August 24, 2005

Design Detailings: Upcoming events at SAM and SAF

Tomorrow at Seattle Art Museum a group of local architects and designers will talk about Isamu Noguchi's "sculpture of spaces" exhibition. Panelists will be: Jim Olson, Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects; landscape designer Jennifer Guthrie, partner with Gustafson Guthrie Nichol; public artist Buster Simpson. Moderator Guy Michaelsen is a principal with The Berger Partnership. The free public event will be from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

Seattle Architecture Foundation will offer two tours on Aug. 27. "The Roaring 20s, Northwest Style" will look at art deco design in lobbies and commercial buildings. The other tour will show people what downtown Seattle's Metropolitan Tract might have looked like had a grand plan to create a garden in the city gone ahead. For information, call (206) 667-9184 or see www.seattlearchitecture.org.

Callison opens in LA

Callison Architecture recently opened a Los Angeles office to serve its growing southern California client base. The office is located at 1453 Third Street Promenade, Suite 400, Santa Monica CA 90401. The telephone number is (310) 394-8460, fax is (310) 394-4970.

The Los Angeles office will work for clients such as the Macerich Co., Westfield, Madison Marquette, Somera Capital Management and Washington Mutual.

AIA: Salaries going up

The AIA says architecture firm salaries are rising in a report on compensation in the industry. AIA's economics and market research department found that average salaries have climbed more than 10 percent since 2002. That's about a 3.3 percent annual compound growth rate.

Here are other findings from the report: