, conceptually based architecture.

Her recent projects include the heli-ski Wind River Lodge in Alaska and a hotel and spa in the Kavango Delta, Botswana. Tickets are $12 and can be purchased through http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2270, or at Peter Miller Books, 1930 First Ave.

Geologist gives talk on wetlands

Geologist David Weatherby will give a talk Nov. 2 on a method he created to analyze the impact of transportation projects on wetlands.

Oregon Department of Transportation would have to fill wetlands to build the West Eugene Parkway transportation project. Weatherby came up with a way to assess whether the parkway would change the hydrologic system or impact wetlands outside the project's footprint.

His talk will be at Meier & Frank, 621 S.W. Fifth Ave. in Portland at 11:30 a.m. Call (360) 896-0166 for more information.

ABS Consulting closes Seattle office

Houston-based ABS Consulting has closed its Seattle office, but Donald Ballantyne will maintain Northwest operations from Tacoma. Ballantyne can be reached at (206) 226-7496, or through his work address, 1915 63rd St. N.E. ABS does engineering and risk assessment.

New ownership at Wattenbarger

Ross A. Jones is the new owner of Wattenbarger Architects in Bellevue, and will oversee operations, management and growth. He is now president and chief executive officer.

Steve Wattenbarger is chairman, and will do more business development work and continue as principal on some projects.

Wattenbarger founded the firm in 1987. Jones joined in 1994, after the company shifted its focus to housing for seniors.

Wash. resident re-elected to IECA

Becky Gauthier of Lakebay has been re-elected to the board of directors for the International Erosion Control Association. This Steamboat Springs, Colo.-based nonprofit helps members solve erosion and sediment problems.

Gauthier's second term will begin in February 2006. She has worked in the erosion control industry since 1990 and is the technical representative for Fiber Marketing International.

Design Detailings: Tom Kundig lecture Oct. 28

Tom Kundig, a principal with Seattle-firm Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects, will give a free public talk Oct. 28 about his work from 1995 through today.

Organizers say Kundig's poetic and intuitive style helped him win a 2005 National Design Award in Architecture from the The Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum.

Kundig's slide lecture will start at 7 p.m. at the University of Washington's Kane Hall. For information, call (206) 685-2296.

AHBL, Martens-Chan have merged

AHBL and Martens-Chan have merged. Their new Seattle address is Park Place Building, 1200 Sixth Ave., Suite 1620. Telephone is (206) 267-2425. Martens-Chan is a Seattle company that does structural engineering for medical centers and architecture firms. AHBL does landscape architecture, and civil and structural engineering. It also has a Tacoma office.

SMPS offers workshop on Oct. 25

The Society for Marketing Professional Services' will hold a workshop Oct. 25 about business development strategies, networking tools, lead development and cold calling.

The interactive workshop will cover the differences between marketing and business development in professional service firms, how to prepare for client introductions and how to build relationships.

The program is for technical staff, principals, project managers, sales and marketing personnel. Presenters will be Karleen Belmont, president of KB Consultants, and David Mastroieni, principal of DDM Consulting. They each have more than 20 years of experience in marketing and business development.

The workshop will run from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Washington Athletic Club, 1325 Sixth Ave. Cost is $125 for SMPS members and $200 for non-members. Online registration is available at http://www.smpsseattle.org/calendar/102505.html.

Architectural award entries due

AIA Southwest Washington is seeking entries through Oct. 27 for a juried competition. All projects are eligible, including interior architecture, urban planning and renovations. Winners will be announced at an event Nov. 9 at Pioneer Park Pavilion in Puyallup.

Cost to attend the event is $25 for AIA members, or $35 for others. Jurors include the principals of Clint Pehrson Architects and Robert Harrison Architects of Seattle.

Design Detailings: Kundig, Gustafson win Smithsonian awards

The Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum gave Tom Kundig of Seattle's Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen an architecture design award. Kathryn Gustafson, a partner in Seattle firm Gustafson Guthrie Nichol, won a landscape design award.

They will be presented with the awards Oct. 20 at an event in New York chaired by architect Richard Meier.

ABKJ moves Seattle office

The Seattle civil and structural engineering firm Andersen Bjornstad Kane Jacobs is moving to a different floor in the Bank of America Fifth Avenue Plaza.

Starting in November, the company's address will be 800 Fifth Ave., Suite 2500, Seattle 98104. Phone and fax numbers will remain the same: telephone (206) 340-2255, fax (206) 340-2266.

Rolluda designs mosque for Olympia

Seattle-based Rolluda Architects recently finished designing a Muslim mosque in Olympia. The 10,500-square-foot mosque, called Masjid Al-Nur, will replace a temporary community center on a 10-acre site that has 40 single-family homes.

The mosque will serve a group of Cambodian people who have lived in Olympia since the early 1980s. Others working on the project include AHBL, The Greenbusch Group, Cierra Electrical Group, Jeffrey B. Glander & Associates, Springline Design and J B Iringan Consulting.

Beck Studio project featured in magazine

A 500-square-foot vacation cabin designed by Seattle residential architecture firm Beck Studio is featured in the September/October issue of Western Interiors and Design magazine.

The cabin, called Rainier Pavilion, is just outside Mount Rainier National Park.

Transparent materials let in the forested site's soft light. Philip Beck, the architect, has also worked on an ecolodge in Nepal and other projects in Colorado and Tibet.

Building enclosure council is launched

The new Seattle Building Enclosure Council will hold its first meeting Oct. 20 at the Bellevue Public Library at 5 p.m. Panelists will be Dan Heffernan, a lawyer who deals with construction defect litigation, and Bellevue building official Gregg Schrader.

They will talk about the new Engrossed House Bill 1848 and what it will mean for people who design, inspect and do contracting work. The Seattle Building Enclosure Council is made up of architects, engineers, contractors and manufacturers. For membership information, see http://www.seabec.org.

Design Detailings: Yantis gives talk on quiet hospitals

Michael Yantis, principal of Yantis Acoustical Design, will give a talk on Oct. 14 in Portland on how to design quiet hospitals. The AIA Washington Council asked him to speak on acoustics for health care facilities, and how to plan early in order to reduce noise and vibration control costs.

Yantis is a division of the Seattle electrical engineering consulting firm Sparling. It focuses on building acoustics and vibration, environmental noise and sound reinforcement systems.

Building envelope, condos topic of seminars

Washington's new Condominium Act and building envelope issues are the topics of upcoming seminars by AIA Seattle Continuing Education. They will be held be Oct. 13-14 in Seattle and Nov. 10-11 in Portland.

There will be interactive workshops with designers and consultants on emerging issues in envelope design and technology. Presenters will include people from GGLO, NBBJ, Callison, Mithun, Walsh Construction and LMN Architects, as well as other consultants talking about case studies in condo projects and in civic and institutional buildings. They will look at envelope design and the ways the Condominium Act affects design and construction administration. For more information, see http://www.aiaseattle.org/event_051013_its_in_the_details.htm.

Bill Broz starts a new firm

Broz

Engineer William R. Broz has started WRB Engineering, a Seattle-based mechanical engineering firm. Broz co-founded and was a principal at McGowan Broz Engineers.

His new company will focus on forensic investigations and litigation support. Broz's areas of expertise include HVAC and plumbing design, and lifecycle cost analysis.

Stantec of Canada buys Keen

Canadian company Stantec recently acquired Keen Engineering, which specializes in sustainable mechanical, electrical and plumbing design. Keen has 275 employees in 10 offices in Canada, as well as offices in Seattle and San Francisco.

Stantec and Keen collaborated on projects such as the Vancouver International Airport and a student center at the University of Toronto. Stantec's focus is engineering, architecture, surveying and project management work.

Preservation award winners are picked

The National Trust for Historic Preservation recently named 22 winners of its 2005 National Preservation Awards. The Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit works to keep historic places.

It recognized these local groups: the Washington Heritage Caucus in Olympia for creating a forum for people to talk with legislators about preservation; the Umpqua Community Development Corp. of Roseburg, Ore., for preserving historic structures in southwestern Oregon; Portland's Bosco-Milligan Foundation for restoring the city's historic West's Block Building; and Oregon Department of Transportation for keeping a historic bridge.

Suzuki selected to ASID board

The American Society of Interior Designers selected Seattle-based interior designer, Christine Suzuki, to its board of directors. She took office this week and will serve a one-year term.

As the ASID Chapter Support Team representative to the board, Suzuki will help develop the strategic vision of ASID.

Suzuki is a principal of Christine S. Suzuki & Associates. Founded in 1996, the award-winning firm specializes in residential and commercial remodeling, space planning, design development and project management. She recently received first runner-up, bathroom category, honors in the 2005 Southern Accents/ASID National Residential Interior Design Competition.

Design Detailings: Portico honored for jaguar zoo exhibit

Photo by Mike Teller The Jaguar Cove at Woodland Park Zoo features a waterfall and underwater viewing of the jaguars.

The American Zoo and Aquarium Association recently honored Woodland Park Zoo with a Significant Achievement Award in the exhibit category for Jaguar Cove.

The Portico Group of Seattle designed the exhibit, as well as the zoo's award-winning tropical rain forest exhibit. The general contractor was Synergy Construction of Woodinville.

A 28-foot-high kapok stump is the entry to Jaguar Cove, the first zoo exhibit in the world with underwater viewing of a jaguar. More than 1,900 plants inside and outside the enclosure mimic the tropical rain forests of Central and South America, which is the natural habitat of jaguars.

The zoo's Deputy Director Bruce Bohmke said, "Woodland Park Zoo worked hard to design and build an exhibit that is interesting and educational, highlights conservation projects in both the zoo and in the wild, and provides a naturalistic and stimulating environment for a jaguar to live in."

Woodland Park Zoo has two jaguars: a 5-year-old male, recently imported from Bolivia, and a 10-year-old male.

Callison, Cole Haan create new prototype

Callison Architecture and Cole Haan have collaborated to create a Cole Haan women's prototype store, showcasing footwear, handbags, accessories and outerwear.

The 1,800-square-foot store opened in February at South Park Mall in Charlotte, N.C. Callison developed exterior, interior, fixture and furniture design.

The exterior includes Hollywood Regency-style vertical windows with ebony frames, contrasting a limestone facade. Large entry doors have an interlocking symmetrical circle motif. A custom tripod display table anchors the front of the store, and is lit overhead by a white chandelier. Multi-level mannequin platforms provide a focal point within the store to display merchandise.

In the front and back of the store are accessory displays in ivory lacquer, with gold leaf detailing and grasscloth backdrops. The custom furniture is residential-style, including slipper chairs, a daybed and side chairs.

"The store's Hollywood glamour style is refined and elegant, and envelops the customer in a very feminine and modern atmosphere," said Cindi Kato, Callison director.

Swope talk Tuesday on ‘Classic Houses'

Caroline Swope, author of the new book "Classic Houses of Seattle," will present a slide show at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Ballard Library, 5614 N.W. 22nd St. Swope will discuss dozens of homes from around the city that exemplify the area's architectural styles.

She teaches art and architectural history at Seattle Central Community College, and holds a doctorate in American art and architectural history from the University of Washington and a master's in historic preservation. The book is published by Timber Press. The presentation is free.

She will also speak at 5 p.m. Oct. 11, at the Central Library, 1000 Fourth Ave.

Oct. 20 deadline for landscape awards

The Washington Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects is accepting submissions for the 2006 WASLA Design Awards Program. The biennial awards program showcases landscape architecture from throughout the state.

Submissions are accepted in five categories: design; residential garden design; landscape planning and analysis; research and communications; and works in progress. All landscape architects in Washington are eligible to submit. Projects may be outside the state.

Deadline for submissions is Oct. 20. The entry fee is $175. For information, call the WASLA office at (206) 443-9484.

Design Detailings: UW, WSU look at changes in design

Vikram Prakash, chair of the University of Washington Department of Architecture, and Greg Kessler, director of the Washington State University School of Architecture and Construction Management, will host a discussion about changes in architecture on Sept. 28.

Prakash and Kessler will present "Future Focus: New Dynamics of the Architecture Profession," focusing on changes in architecture and the role of architecture schools in helping to direct the profession.

The event will be held at 6 p.m. in the College Center Building at Pierce College's Puyallup campus, 9404 112th St. E.

The event, sponsored by American Institute of Architects Southwest Washington, will begin with a tour of the recently completed College Center Building, led by MSGS Architects of Olympia and Pierce College officials.

Cost is $30 for AIA members and $40 for non-members. For reservations, complete the registration form at http://www.aiasww.org or call Janet Matkin at (253) 627-4006.

Historic Seattle holds online auction

Historic Seattle's 2005 online auction runs through Oct. 12. The catalog includes vacations, ballet and symphony tickets, antiques, fine crafts, and tickets to Mariners and Seahawks games.

Proceeds help fund Historic Seattle, which has saved 45 buildings in its 30-year history. The organization is currently rehabilitating the 1889 Cadillac Hotel Building in Pioneer Square. For information, go to http://www.historicseattle.org.

Planning board has three open spots

Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels want to fill three positions on the Seattle Planning Commission, beginning in January 2006. The terms are three years, and the unpaid commissioners must live in Seattle.

The 16-member commission advises officials on citywide planning goals, policies and plans. Candidates should have experience in transportation planning, comprehensive and land-use planning, housing development, and/or small business.

Send a letter of interest and a resume by Oct. 14 to Mayor Greg Nickels c/o Barbara Wilson, executive director, Seattle Planning Commission, city of Seattle, Department of Planning and Development, P.O. Box 34019, Seattle, WA 98124-4019.

Preservation help for Gulf Coast

The National Trust for Historic Preservation recently launched a campaign to help preserve historic buildings, neighborhoods and communities in the Gulf Coast region affected by Hurricane Katrina.

Currently, the campaign includes three primary components: assessment; federal, state, and local tools for preservation; and public education.

The National Trust is assembling survey teams with expertise in architecture, construction, history and preservation, and will send them to the region.

To support the campaign, the organization created the National Trust Hurricane Katrina Recovery Fund. For more information, go to http://www.nationaltrust.org.

WSU prof studies psychology of design

Janetta McCoy, an expert in the effects of design on performance, creativity and stress, has joined the interior design faculty at Washington State University in Spokane. She was most recently an associate professor at Arizona State University.

McCoy examines workplace design and its impact on the mind and body, using social psychology, and environmental and behavioral studies.

In the next phase of her research, she will investigate places for creative leadership, including university faculty, corporate CEOs, university presidents and governors. She also examines design issues for children with autism and developmental disabilities.

The interior design program at WSU was ranked eighth in the nation in 2005 by Design Intelligence magazine in its annual survey of design professionals.

Design Detailings: AIA Seattle seeks entries for awards

AIA Seattle seeks entries from Washington architects for its 2005 Honor Awards. There are two categories: completed and not-yet-built projects. The deadline for entering is Sept. 29, and completed submission packets are due Oct. 13. For more information, see http://www.aiaseattle.org/news_0504_honorawards05_preview.htm.

IIDA holding Oregon competition

The Oregon chapter of the International Interior Design Association is seeking entries for its design awards. Entry packets are available through Oct. 7. Fees are $60 for Oregon chapter members, or $120. To receive a packet, call IIDA at (503) 546-1280. See http://www.iida-or.org for more information. Winners will be recognized at a ceremony is set for Oct. 20 at the Crystal Ballroom in downtown Portland.

Carlos Jimenez at SAM Sept. 27

Rice University School of Architecture professor Carlos Jimenez will give a lecture on his work Sept. 27 at Seattle Art Museum at 6:30 p.m.

Born in Costa Rica, Jimenez moved to the United States in 1974 and set up a private practice in Houston in 1982. Harvard Design Press published "Carlos Jimenez, House and Studio, Reflections" in connection with his appointment as a visiting design critic at Harvard Design School.

Space.City, Seattle's art and architecture forum, is presenting the event. For $12 advance tickets, go to Peter Miller Books or see http://www.brownpapertickets.com. Tickets are $15 at the door. For more information see http://www.space-city.net or call (206) 842-2283.

New firm: Tran Tech Engineering

Khashayar Nikzad and several others have formed a consulting engineering company called Tran Tech Engineering in Bellevue. The firm will initially design bridges, highways and traffic signals, and later plans to offer comprehensive planning and engineering services in transportation.

Nikzad got a Ph.D. in structural engineering from University of Illinois and was with Alpha Engineering Group of Tukwila, which was purchased by Harding Lawson & Associates and then by MACTEC Engineering and Consulting. He has 20 years of structural design and project management experience and won awards for a bridge replacement design in Mount Vernon.

Jim King, who has 35 years of experience in bridge design, is a partner in the firm. Other staff members are Theo Trochalakis, senior structural engineer, Alan Gage, traffic engineer, and Prakash Limaye, principal engineer for quality assurance.

Tran Tech is working as a subconsultant a bridge inspection and rehabilitation for the city of Bellingham, and was also picked as a subconsultant for a two-year on-call transportation design contract with the Washington State Department of Transportation. For more information, see http://www.trantecheng.com or call (425) 453-5545. The office is at 626 120th Ave. N.E., Suite B100 in Bellevue.

Help Philly fill 40,000 vacant lots

Two Philadelphia groups are seeking submissions for a long-term vision for 40,000 vacant properties in the city. Together the empty lots represent nearly 1,000 acres.

Suburban sprawl has led to abandonment of these properties. The groups are holding a competition called "How can a city respond to the crisis of vacancy?" It is sponsored by the Van Alen Institute and a city parks association.

Jurors will include Diana Balmori, James Corner, Jerold Kayden, Mary Miss, Anne Spirn and Cathy Weiss. Register before Nov. 14. Submissions are due Jan. 6. For more information, see http://www.vanalen.org/urbanvoids.

Design Detailings: RE Store to hold reception

SEATTLE — A reception for an exhibit on recycled materials will be held Thursday at the Seattle RE Store, 1440 N.W. 52nd St., from 7 to 10 p.m. The RE Store will show how it reuses and recycles materials. The event is part of an art show in Ballard. Other sponsors are Arts Ballard, Habitude, Allied Arts of Whatcom County and the Wild Buffalo. The art will also be on display through the end of this month at the New York Fashion Academy, 5201 Ballard Ave. A reception will be held there on Saturday from 6 to 9 p.m. The RE Store is a nonprofit center for used building materials, and offers salvage, building deconstruction, green building education and pickup services. It has retail stores in Bellingham and Seattle. The store will also hold a fundraising event on Sept. 23 from 6 to 11 p.m. For more information, see www.re-store.org.

Tour Fifties, Sixties houses

A walking tour of six post-World War II houses will be held on Sept. 10 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

The houses were designed in the 1950s and 1960s, and are located along a small creek and lake in the Hidden Lake neighborhood, north of Seattle.

The tour is organized by DoCoMoMo_WeWA, or Documentation and Conservation of the Modern Movement, Western Washington. A map will be provided and interiors will be open to view. Cost is $10.

For more information or to reserve a ticket, e-mail momowewa@yahoo.com.

Arcade launches autumn issue

Arcade magazine will hold a launch party for its autumn issue Thursday at Winston Wächter Fine Art, 203 Dexter Ave. N., from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. DJ and guest editor Charles Mudede will spin original music commissioned for this issue by producer Specs One.

The gallery's architect Tom Kundig, and owner Stacey Winston-Levitan will be at the party to answer questions about the gallery space. Arcade is a quarterly magazine on architecture and design in the Northwest.

KPFF adds an owner

Schwartz

KPFF Consulting Engineers named David E. Schwartz an owner. His civil engineering practice includes work on parks, urban infill, higher education and municipal projects, as well as commercial and retail developments, design-build and transportation projects. His design of the Sakai Intermediate School civil improvements won a Kitsap County Earth Day Award for being a green design. Schwartz is working on the Sammamish Civic Center, Merrill Gardens Senior Living Facility on Queen Anne and a project at the Naval Station Kitsap-Bremerton. KPFF is a structural and civil consulting engineering firm with 15 offices around the country.

IIDA holds Oregon competition

The Oregon chapter of the International Interior Design Association is seeking entries in a design competition. Entry packets are available through Oct. 7. Fees are $60 for Oregon chapter members, or $120 for others. To receive a packet, call IIDA at (503) 546.1280. See http://www.iida-or.org for more information.

An awards ceremony is set for Oct. 20 at the Crystal Ballroom in downtown Portland.

Design Detailings: Yantis honored for corporate ID

Alley

Yantis Acoustical Design took second place in a national competition for corporate identities. The Society of Marketing Professional Services recognizes professional service firms in the design and building industry.

Kristy Alley, director of marketing, accepted the award on behalf of Yantis at the SMPS National Marketing Conference in New Orleans. Yantis created a corporate identity package earlier this year when the firm changed its name to Yantis Acoustical Design.

Yantis worked with Seattle graphic design firm Maestri to develop a new logo, business papers and marketing packages.

Upcoming tour of Scandinavia

International Sustainable Solutions has announced its next Urban Sustainability Study Tour to Sweden and Denmark will be from Oct. 1-7. Participants will include developers from Portland's Gerding Edlen as well as Grace Crunican, director of Seattle's Department of Transportation.

For more information, contact Patricia@i-sustain.com.

Preservation conference Sept. 27 in Portland

The National Trust for Historic Preservation will hold a conference in Portland Sept. 27-Oct. 2. The conference is expected to be attended by more than 2,000 preservationists, educators and students. This year's theme, "Sustain America," will explore historic preservation's role in real estate development, affordable housing, tourism and smart growth.

Speakers will include Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Donovan Rypkema of Historic Strategies International and Phillip W. Grone of Defense for Installations and Environment.

For more information, see http://www.nthpconference.org or call (202)-588-6296.

I-405 drainage study wins an award

The American Association of State Highway & Transportation Officials (AASHTO) recently recognized Eric Meng and Stacy Trussler for their work on a drainage study for Interstate 405. Meng is with Meng Analysis, a Seattle research consulting firm specializing in value engineering. Trussler is the Washington State Department of Transportation's I-405 project engineering manager.

The project will cost between $25 million and $75 million. One challenge will be to control and treat stormwater runoff where the freeway crosses prime salmon habitats, watersheds and wetlands surrounding I-405.

Design Detailings: Upcoming events at SAM and SAF

Tomorrow at Seattle Art Museum a group of local architects and designers will talk about Isamu Noguchi's "sculpture of spaces" exhibition. Panelists will be: Jim Olson, Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects; landscape designer Jennifer Guthrie, partner with Gustafson Guthrie Nichol; public artist Buster Simpson. Moderator Guy Michaelsen is a principal with The Berger Partnership. The free public event will be from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

Seattle Architecture Foundation will offer two tours on Aug. 27. "The Roaring 20s, Northwest Style" will look at art deco design in lobbies and commercial buildings. The other tour will show people what downtown Seattle's Metropolitan Tract might have looked like had a grand plan to create a garden in the city gone ahead. For information, call (206) 667-9184 or see www.seattlearchitecture.org.

Callison opens in LA

Callison Architecture recently opened a Los Angeles office to serve its growing southern California client base. The office is located at 1453 Third Street Promenade, Suite 400, Santa Monica CA 90401. The telephone number is (310) 394-8460, fax is (310) 394-4970.

The Los Angeles office will work for clients such as the Macerich Co., Westfield, Madison Marquette, Somera Capital Management and Washington Mutual.

AIA: Salaries going up

The AIA says architecture firm salaries are rising in a report on compensation in the industry. AIA's economics and market research department found that average salaries have climbed more than 10 percent since 2002. That's about a 3.3 percent annual compound growth rate.

Here are other findings from the report:

More than 40 percent of firms offer higher salaries for master's degree holders

Two out of three firms offer a salary increase upon completion of the Architect Registration Examination

For more information, see www.aia.org.