Dec 09, 2020

Olson Kundig

Grim

Yuan

Conklin

Seattle-based Olson Kundig promoted Elizabeth Bianchi Conklin, Ming-Lee Yuan and Steve Grim to principal for their contributions to the firm's portfolio and design leadership across market sectors, and their impact on Olson Kundig's internal initiatives and workplace culture. Conklin has worked on regional and international project types, including private residential, cultural and mixed-use. She leads design, production and management, often facilitating collaboration between designers, craftspeople, builders and technical consultants. Yuan has experience on projects that include residential, cultural, hospitality, commercial, institutional, spiritual and educational. She is active with the AIA Seattle Committee on Homelessness and a coordinator of Olson Kundig's International Internship Program and internal staff mentorship program. Grim has worked on project types that include single-family homes and wineries and distilleries, from Hawaii to Wyoming. Olson Kundig provides architecture, landscape architecture and interior design.

Blueline

Dargan

Blueline hired Tom Dargan as a senior project engineer on public works and commercial projects. Dargan has been a project engineer and project manager on education, commercial, industrial, military and data center projects. Recently he was a project manager at Metro Parks Tacoma managing capital parks projects. Blueline provides civil engineering, land use planning and landscape architecture.

Dec 02, 2020

Mithun

Curtis

Craig Curtis joined Mithun's Seattle office as partner and director of emerging building technologies. Curtis is an architect known for innovative, sustainable design and leadership in the use of cross-laminated timber, mass timber and modular construction. He leads interdisciplinary teams on developer-driven multifamily, workplace and mixed-use projects. His portfolio of work includes development of mass timber modular platforms, the net zero energy and zero carbon target Catalyst project in Spokane and Seattle's Bullitt Center, the world's first commercial office building to achieve Living Building certification. He is a fellow of the American Institute of Architects. Mithun provides architecture, landscape architecture, interior design, urban design and planning services.

Rice Fergus Miller

Beppu

Liffgens

Vigilia

Bremerton-based Rice Fergus Miller hired Taylor Vigilia as an interior designer, Elaine Liffgens as a senior interior designer and Masa Beppu as an architectural designer. Vigilia is in the firm's hospitality studio and has over four years of experience focused on hospitality design. Liffgens joins the fire and emergency studio. She has over 25 years of experience on projects throughout the country. Beppu joins the fire and emergency studio with over eight years of experience. Rice Fergus Miller is an architecture, interior design, planning and visualization firm.

Bernardo|Wills Architects

Edwards

Spokane-based Bernardo|Wills Architects hired Ginny Edwards as a senior project administrator. Edwards is streamlining and refining the firm's project management practices and office procedures. She also is supporting its architecture, landscape architecture and interior design staff on design commissions, assisting with project start-up, communication, cost control, resource scheduling and project close-out procedures. She has 25 years of project administration and management experience. She most recently was a project administrator for Coffman Engineers in Seattle. Bernardo|Wills provides architecture, interior design, landscape architecture and master planning.