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January 10, 2007
AIA Project of the Month: Lee Center for the Arts: a building hard at work
By CLAIR ENLOW
Special to the Journal
Special to the Journal
Photo courtesy of LMN Architects
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The Lee Center for the Arts faces busy 12th Avenue with modernist panache. At night, the corner entrance becomes a beacon on 12th.
Spaced along the top of the one-story curtainwall of The Lee Center for the Arts are the letters O-P-E-N. It’s the perfect one-word statement for the multi-use theater and gallery built by Seattle University on busy 12th Avenue.
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