January 18, 2006

Design Detailings: ACEC Awards set for Friday

The ACEC Washington Winter Meeting and Engineer Excellence Awards Banquet will be held Friday at Westin Bellevue Hotel, 600 Bellevue Way N.E.

Registration begins at 11 a.m., followed by an opening session with Kemper Freeman Jr., CEO of Kemper Development Co., as the keynote speaker. That will be followed by a 1 p.m. business meeting, a 2:15 p.m. legislative/regulatory forecast and a 3:30 p.m. economic forecast by John Mitchell, an economist with U.S. Bancorp.

The banquet begins with a social hour at 6:30 p.m. This is the 39th annual banquet, and will feature motivational humorist Mack Dryden as the emcee.

Cost for the meeting and banquet is $180, or $100 for the banquet only. For information, call (425) 451-3521, or go to http://www.acec-wa.org.

National Trust needs nominations

The National Trust for Historic Preservation is accepting nominations for the 2006 National Preservation Awards.

Those who have been involved in an outstanding preservation project completed in the past three years, or those who know of a corporation, nonprofit organization, public agency who has helped save a part local or national heritage are encouraged to submit a nomination.

The annual awards recognize success in preserving, rehabilitating, restoring or interpreting America's architectural and cultural heritage. Winners will be honored at the National Preservation Conference in Pittsburgh, Oct. 31 through Nov. 5.

Nominations must be postmarked by March 1. For more information, call (202) 588-6236, e-mail awards@nthp.org or write to 2006 Preservation Awards, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1785 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Wash., D.C. 20036.

DMJM Harris moves to Bellevue office

DMJM Harris's Seattle office has closed and its staff has joined the firm's Bellevue office at 10900 N.E. Eighth St., Suite 300. The phone number is (425) 454-5600.

"This brings together several key staff to focus our efforts in the transportation, transit/rail, environmental and construction markets," said Vice President Dennis J. Cearns.

DMJM Harris is the transportation division of AECOM Technology Corp., which has headquarters in New York and Los Angeles.

Freiheit & Ho celebrates its 20th

Bellevue-based Freiheit & Ho Architects recently celebrated its 20th anniversary.

Its national and regional client base includes McDonalds Corp., Payless ShoeSource, Safeway and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Projects have included the Future of Flight in Everett, Northwest Wine and Culinary Village in Woodinville, Newport Corporate Center in Bellevue, Massage Envy in Bellevue and Sycuan Casino in San Diego.

The firm employs 40 people.

Lecture on Sunday at the Frye Museum

Frye Art Museum co-curators Virginia Heckert and Mary-Kay Lombino will give a lecture at 2 p.m. Saturday on the museum's new exhibit "Candida Höfer: Architecture of Absence." The museum is at 704 Terry Ave.

This is the first North American retrospective devoted to the German artist, who studied photography under Bernd Becher from 1976 until 1982. She is the senior member of the first class of students to study at the Düsseldorf Academy under Becher's guidance. Her images include hotels and libraries. The free exhibit runs Saturday through April 16. For information, call (206) 622-9250, or go to http://www.fryeart.org.