April 6, 2005

Design Detailings: Medical design forum this week

The Architecture for Health Panel of Washington & Oregon and AIA Seattle Continuing Education offer "Medical Design Forum" Thursday and Friday.

The forum, running 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, analyzes emerging trends affecting health care design. It will be held at R.E.I., 222 Yale Ave. N.

Health care changes constantly in technology, practice methods and funding — all of which affect design. The forum explores issues that impact design and construction of all types of health care facilities.

Keynote speaker is Jim Lussier, president-emeritus of Cascade Healthcare Community, which operates St.Charles Medical Center in Bend, Ore.

For more information, call AIA Seattle (206) 448-4938.

GeoEngineers buys firm in Missouri

GeoEngineers has opened an office in Springfield, Mo., by acquiring Advantage Professional Services. Advantage specializes in horizontal directional drilling technology.

Redmond-based GeoEngineers does nearshore and terrestrial pipeline crossing projects.

Two at HBB earn LEED

Two project engineers at HBB Mechanical Engineers recently earned LEED accreditation. Terry Gatlin is working on a renovation at Seattle Central Community College and Richard Watson is doing commissioning work for Yakima County.

HBB is in Seattle and provides mechanical engineering for architects, school districts, colleges, universities and local governments.

Spokane marketers talk about branding

Marketing Associates of Spokane will hold a half-day workshop on branding April 14 in Spokane at Red Lion River Inn, 700 N. Division St.

Speakers Ann Bradford of Girvin|Strategic Branding & Design and Debbie DeGabrielle of DeGabrielle Consulting will cover positioning and ways to build a brand and raise awareness.

Bradford works with clients like Procter & Gamble and Microsoft on branding strategy and DeGabrielle was a marketing principal at NBBJ.

Cost is $60 for members, or $80 for nonmembers.

To reserve, call MAS Vice President Jamie Miller at (509) 927-7747 or see www.maspokane.org.

Architecture film, slide show offered

The Northwest Film Forum will show a film Saturday on architecture and a slide show by Dutch architect Matthijs Bouw on Sunday. The University of Washington's Department of Architecture is co-sponsoring the events.

Seattle architect Jerry Garcia of Universal Non-Linear Design will introduce the work of deconstructionist Gordon Matta-Clark before showing "City Slivers and Fresh Kills: The Films of Gordon Matta-Clark," which will begin at 7 p.m. Matta-Clark produced the films in connection with his architectural projects in the 1970s. Cost is $15.

On Sunday, Bouw will give a lecture and slide show at 5 p.m. followed by a dance party. Bouw co-founded One Architecture and collaborated with Rem Koolhaas on a recent Les Halles proposal. He will show slides of the strip-malled tulip farms of the Skagit Valley and the industrial sprawl of Sea-Tac. Cost is $4.

The Northwest Film Forum is at 1515 12th Ave., between Pike and Pine streets. Call (206) 267-5380 or see www.nwfilmforum.org.

Candela principals speak at NYC fair

Candela principals Denise Fong and Mary Claire Frazier will speak at Lightfair International, a conference on architectural and commercial lighting in New York City on April 10-14. The conference is expected to draw 20,000.

Fong will be on a panel to discuss how lighting professionals and manufacturers currently communicate, and ways this could be improved. Frazier will present lighting case studies and tools for museums. Seattle-based Candela offers architectural lighting services.