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September 8, 2008

A new voice for Seattle's minority architects

  • The goal is to help minority architects find their footing in the Seattle architecture scene, and publicize the work of local minority architects.
    • By SHAWNA GAMACHE
    Journal Staff Reporter

    Holloway
    When Leon Holloway moved to Seattle four years ago, he didn't know anyone. He had just graduated from Indiana's Ball State University with an architecture degree, and his interest in Northwest architects like James Cutler lured him here. But Holloway ended up taking a job at the Olive Garden while he looked for work at Seattle architecture firms.

    Now, Holloway is an architect at NAC|Architects, working on the Bellevue High School addition, and is president of the newly minted Seattle chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects. Holloway hopes the chapter can help other minority architects find their footing in the Seattle architecture scene, and provide more publicity for work by local minority architects. Such an organization would have helped him find a job here more quickly, he said.

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