August 9, 2000

Design Detailings: Mulvanny Architects designs health clinic for Tulalips

Mulvanny Architects is designing a new health clinic for the Tulalip Tribe. The clinic will be located at Tulalip Shores, north of Seattle. It is expected to serve nearly 12,000 people during its first year.

Charles Fritzemeier, one of Mulvanny’s two lead architects on the 25,000-square-foot, $7 million project, said the clinic’s design will reflect the culture of the Tulalip people while providing contemporary medical treatment in connection with traditional methods. The clinic is scheduled for completion in January 2001.

The design capitalizes on the Tulalip Bay location by incorporating traditional and contemporary entrances. One entrance is consistent with historical tribal villages that traditionally faced the Puget Sound because most transit was via canoe. But there is also a contemporary front door with street access. The overall facility resembles a collection of long houses and incorporates interior connections to multi-use terraces and decks located outside. Building materials for the project are commensurate with traditional construction in appearance and texture.

When completed, the clinic will offer a variety of services including family practice, dentistry, pharmacy, and community health. In addition to contemporary health services, the grounds will contain a healing garden that provides indigenous plant species and medicinal herbs significant to the Tulalip culture. Fritzemeier indicated that the grounds will also include walking paths, sitting areas, and wetlands to take advantage of the spectacular waterfront and mountain views.

The clinic will employ approximately 75 individuals. Clinic staff, strategic planners, Tribal Council and Elders of the Tulalip people have worked together with Mulvanny Architects to design and direct thes project.

Bellevue-based Mullvanny Architects is the third largest architecture firm in the Northwest with more than 320 employees in 4 states and in Taiwan.

R.W. Beck to design transfer station

Snohomish County has hired R.W. Beck to assist with the siting, design and construction managment of a new, 1,000 ton-per-day solid waste recycling and transfer station. Designated the Central Recylcing and Transfer Station, it will be located near Everett. The project will include a 40,000-square-foot, flat-floor style transfer building with a 17-foot grade separation between the main floor and the lower, trailer parking yard. The new station will replace the current Everett Recylcling and Transfer Station, which is located on land leased from the City of Everett. Paine Field is one of the sites under consideration for the new facility. If it is selected, the design consultants contract will be expanded to include public workshops and support facilities for the county's fleet maintenance and roads divisions.

Gehry Exhibit

"Frank O. Gehry: The Architect's Studio" will open in the East Gallery of the Henry Art Gallery at the University of Washington on August 18 and run until November 12. A free opening reception and curator's talk will be held on Thursday, Aug. 17, from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. The exhibit consists of a dioramic replication of the working studio and includes hundreds of preparatory and working models for Gehry's most important international commissions including the Bilbao Guggenheim and Seattle's EMP.

Applied Business Solutions

Caryn Spain, president of Applied Business Solutions and author of "Strategic Insights: Decision-Making Tools for Business Leaders," will be at the Pacific Place Barnes & Noble for a booksigning on Wedensday, Aug. 9, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. She is the author of two other books that take owners of small and medium-sized businesses through a strategic planning process.

Racing to the Future

Racing to the Future 2000 will be held in Las Vegas on November 28-30, 2000. The three-day program, exslusively for CEOs of design and environmental consulting firms, includes two days of motorcycle racing at Freddie Spencer's Hig Performance Riding School and one day of discussing real estate issues in an interactive forum. For more information about the event, call (800) 466-6275 or visit the Web site at www.zweigwhite.com/events/racing2000. .