January 19, 2005

Design Detailings: W&H Pacific opens Olympia office

Rants

Sawyer

W&H Pacific has a new office in Olympia. The office comes just one month after the company launched an office in Spokane and brings the total of W&H Pacific's offices in Washington to four — including Bothell and Sumner.

W&H Pacific Olympia will be led by Susan Rants, director of land development services. Rants will direct land development services. Scott Sawyer joins as director of transportation, and Kelly Schimelfenig joins as project coordinator.

Kori at CoCA on Jan. 26

Japanese architect Yumi Kori will speak about some of her recent architectural projects on Jan. 26 at CoCA. Kori is the principal of the Tokyo-based firm Studio Myu and a professor of architecture at Columbia University. Lecture starts at 8 p.m. Cost is $5.

Kori will open an installation called "Infinitation" at CoCA in July.

UW lectures in February

The University of Washington's College of Architecture and Urban Design will host lectures in February on sustainable design and architecture.

On Feb. 7, Maureen O'Leary and Scott Smith of Sasaki and Associates, and Peter Alspach of Arup will talk on techniques for sustainable design at 6:30 p.m. in Gould Hall 322. They are based in San Francisco.

Milenko Matanovic of Pomegranate Center speaks on Feb. 16 on gathering places and community-making in Architecture Hall 147.

The film "My Architect, A Son's Journey" about architect Louis Kahn will be screened on Feb. 25, followed by commentary with the filmmaker, Kahn's son Nathaniel Kahn, in Kane Hall 130.

Lectures start at 6:30 p.m. For more information, see http://www.caup.washington.edu/praxis/.

Allied Arts hosts waterfront talk

Allied Arts Beer and Culture Forum hosts its next talk on Seattle's waterfront on Jan. 28 at the home of Deborah Daoust and Randy Apsel, 622 38th Ave., in Madrona at 7 p.m.

"The New Downtown Edge" covers where to locate square or parks, and what kind of development should be encouraged on the city-owned right-of-way. Cost is $35. RSVP to Wendy Cox, Allied Arts, at (206) 624-0433 or wendyc@alliedarts-seattle.org. For more information, see http://www.alliedarts-seattle.org.

OSKA shortlisted for Texas chapel

Seattle-based Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects was short-listed for the Austin, Texas-based St. Edwards University Chapel and the Holy Cross Institute. Also shortlisted is Weiss/Manfredi Architects, which is designing the Seattle Art Museum Olympic Sculpture Park.

Jim Olson and Rick Sundberg will lead the OSKA effort.

Others interviewing for the 15,000 square-foot, $5 million project are: Mack Scogin/Merrill Elam Architects, Rick Joy Architects and Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects.

New Web site for Dawson Design

Interior design company Dawson Design Associates recently launched a new Web site to feature new projects: http://www.dawsondesignassociates.com. Dawson has 20 years' of experience working on architecture, lighting, furniture and graphics for interior environments.

Sclater Partners gets two LEEDS

Sclater Partners Architects recently joined the U.S. Green Building Council. David Reddish and Phaedra Lankutis have been accredited under the council's LEED program. Sclater Partners is an architectural design and planning firm based in Seattle.

March 1 talk on enclosures, mold

A forum on building enclosure design takes place March 1 at The Mountaineers Building, Tahoma Room, 300 Third Ave. W. in Seattle from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Presenters will cover enclosure design and construction, and recommend ways to alleviate problems such as mold. Speakers will be: Robert Bombino of RDH Building Sciences in Seattle, Joe Lstiburek of Building Science Corp. in Westfield, Mass., and Dave Ricketts of Vancouver, B.C.'s RDH Building Engineering.

For more information, see www.caup.washington.edu/cpe. Call Lyn Firkins at (206) 685-8222 to register or e-mail jasper@u.washington.edu. Cost is $300 per person. The event is hosted by the College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Washington.