May 12, 2004

Design Detailings: Free workshop tonight on communication

The Society of American Value Engineers' International Cascadia chapter hosts a free training seminar by Peg Drummond from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. today at Winners American Grill in Tukwila.

"Power Communication for Meeting Leaders" is for professionals who want to learn how to inspire creativity, speak more effectively to groups and understand the impact of body language on meetings.

Peg Drummond is CEO and a trainer at Drummond & Associates who gives workshops on how to gain participation and turn teams into problem solvers.

For more information on SAVE International's Cascadia chapter, call Gene Haba, chapter president, at (206) 587-3797 or visit http://seattleve.com/meetings.htm.

LMN to design two education buildings

Seattle-based LMN Architects was selected to design a building for Boise State University. The Center for Environmental Science & Economic Development will have research laboratories, offices, reading and conference rooms.

LMN will also do programming and design for renovation and expansion of Central Washington University's Hogue Technology Building. Predesign of classrooms, technical labs, industrial shops and offices is set to be complete in June.

LMN provides planning and design services for conference centers, higher education and lab facilities.

Chinese sculptor to give UW lecture

Sculptor Ye Yushan will give a free talk on his work at the University of Washington's Kane Hall on May 17 at 7 p.m. His 15,000-pound marble statue of Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai will be dedicated at South Seattle Community College on May 18 at 2 p.m.

One of Yushan's famous works is the seated white marble statue of Mao Zedong in Tian'anmen Square. This piece led to commissions for public monuments throughout China. Yushan is based in Chengdu, Sichuan.

"We are thrilled that Ye Yushan has so generously donated this extraordinary work of art to our garden," said David Buck, president of the Seattle Chinese Garden Society.

The Seattle Chinese Garden is located on a 4.6-acre site at the north end of SCCC. Garden designers in Seattle's sister city of Chongqing have created a master plan for traditional pavilions and courtyards, ponds and plants native to China.

New urbanism group honors Sienna

Sienna Architecture Co. won awards for two Northwest projects from the Congress for the New Urbanism. The group aims to restore urban centers and towns in metropolitan regions and turn sprawling suburbs into communities with real neighborhoods.

Tribeca, completed earlier this year and located in lower Queen Anne, has residential loft condos over a full-block grocery store and sub-grade parking. Sienna designed the site, which is bound by pedestrian-oriented streets, with three distinct housing blocks to vary the façade and roof line.

For the Portland project Northrup Commons, Sienna held neighborhood meetings and did zoning and concept studies. A four-story structure with a hidden parking area is intended to fit the neighborhood's small scale.

Sienna has offices in Portland and Seattle and works on architecture, interior and urban design projects.

UW Bothell campus designers win award

Gov. Gary Locke awarded the Governor's Award for Quality and Performance to the design team that worked on planning, design and construction of the University of Washington Bothell/Cascadia Community College's co-located campus.

The design team members were the Department of General Administration, NBBJ, M.A. Mortenson Co., the University of Washington and Cascadia Community College.

Wetlands on the site were incorporated into the campus design and will be used as a laboratory.