September 29, 2004

Design Detailings: Frasca is 2004 Honored Citizen

The Architecture Foundation of Oregon will recognize Robert (Bob) Frasca as its 2004 Honored Citizen at the Oregon Convention Center on Oct. 5. A social hour starts at 6 p.m. with dinner at 7 p.m.

Frasca has been partner-in-charge of design for Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership since 1966. In the Northwest his projects include: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Bellevue regional library, the Oregon Convention Center and Portland International Airport. International projects include U.S. consulates and embassies in Turkey, Bulgaria and South Africa.

Harris wins AIA Medal of Honor

The American Institute of Architects' Northwest and Pacific Region awarded this year's Medal of Honor to James Martin Harris of Tacoma. The award goes to an individual who promotes public understanding of architects and architecture.

Harris helped found the Downtown Area Revitalization Task Force in Tacoma. He has been involved with the AIA since 1957 and has worked on projects in China, Australia, New Zealand, Finland, Egypt and England.

Hutteball's new LEED member

Hutteball & Oremus Architecture's Diantha Korzun passed the LEED accreditation exam. Korzun is working on an addition at Monroe High School. Hutteball & Oremus Architecture designs education facilities for school districts throughout western Washington.

WSU, UI get $500K for study

Faculty at Washington State University and University of Idaho are partnering with industry professionals to improve their engineering programs. Both university programs are accredited and they graduate 500 baccalaureate student engineers each year.

The goal is to come up with way to insure students meet the industry's expectations for entry-level engineers, said UI mechanical engineering professor Steve Beyerlein.

The National Science Foundation has granted $500,000 for studies to be done by WSU bioengineering professor Denny Davis, WSU assessment and evaluation professor Michael Trevisan, UI mechanical engineering professor Steven Beyerlein and others from Seattle University and Alabama's Tuskegee University.

Grants will support the project through August 2007. Educators will look at ways to integrate assessment methods with instruction in senior design courses.

Studio Meng Strazzara: 6 in LEED

Studio Meng Strazzara has six staff who passed the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED accreditation exam. They are principal Dennis Erwood, Chris Davidson, Forrest Jones, Mark McIntire, Diane Monroe and Shirley Tomita. Studio Meng Strazzara is a Seattle-based architecture, civil engineering and planning firm.

Historic Seattle auction Friday

Historic Seattle hosts its first online auction Oct. 1 at 9 a.m.

Items for bid include a William Morris Pillow from Scalamandre, a stay at the Sorrento Hotel, and Diamond Club Seats at a Mariners game.

Historic Seattle has been working to preserve architecture for 30 years, and auctionproceeds will support its programs. For more information, call (206) 622-6952 or e-mail historicseattle@cmarket.com; or visit www.historicseattle.org.