October 6, 2004

Design Detailings: Rotondi speaks in Tacoma Oct. 13

Guest speaker Michael Rotondi will present "Stillpoints" on Oct. 13 at the Washington State History Museum, 1911 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, from 6 to 8 p.m.

Rotondi, a founder and past director of the Southern California Institute of Architecture, has run an architectural practice in Los Angeles for 30 years. A founding partner of Morphosis and now at ROTO Architects, Rotondi works on educational, institutional, cultural, commercial, residential and religious projects.

The event is hosted by AIA Southwest Washington and IIDA Northern Pacific chapter. For more information, see www.rotoark.com or www.madeinspace.la.

Olson Sundberg wins Chicken Point award

Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects announced that the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design gave it a 2004 American Architecture Award for the company's work on Chicken Point Cabin.

Principal architect Tom Kundig led design. The firm won a national design award from the American Institute of Architects earlier this summer. Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects works on houses, museums, resorts, and religious and university buildings.

J-U-B Engineers celebrates 50 years

J-U-B Engineers celebrates its 50th anniversary. It began in Nampa, Idaho, and today has 13 regional offices in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah and Colorado.

J-U-B is a civil engineering firm that works on water and wastewater engineering, transportation planning and design, structural design, land use planning and surveying. It has three subsidiaries: Gateway Mapping, The Langdon Group and Civic Mind Media.