May 19, 2004

Design Detailings: Pacific Coast Builders honors LIHI projects

Courtesy Pyatok Architects Pyatok Architects won a 2004 Gold Nugget Award for the Tyree Scott Apartments.

Pyatok Architects and the Low Income Housing Institute won a 2004 Gold Nugget Award: Judges Special Award of Excellence, for the Tyree Scott Apartments and the for the Refugee Women's Alliance building, both located on Martin Luther King Jr. Way South.

The awards will be presented June 17 in San Francisco at the Pacific Coast Builders Conference.

Gold Nuggets awards honor achievements in architecture and land use planning for residential, commercial and industrial projects.

The $2.1 million Tyree Scott Apartments has 21 affordable units serving families and individuals with incomes at or below 50 percent of area median income. The design includes four buildings with townhouse units over flats. The upper units have decks, bay windows and lots of light. There are two courtyards and an office.

The Refugee Women's Alliance headquarters is located next to the apartments and developed with LIHI's assistance. A new KaBOOM! Playground was built in one day with 100 volunteers, for use by children from both the housing and the alliance. Residents benefit from alliance programs, meeting space, day care, ESL classes, a computer lab and other services located next door.

SMPS awards set for June 24

The Society for Marketing Professional Services will honor local marketers at its annual Markee Awards on Thursday, June 24, at 5:30 p.m. in the Columbia Tower Club, 701 Fifth Ave.

Twenty-one entries were received from Architects BCRA, Coughlin Porter Lundeen, Joseph Greif Architects, Julian Rogers, KPFF Consulting Engineers, Perteet Engineering, Quantum Consulting Engineers, RoseWater Engineering, Sparling and Studio Lux.

Winners will be announced in the following categories: Brochure, Corporate Identity, Direct Mail, Holiday Card, Special Event, Web site and Client of the Year. A Best of Show/Judge's Choice award will be presented, and attendees can vote for the People's Choice Award.

The guest speaker is Randle Pollock, SMPS national president. The cost is $75 for members and $85 for non-members. The event includes appetizers, dessert and drinks. For information, contact Mary Mader of ESM Consulting Engineers at (253) 838-6113 or mary@esmcivil.com. To register, contact Grace Vigil of Parametrix at (425) 822-8880 or gvigil@parametrix.com. Visit www.smpsseattle.org.

Masonic Lodges get preservation awards

King County Executive Ron Sims recently announced the Spellman Awards for the best preservation projects.

He recognized historic Masonic lodges in King County and a group of county employees who have worked to protect archaeological and historic resources encountered during road maintenance projects.

Sims said members of the five Masonic lodges in King County have made a commitment to preserve their meeting halls by working with the King County Landmarks Commission to have the lodges designated county landmarks. They include the King Solomon Lodge in Auburn, Fall City Lodge, Mark P. Waterman Lodge in Burton, Unity Lodge in North Bend and the Skykomish Lodge.

The county Roads Maintenance Section was also recognized for its efforts to identify and protect archaeological resources in the field.

County Landmarks Commission Chair Patrick Schneider said, "The Roads Maintenance Section workers have really embraced their responsibility to protect cultural resources. They have identified previously unrecorded archaeological sites, and other important historic properties in the field during routine maintenance projects."