January 23, 2002

Design Detailings: UW seeks architecture professor

The Department of Architecture at the University of Washington seeks a part-time tenure-track assistant professor of architecture. The department focuses on the areas of lighting, design/build, furniture and urban design.

Primary selection criteria will be the ability to teach design studio effectively, while maintaining an active architectural practice in the region. The ability to offer an occasional lecture/seminar course in another curricular area will also be viewed positively, as will the commitment to participate in faculty meetings and committees.

Applicants must hold a master of architecture or equivalent degree. The appointment is for nine-months at 50 to 75 percent and carries voting rights, as well as health and retirement benefits. It is scheduled to begin in the 2002-2003 academic year.

For further information, e-mail to: archsrch@u.washington.edu. See also http://depts.washington.edu/archdept. Send completed applications to Faculty Search Committee, Department of Architecture, Box 355720, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-5720.

Tuminello to speak at SMPS

The Society of Marketing Professional Services holds the January luncheon program on Thursday at the Washington Athletic Club, 1325 Sixth Ave., beginning at 11:30 a.m. Randy Tuminello, of TrustBuilders International, is speaking on "Developing Client Focused Cultures." The interactive presentation will focus on winning jobs rather than clients, developing the skill and sense to profitably connect your corporate culture with your customers' culture and how to effectively relate to clients and peers. For information, call Jody Burroughs at (206) 842-1041.

ARC Architects look back on 25 years

ARC Architects recently celebrated its 25th year in business. In November, an open house was held at the Capitol Hill offices, an early 20th century building designed for sales and promotion of the now classic Chandler and Maxwell automobiles. In 1976, Gene Gudger and Dave Rutherford, designed their new firm's first project, the Northwest Center. ARC began with three principals. Today founding partners Gene Gudger and Dave Rutherford have been joined by partners Rex Bond and Stan Lokting. ARC has recently undergone a growth spurt and has a staff of 20.

UW seeks architecture professor

The Department of Architecture at the University of Washington seeks a part-time tenure-track assistant professor of architecture. The department focuses on the areas of lighting, design/build, furniture and urban design.

Primary selection criteria will be the ability to teach design studio effectively, while maintaining an active architectural practice in the region. The ability to offer an occasional lecture/seminar course in another curricular area will also be viewed positively, as will the commitment to participate in faculty meetings and committees.

Applicants must hold a master of architecture or equivalent degree. The appointment is for nine-months at 50 to 75 percent and carries voting rights, as well as health and retirement benefits. It is scheduled to begin in the 2002-2003 academic year.

For further information, e-mail to: archsrch@u.washington.edu. See also http://depts.washington.edu/archdept. Send completed applications to Faculty Search Committee, Department of Architecture, Box 355720, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-5720.

$1M for PSU's architecture program

The Department of Architecture at Portland State University has received a pledge of $1 million to fund an endowment for new faculty and distinguished visiting faculty.

The pledge is the largest gift ever to the PSU architecture program, and one of the largest in PSU history. The pledge will be paid over the next five years by a Portland philanthropist.

"This gift provides us with a powerful leap forward in the development of a professional architecture program," said L. Rudolph Barton, chair of the Department of Architecture. "We have 200 students in an undergraduate program who are anxiously awaiting such an opportunity, and this gift now gives us the means to achieve our mission."

The PSU Department of Architecture is seeking to develop an accredited professional graduate degree program. PSU hopes to offer the region's first five-year Masters in Architecture degree. Despite the field's increasing importance to the area's economy, there is no comprehensive accredited program for architecture students in the Portland region.

Barton said that the gift will allow PSU to appoint local and international architects to the PSU faculty, integrally linking the PSU program with the professional architectural community. "This will allow us to create a new model for teaching," Barton said. "By more closely engaging our full-time faculty with distinguished practitioners/teachers, we will create a vibrant relationship that extends beyond the borders of the university."

Commission seeks artists for Portable Works

The Seattle Arts Commission invites artists to apply for Seattle Collects 2002, a purchase program for the city of Seattle Portable Works Collection. Deadline for applications is Friday. This competition specifically honors artists who live and work in Seattle. Selected work from the awarded artists enters the Portable Collection.

The Seattle Arts Commission will grant purchase awards to as many as 16 professional artists working in all media. Awards will be made in two categories: emerging and sustaining artists. Following the award announcement, artwork equal in value to the award will be selected for inclusion in Seattle's Portable Works Collection. The competition is open to professional artists either residing in or maintaining a working studio in the city limits of Seattle. These prints will join more than 2,500 artworks already in the city's Portable Art Collection. These works were acquired over the last 25 years through funding established by the city’s One Percent for Art ordinance, primarily from Seattle City Light.

The Seattle Arts Commission's Public Art Program was established by municipal ordinance in 1973, and specifies that one percent of city capital improvement project funds be set aside for the commission, purchase and installation of artworks. A portion of the City’s One Percent for Art funds is allocated for the purchase and maintenance of artworks that are exhibited as the city of Seattle Portable Works Collection, specifically in public areas of Seattle city buildings.

Applications may be downloaded from the Seattle Arts Commission Web site at cityofseattle.net/arts/funding/calls.htm or artists may request an application via e-mail from beth.sellars@ci.seattle.wa.us. For more information about Seattle Collects 2002, contact Beth Sellars at (206) 684-7312.