November 13, 2002

Design Detailings: AIA hosts awards Monday at Benaroya

AIA Seattle hosts the 2002 Honor Awards for Washington Architecture: Built/Unbuilt at 6 p.m. Monday. The annual event will be held in Benaroya Hall. Doors open at 6 for the reception and no-host bar, and the jury discussion of works and presentation of winners begins at 7. Purchase tickets online or at AIA Seattle until noon Friday. All tickets purchased after Friday will be at will call and be charged the tickets at the door price. Cost is $18 for AIA members and $20 for non-members. For more information, call (206) 448-4938, or go to www.aiaseattle.org/2002awards/2002awards.htm.

Architects speak at UW, part of CAUP series

Jim Graham, principal and founder of James Graham Architects, speaks tonight at 5:30 p.m., as part of University of Washington's College of Architecture and Urban Planning lecture series. A native of the Midwest, Graham relocated to Seattle in 1991 and worked at Olson Sundberg for several years before opening his own practice. He will discuss his projects at Olson Sundberg, including the Washington State History Museum in association with Charles Moore, and his position as construction manager of Steven Holl's St. Ignatius Chapel. He will also discuss his close alliance with David Gulassa Studio, the architectural metalwork studio, and his current work in both Seattle and Paris. The presentation will be in Room 137 of Gould Hall.

On Friday AIA Honor Awards juror Reed Kroloff, editor of Architecture magazine, will speak at 5:30 p.m. The event will be held in the Architecture Hall, Room 147. Kroloff holds degrees from Yale University and the University of Texas at Austin, and worked in architecture firms in Arizona and Texas. An assistant professor of architecture and the humanities at Arizona State University in Tempe, he also served as assistant dean of the College of Architecture and Environmental Design and served as the architecture critic at the Arizona Republic, the state's largest newspaper. For more information on both events, go to www.caup.washington.edu/praxis/.