Commendation:

Submitting Firm: NBBJ

Design Team: James Jonassen FAIA, Richard Dallam AIA, Rysia Suchecka, Jerry Yin, Martha Boes, Scott Roaf, Diane Lindberg-Nigh, Beni Benegal, Andris Lapins, Ross Leventhal, Don Schuman, Kimball Bergerud, Duane Jonlin, Kellie Grosso

Project: SWEDISH CANCER INSTITUTE (C 490)

Location: 1221 Madison Street, Seattle

Owner/Client: Swedish Medical Center

Consultants: Lund & Everton LLC, structural; Coffman engineers, mechanical/electrical; KPFF Consulting Engineers, civil; Bouillon, communications; Murase Associates, landscape; Hart Crowser, geotechnical; Elevator Consulting Services, Inc., elevator; TDA, Inc., transportation; Dogdesign, Ltd., model; Ingersoll-Rand Company/Security & Safety Consultants NW, hardware; Candela, lighting; Michael R. Yantis Associates, Inc., acoustical; Mayes Testing, testing

General Contractor: Sellen Construction

Photography: Farshid Assassi/Assassi Productions, Jerry Yin, Wayne Hiranaka

Jury Comments: "We commend both a client willing to invest in quality that enhances its mission, and the architectural achievement that dissolves the 'typical clinical antiseptic vibe.' The addition brings a well-conceived change in texture and scale that welcomes and lends humane character to the whole building. Admitting light and a sense of the outdoors into the working spaces brings natural forces to bear on the communal experience of healing."