April 3, 2002

Design Detailings: DOT workshop looks at community partnerships

The state Department of Transportation sponsors "Safety, Aesthetics and Community Partnerships: Context-Sensitive Solutions," a workshop April 30 and May 1. Learn how others around the region, nation and internationally are balancing safety, mobility, aesthetics, economics and community values into projects that are civic legacies or serve multiple purposes. Find out how pilot states have paved the way in building community partnership projects and learn what the Federal Highway Administration and American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials roles are in implementing this post-interstate-building-era philosophy.

Planning processes and community involvement, design creatures, operational features and case studies will be integrated into the following tracks: urban/suburban; small towns; rural and scenic corridors and special issues. The event will be held 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 30, and 8 a.m. to noon May 1, at West Coast Grand Hotel, 1415 Fifth Ave. Cost is $100. For information, call (206) 543-5539, or e-mail uw-epp@engr.washington.edu.

Roundtable discusses minority role in design

AIA Seattle sponsors a discussion on the new book, "Designing for Diversity: Gender, Race, and Ethnicity in the Architectural Profession," at 7:45 a.m. Thursday, at Lowell's in the Market on the third floor.

AIA Seattle Diversity Roundtable chair Keli Hagen and Salone Habibuddin will host the discussion. AIA Seattle established the Minority Membership Committee in 1989. The group usually meets on the first Thursday morning of the month at Lowell's in the Market. For more information, call (206) 623-3344.

Bell Square masonry wins national award

Bellevue Square and Sclater Partners Design won the People's Choice Award last month at the National Masonry Showcase 2002 in Phoenix. Sclater won for its work on the Corner at Bellevue Square. The design firm's work on the Corner also won an International Excellence in Masonry award in the commercial/institutional category.

The competition showcases companies who design and build with masonry.

The Corner Building was built by Baugh Construction. Fairweather Masonry was the masonry contractor. The Corner Building also won an Honor Award and Best in Show, the top overall honor, at the Masonry Institute of Washington's 2001 Excellence in Masonry Design Awards in November.

The judges relied on overall impression, including integrity, setting, creativity and balance; design concept; inventive use of masonry; appropriate use of masonry; aesthetic masonry details; and technical utilization and constructability.

Sclater has provided design services to Bellevue Square for 25 years.