|
COMMENDATION: SAFFRON (Sammamish) , Bumgardner; Skilling Ward Magnusson Barkshire, civil; Barghausen Consulting Engineers, civil; Sider & Byers Associates, mechanical; Travis, Fitzmaurice & Associates, electrical; The Berger Partnership, landscape; WPa, graphics and signage. General contractor: Tarragon.(Photography by Richard Nichol, Patrick Barta, David Wright) An attempt to make a village center, and hard to do well. With spare means, the architects have made a fresh approach to the typology of retail/residential mixing, integrating uses and promoting an urban lifestyle. We want to encourage this kind of work, though we recognize that the project may not have come to full potential due to limitations imposed by building and land use codes. |