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June 1, 2005

Design Detailings: Danish urbanist here on June 8

Jan Gehl, a Danish architect and professor of urban design, will speak in Seattle on Wednesday, June 8.

Gehl is a senior lecturer of urban design and director of the Center for Public Space Research at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts School of Architecture in Copenhagen.

He has been an advocate of turning car-oriented cities into pedestrian and people-friendly cities. In Copenhagen, 18 public squares that had been parking lots have been turned back to public squares.

The 6 to 9:30 p.m. event, sponsored by International Sustainable Solutions, will be a dinner party on Occidental Street in Pioneer Square, with Gehl as the guest speaker. The cost is $85. For more information, go to http://www.i-sustain.com/events/janGehl.htm

June 11 tour of Columbia City

Seattle Architecture Foundation sponsors "Valley on the Rise -- Columbia City," a tour of Columbia City, from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 11.

The foundation calls Columbia City one of Seattle's most dynamic, diverse and desirable neighborhoods. It was once a thriving mill town along the electric rail line to Renton before falling into disrepair. Now buildings have been restored and retail has returned, including restaurants, galleries and the Farmer's Market.

The tour will be from 9 a.m. to noon and begin at Rainier Valley Cultural Center, 3515 S. Alaska St. Tickets cost $20. Call (206) 667-9184 or go to http://www.seattlearchitecture.org for more information and to register online.


AIA convention draws 24,000

A record number of architects, exhibitors and design industry professionals attended the American Institute of Architects National Convention and Design Exposition recently in Las Vegas.

More than 24,000 attended, a 10 percent increase over the prior year. There were 860 exhibitors.

Highlights included unveiling a new stamp commemorating Masterworks in Modern Architecture, airing of a documentary entitled, "com

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    Architecture group honors Jacobs

    The Seattle Architecture Foundation gave City Librarian Deborah Jacobs its 2005 Shaping Community: The A. O. Bumgardner Award. The award recognizes people who make "lasting contributions to the creation, appreciation and advocacy of excellent community design," according to the foundation.

    Jacobs has helped oversee The Libraries for All program, a $256 million program to renovate or replace 28 libraries. She also was an advocate for enlisting Rem Koolhaas to design the Central Library, in association with LMN Architects.

    She came to Seattle in 1997 and spent the first four months developing a plan to increase space in neighborhood branches and replace the downtown library. When it was passed, the Libraries for All campaign was the largest bond measure ever approved for libraries in the country.


    Workshops look at design, aging

    Health care and environmental design professionals will discuss ways they can develop supportive communities for active older Americans at a series of summer workshops led by Bob Scarfo, associate professor of landscape architecture at Washington State University Spokane.

    Scarfo will conduct five national workshops on successful aging, bringing together gerontological and health care professionals, landscape architects and urban designers. He will lead a discussion, "Health and the Built Environment: Bridging Professional Outlooks and Practices."

    The San Francisco workshop will be held on Friday, June 10, at the American Institute of Architects, 130 Sutter St., Suite 600. The cost is $150. For information on other locations and dates, go to http://www.spokane.wsu.edu/scarfo.


    Bader moves to Capitol Hill

    Bader Architecture has moved from 603 Stewart St. to 752 Harvard Ave. E., Seattle 98102. Its telephone is (206) 344-3878, and fax is (206) 344-5242.

    The e-mail address is bader@barderarch.com, and Web site is http://www.baderarch.com.




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