April 20, 2005

Design Detailings: UW forum on density's downside

University of Washington's College of Architecture and Urban Planning will offer a free forum on urban density Wednesday, April 27.

"The Flip Side of Urban Density: Squeezing Out Nature, Green Space, Funky Places and Affordability?" will be held at Architecture Hall at 6:30 p.m. Speakers include professors Folke Nyberg and Kristina Hill.

The forum will be moderated by Seattle City Council member Richard Conlin and is co-sponsored by Seattle Audubon Society and Seattle Displacement Coalition.

Building healthy places, April 26

The city of Seattle will present a free talk on designing and building Healthy Places on Tuesday, April 26, at Seattle City Hall's Bertha Landes Room from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Featured speaker Richard Jackson is the California Department of Health's state public health officer. Jackson will look at the correlation between the built environment and environmental health.

For more information, call Lynne Barker at (206) 684-0806 or see http://www.seattle.gov/dpd/Sustainable_Building/COS_004334.asp.

SAF gets new name, Web site

Seattle Architectural Foundation recently launched a new name, graphic identity and Web site.

Now called Seattle Architecture Foundation, the group is a resource for information on public architecture and design.

The brochure and Web site were created by Girvin | Strategic Branding & Design and CHCS Web Development. See http://www.seattlearchitecture.org.

Workshop on how to nominate landmarks

A free workshop on how to nominate places as historic Seattle landmarks will be held Saturday at The Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N. in Wallingford from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

People can learn how neighborhoods and communities can protect buildings from being torn down. Historic Seattle and the city of Seattle's Department of Neighborhoods are offering the event. To register, call (206) 622-6952.

Silverstein to give WTC update

Chief Executive Officer of Silverstein Properties Larry A. Silverstein will give an update on redevelopment of the New York World Trade Center Complex on Thursday in New York.

The event is put on by the Structural Engineering Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers as part of the 2005 Structures Congress, which starts today.