October 4, 2000

Design Detailings: Honor Awards goes online

This year's AIA Seattle Honor Awards features a new procedure -- the competition, including all application and project submissions, will be conducted entirely over the Internet. See details on the Web site www.aiaseattle.org/2000awards.

The deadline for submitting entry applications is today. Project submissions must be turned in by Wednesday, Oct. 25.

The awards program is open to all architects in Washington. There are three awards categories: completed projects, built from January 1995 to November 2000; not-yet built; and conceptual explorations of this year's theme, which looks at international influences on regional design.

The Honor Awards Program culminates Architecture Week, which runs from Nov. 2 to Nov. 13.

For more information, call Walter Schacht, Honor Awards committee chair, at (206) 443-3448 or Marga Rose Hancock, AIA Seattle executive vice president at (206) 448-4938.

CECW looks at French Creek study

The Consulting Engineers Council of Washington (CECW) is hosting a technical presentation about engineering studies for the French Creek watershed in the city of Monroe. The talk will be held over lunch on Thursday, Oct. 26 at the Rock Salt Steak House in Seattle.

Russ Gaston, project manager for Otak, a Northwest planning, engineering, and design firm, will lead the presentation. Otak performed preliminary engineering studies and restoration plans for the watershed, which is poised to experience increased residential and urban development.

The reservation deadline is Thursday, Oct. 19. The cost ranges from $15-$25 depending on membership status. For more information, call the CECW at (206) 623-5936.

Members sought for preservation board

An architect position is open on the city's Pioneer Square Preservation Board. The nine-member voluntary board reviews land use, new construction, changes of use, signage and street improvements within the Pioneer Square Preservation District. The board consists of two district property owners, one district retail business owners, two architects, one attorney, one historian or architectural historian, one human services representative and one member-at-large.

Board meetings are held on the first and third Wednesdays of each month at 9 a.m. In addition, the architects on the board must serve on an additional committee, which also meets twice a month.

Applicants must reside within the city of Seattle. Those interested in being considered should send a letter of interest and resume by Tuesday, Oct. 23 to Alex Field, Administrator of boards and commissions, Mayor's Office, 600 Fourth Ave., 12th floor, Seattle, WA 98104. For more information, call Jennifer Meisner at (206) 684-0227.