May 5, 2004

Design Detailings: SAME hosts ethics workshop Thursday

Society of American Military Engineers hosts a video workshop on ethics on Thursday (May 6). Participants can learn about their "ethical IQ," the latest research on professional ethics and tips on how to resolve complex dilemmas.

Presenter Deborah H. Long, an ASME distinguished lecturer in ethics who is also certified by the Josephson Institute of Ethics, speaks from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Seattle District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at 4735 E. Marginal Way S.

For information, contact Lori Danielson, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at (206) 764-6177 or lori.d.danielson@usace.army.mil. Cost is $10.

Werner Sobek lecture at SAM

Space.City will present a lecture by engineer Werner Sobek of Werner Sobek Ingenieure on May 11 at 6:30 p.m. at Seattle Art Museum. Sobek founded and directs the Institute for Lightweight Structures and Conceptual Design in Stuttgart, Germany. Tickets are $10 and available at Peter Miller Books in Seattle at 1930 First Ave. For information, contact Greg Bishop at (206) 443-9833 or visit http://www.space-city.net.

Women in Leadership seminar May 13

Bellevue-based MulvannyG2 Architecture, in collaboration with the Association for Women in Architecture and the AIA Seattle Diversity Roundtable, will hold its quarterly Women in Leadership seminar on May 13.

"How to Make Powerful and Persuasive Presentations" will run from 4 to 6 p.m. at MulvannyG2's office at 1110 112th Ave. N.E. in Bellevue. Keynote speaker and seminar leader Vanna Novak will make a presentation.

The series was established last year when MulvannyG2 CEO Jerry Quinn Lee became concerned about the lack of women in high-ranking roles in his firm and the industry. The forum intends to inspire women to greater heights in their fields. Registration begins at 3:30 p.m. Cost is $25, with proceeds benefiting the AWA and Operation Smile, a program to repair childhood facial deformities. For information, contact advance@mulvannyg2.com.

Tacoma landscape firm wins awards

Three parks designed by the Tacoma landscape architecture firm Bruce Dees & Associates received awards from the Washington Parks & Recreation Association. Centennial Park, Snoqualmie won an award of excellence. Grass Lawn Park Phase I in Redmond and Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila both earned awards of merit.

Weiss/Manfredi wins national award

New York-based American Academy of Arts and Letters announced the winners of its architecture awards for 2004.

Academy Awards in Architecture of $7,500 each were given to Preston Scott Cohen and Weiss/Manfredi Architects. Weiss/Manfredi designed Olympic Sculpture Park of Seattle Art Museum.

Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi are partners in the New York-based firm. Committee member Cesar Pelli praised their work as "an architecture of engagement with the place and its landscape, the people and their history, and with the materiality of building."

Selection committee members included Henry N. Cobb, Michael Graves, Charles Gwathmey, Hugh Hardy, Stephen Holl, Ada Louise Huxtable, Richard Meier and Cesar Pelli. Each year, the academy presents 50 artists, architects, writers and composers with cash awards, ranging from $2,500 to $75,000.