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September 4, 2024

MKA celebrates 'geometrically unique' Ocean Pavilion

By JOURNAL STAFF

Photo by Taylor LaForge [enlarge]
A cantilevered concrete habitat, shown during construction, serves as Ocean Pavilion's primary gravity-and lateral-force-resisting systems.

Seattle Aquarium opened Ocean Pavilion on Thursday. In celebration of the milestone, Magnusson Klemencic Associates (MKA), the structural and civil engineer of record for the new building, shared some key details about the 50,000-square-foot structure's ‘geometrically unique' shape and design.


 
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