Suyama Peterson Deguchi is proud to announce the release of the firms first book; 3 X 3: the Architecture of Suyama Peterson Deguchi.
Suyama Peterson Deguchi Book Signing + Reception
Thursday October 30th, 6pm-8pm
Peter Miller Books
1930 First Avenue, Seattle
George Suyama, architect and principal at Suyama Peterson Deguchi, will be signing copies of 3X3 at a public reception at Peter Miller Books on Thursday October 30th, 2008 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm. The book is available for purchase now at Peter Miller Books, located at 1930 First Avenue in Seattle, and at Three by Ten, the retail showroom affiliated with Suyama Peterson Deguchi Architects. Three by Ten is located within the offices of Suyama Peterson Deguchi at 2326 Second Avenue in Seattle. In addition to showing works of art, Three by Ten showcases custom furniture, lighting, and fixtures designed by the architects of Suyama Peterson Deguchi.
In 3 X 3, the work of Seattle-based architecture firm Suyama Peterson Deguchi is broken down into a case study of three recently constructed residences. Sharing inherent architectonic characteristics and employing similar design philosophies, these homes are tested on three kinds of sites and topographies within the Pacific Northwest. With drawings, photographs, and text by JM Cava and Shigeru Ban, 3 X 3 documents the firm’s pursuit of timeless and elegant design, which established their reputation as one of the leading architecture firms in the Pacific Northwest.
don't seem to be as many submissions this year as in previous years, and several repeats (yawn)...
i'm thinking we'll have another run of projects this year that don't really push the status quo.
also this year, i'm glad to see the photos are actually legible online. previous years were ridiculously awful, and it's nice for those that can't make it to see the entries.
so i know most of these...
C320s - hybrid
push pull pool pavilion - coop 15
madrona live work - tyler engle
wolf creek view cabin - balance
south park lofts - Pb
pine forest cabin - balance
lake house - hutchison + maul
wetlands cabin - eric cobb
icicle creek cabin - adams mohler ghillino
wolf creek view cabin - balance
port townsend residence - lawrence architecture
method prefab cabin - balance
urban haus 1 - b9 architects
seola beach house - eggleston farkas
queen anne house - sheri olson
croco residence - stuart silk
nearpoint - workshop a+d
house on mitchell hill - shugart bates
gym - eric cobb
edwards residence - cutler or a decent knock off
leschi residence - adams mohler ghillino
dang residence - Pb
fort ward bunker house - eggleston farkas
crockett residence - Pb
parks condo remodel - eggleston farkas
jensen residence - roy mcmakin
river house - mclellan architects
lake union floating house - vandeventer + carlander
prefab #1 - PLACE
queen anne house - blip
architecture art studio house - coop 15
woodway residence - BCJ
madison park house - vandeventer + carlander
lake house - mclellan architects
cedar park house - peter cohan
montlake library - weinstein a+u
Courtyard House on a Steep Site - hutchison + maul
56 piles - eric cobb
mercer island residence - tom kundig
alexander residences - Pb
magnolia branch library - shks
noah's ark @ skirball - olson sundberg
Mercer Slough Environmental Education Center - jones + jones
woodmont library - miller hayashi architects
SLU discovery center - miller|hull
urban canyon - b9 architects
tukwila station - hewitt architects
broadview library -miller hayashi architects
douglas truth library - schacht aslani
grand teton visitor + discovery center - BCJ
northgate library + community center - miller|hull
novelty hill januik winery - mithun
youth eastside services - baylis
Macrina Bakery and Cafe - floisand studio
117 s main - integrus
library media college - schacht aslani
agnes lofts - weinstein a+u
rose center for the arts - opsis
wing luke - olson sundberg
forest view elementary - dykeman architects
rosa parks elementary - mahlum
firestation 10 -weinstein a+u
firstenberg community center - opsis
artspace hiawatha lofts - SMR
richmond city hall - mulvannyg2
pioneer middle school - DLR
cleveland high school - mahlum
5th + madison - ruffcorn mott hinthorne
Dena’ina Civic and Convention Center - Rim/LMN
harborview medical center - nbbj
Swedish Orthopedic Institute - nbbj
banner health - nbbj
UW Medicine Lake Union Phase II - perkins + will
three projects threw me...
hinoki house - i think suyama peterson, but the stone says no...
wall + roof studio - i have no idea.
miner's refuge - again, clueless...
of these, it's hard to discern any standouts. i feel the level of design in the northwest is solid but not prorgessive.
these are the few i think will make the cut:
wall + roof studio - it's a great project for only 30k.
courtyard on a steep slope - hutchison + maul
wing luke - oska
56 piles - eric cobb
gym - eric cobb
novelty hill januik winery - mithun
today, holz picked up his copy of 3 X 3 the architecture of suyama peterson deguchi, edited by oscar riera ojeda, @ peter miller.
when i think of books by ORO, i think of these gems:
the single building series (type/variant, phoenix library, etc)
the ten houses series (peter forbes, miller|hull, etc)
the contemporary world architects series (campo baeza, lake/flato, etc)
Arcadian Architecture: BCJ - 12 houses
Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen: architecutre art & craft
unfortunately this book is not in the realm of those books.
it's a decent picture book, but i don't know if it could qualify for "coffee table" status. really unfortunate as i expected a diamond in the rough. it lacks depth and definitely suffers from a complete lack of study models, process drawings, diagrams, details, or even sketches.
instead, a viagra-induced dribble. it's hardly worthy of the work documented - 3 incredible houses typifying the work of suyama peterson deguchi:
decatur island residence
fauntleroy residence
broadmoor residence
the drawings:
basic line drawings reminiscent of a first year student and
lackluster, poor line weights, little information.
these are defintely drawings for other architects. my neighbor was looking through it and was only able to make out bathrooms and a few other things. it's really cryptic. not in a minimal sense, but in an annoying sense, especially after going reading so many books by ORO. observe: the plans are weaker than what you'd find in arch record.
3X3 typical plan dwg
sections: when i think of what makes a good section, a basic 2-line weight drawing isn't what comes to mind...
3X3 typical section dwg
to me, the clark and menefee book should be the minimum standard for drawings - legible plans, differing line weights, detail can be made out, building assemblies...
clark + menefee, typical plan dwg
a plethora of pics:
the pics are nice - some great shots by lara swimmer & paul warchol.
however, some of the photos are glaringly low res.
the saving grace of the book is an essay, reflections on three houses, by j.m. cava
in recent years, several monographs on NW architects. this should be a standout, but i fail to see that happening.
holz, pretty impressive that you were able to put a name to all of those projects. i hear what you're saying about the hinoki house. The details say no indeed, and it is not a suyama project though. I wish you had said that the book faired better as I like their work. I still have not seen the book. Maybe this week.
I can't make it to the awards tonight. Are you going? If so, be sure to report back.
after several beers, here is holz's best attempt at a summary of the AIA awards...
so a lot of architects pre-gaming it in bars around benaroya...
ceremony opened w/ a really lame dance troupe with some homage to working hard and the difficulties of the "creative" processes of architecture. i think. my head was spinning as much as those chairs, so i might be wrong.
intros and thanks, w/ mary johnston and bill gaylord.
unbuilt category
the judges decided to change this to conceptual, as most of the unbuilt were projects in various stages of construction and were rather weak.
there were 2 awards given
1. VO shed, atelierjones
judges comments:
nice to see a project, that in effect is a garbage can, being reconfigured to work within the urban fabric, within the alleyways of seattle.
judges comments:
there were questions whether this was actual conceptual. the judges liked it was an attempt to reclaim suburbia.
built awards
3. banner gateway medical center, nbbj
judges comments:
good to see a project that humanizes the experience of being in a hospital. project signifying a new way of thinking about treatment. the judges then went on to talk about future health care facilities being decentralized and interspersed within communities.
judges comments:
bad pics, the judges weren't too hot about the exterior, which seemed common and banal. this presented a struggle, as they really liked the interior and how the building performed. liked how the project dealt w/ daylighting, heating + cooling, quality of interior. the louvers were of interest.
judges comments:
NT - density is unique, 3 units on a plot designed for one. becomes a puzzle that dips and extrudes bays to catch views and light. a great exercise.
DB-hope the horizontal bands are decorative as it appeared to be a simple sheathing/economical siding system. stressed favorability to typologies that address future urban condition.
judges comments:
PP - liked the spatial organisation of such a small project. beautiful interior and rethinking of singular space. commented the garage could double as an ADU or MIL suite (but probably not, with the price of those units)
judges comments:
NT - mixed use is important for a city. they saw several that were about the same scale (5-6 floor development over commercial) but it was rare to find one w/ reductions the agnes loft had. there was a sense of editing/erasure that was economical, had an industrial feel. cited for way the building meets the ground and it's connection of indoor/outdoor, using the neighboring building to pull in light/views.
DB - best cat of all projects visited (wtf?)
8. kitsap county administration building, miller|hull
judges comments:
DB - government building w/ high design, a rarity, especially as a small city to have such a modern building. great sense of materiality.
PP - perturbed about a lack of plants and description of edge condition.
judges comments:
NT - liked the civic presence. easy consensus among jurors. the relationship between the whole and parts worked well. the transition from upper to lower floor was well resolved.
PP - inside/outside connections work well, the benches and worktables and their proximity to the street. it is of the scale of the city yet doesn't overscale adjoining houses.
the 2 gutters were almost dealbreakers, consensus was contractor issue, and not designer.
judges comments:
DB - issues of heritage, reconfiguring an existing 60s case study house into something better and wonderful. connected w/ his own desire to integrate sustainable issues.
PP - great to save 50's building. took a project that had a poor fabric and replaced it with a high degree of attention, not throwing away the old. this kind of investing is admirable.
NT - west coast feel of indoor/outdoor connections.
judges comments:
PP - great tchange of scene. the spatial divisions of the small 2 story space work well. to achieve program, utilisation of nested spaces. there is a smartness regarding this compaction that is inventive. Liked the loose fabrications against the raw structure. especially liked the reinterpreted elements.
judges comments:
PP - (this was all patricia) 2 of each animal, detailed incredibly. very inventive and the density is brilliant. she doesn't have kids but imagined this is very much liked by them.
judges comments:
PP - compact, modest budget. industrial warehouse tech that works well, used conceptually as a 4 quadrant plan. 2 opposing quadrants house the gym and services. the other 2 mantain the ability to morph. uncertainty of that made it stronger. the spaces had large doors that have the ability to blend the smaller spaces into larger ones, which works well with how teens operate.
NT - (supposedly) played varsity basketball and spent most of his time there shooting hoops and getting schooled @ ping pong.
14. 7 (filed in wrong category - unbuilt), rob hutchison + [?] siemiller
judges comments:
PP - one all agreed on. located between conceptual art and abstraction. situated in a net making shed, fabric using monofilament (referencing the nets/fishing lines) the project is abstract yet embedded in space.
NT - not a project that is 100% - a project that finds it's site in an obsolete building, extracts aesthetic clues that transform it.
overall impressions
DB - good, high level of effort. only award ceremony w/ cordless mics and 1000 fans who didn't know who would be winning and came out in support.
PP - sustainability question on almost every project, but almost every project had strong sustainable characteristics. in that regard, seattle and the NW are advancing. highly technical descriptions.
NT - what is coming in regards to sustainability? interpret energy savings, economical and societal issues. density, planning and transformational policies are the next battles. it's both a bottom up and top-down struggle. new categories will be invented in sustainability.
and be sure to add contextual photos, be good neighbors.
crazy cats @ build blog have updated re: AIA awards. obviously their notes are more legible than mine! yikes. but a surprisingly familiar format... hmmm
any of you kids party on Pike last night??? I was there until about 1am after marching from Capitol Hill down to 1st and back. The cops were really cool about the whole thing....lots of fun
nah, we had people over to our place instead of going out. My housemates wouldn't listen to the idea that it would be over earlyish and were all ready to camp on the couches glued to the TV all night waiting for results. The cops kept driving by though, like they expect the revelry to get less than family friendly or something.
Maybe Frank Ching and SPD will be presenting the counterpoint to new design technologies, trying to convince us of the importance of a piece of trace paper and a sketch book...?
Sounds like those are all loaded questions, to put down new design technologies... LOL...
just incase you seattlites did not see the post in the great beer thread:
big time will soon be releasing their old wooly barley wine. it comes out every year on december 1st. last year the release brought snow. let's hope for some again this year.
it's close to the UW too for any students looking hit the barley wine between classes.
Anticipated throughout the fall and released on December 1st each year, Old Wooly is Big Time's biggest and rarest beer. It is always powerfully malty with a prodigious amount of hops for balance. In addition to Northwestern 2-row pale malt, English Crystal, Munich, Carastan malts are used along with just a touch of roasted barley for a slight dryness and additional color. Old Wooly is bittered with Yakima Nugget hops and finished with Cascade and Centennial. Only 7 barrels of Old Wooly are brewed each year in late June. The beer is aged in our cellar until the 1st of December and then put on tap at the pub until it's gone. Starting gravity from 22-24 Plato and alcohol 8.5 to 9.5 by weight.
Please join us Wednesday, December 3 from 5:30 - 7:30pm as we celebrate the holidays and the release of ARCADE 27.2: The Art of Waste at Grey Gallery and Lounge (a lovely art gallery/drinking establishment hybrid located on Capitol Hill). The Art of Waste, feature edited by Abigail Guay, includes a photo essay of Chris Jordan's aesthetically stunning and unsettling photography.
In addition to the usual snacks, drinks, wonderful magazines and people present at the usual ARCADE launch, we will also be having a small silent auction throughout the evening to help satisfy your holiday present-finding needs.
The wood pours from Thursday, December 4th through Sunday, December 7th.
Expect to see something from the locals such as Big Time, Hales, and Maritime, and don't be surprised if we have some extra special kegs from the two states south of us.
Here's a list of some of the beers they will have on tap so far:
Allagash Curieux Jim Beam Barrel aged Tripel
Baron Bourbon Barrel Aged Doppelbock
Beersel Oude 3yr Lambic
Big Sky Ivan The Terrible Jim Beam Barrel Aged Imperial Stout
Bridgeport Ravenmad Imperial Porter
Cantillon Rose De Gambrinus, Cascade Moulan Rouge
Deschuttes Abyss 07
Deschuttes Abyss 08
Deschuttes Black Butte XX
Dicks Wood aged IPA Cask
Dogfish Head Palo Santo
Duchesse De Bourgogne Sour Red
Elysian Bette Blanche aged in Jack Daniel Barrels
Flyers Oak Aged Bottleworks VIII Imperial Scotch Ale
Great Divide Oak Aged Yeti Russian Imperial Stout
Ichtegrams Flemish Red
Lagunitas Oak aged Brown Shugga
Monks Café Sour Brown
New Belgium La Terroir Dry-hopped barrel-aged sour beer Innoculated with Brett
New Belgium Eric's Ale Sour Peach Lambic
Petrus Old Bruin Oak aged Belgian Brown
Pike Pikeintyre
Rodenbach Grand Cru Belgian Sour Ale
Russian River Deviation
Schooner Exact Hoppy the Woodsman
Skagit River Oak Aged Trumpeter Imperial Stout
Stone Oak Aged Bastard
Stone Brandy Barrel Aged Double Bastard
Silver City Fat Woody
As much as I love good beer, especially big beers from the wood, I'm not sure I would recommend this venue or time for a get together. It will be very loud [speed metal music], very crowded [plan on standing in a place that has no room to stand] with very bad service [waiting 15 minutes just to have a waiter acknowledge you are there]. Other thoughts/time?
Snow again. Two days in one week. I'll certainly be working from home today. What I can't believe is that Seattle public school cancelled classes yesterday due to the cold weather and the fact that there was a chance of snow. Seriously? I guess they were thinking of all of the teachers who don't get paid a decent salary to be able to live close to the schools they teach at.
I heard that there was thundersnow in Seattle this morning and that it is really, really loud. The thunder part, not the snow, or rather the combination of the two.
holy shit. something crazy happened last night. thunder lightning and snow.
there was a bolt of lightning that was so bright it was like an Abomb went off outside my window and you could hear all the electronics in the house emit this high frequency into the air. my girlfriend and i were both convinced that we were electrocuted.
the first thunderstrike i thought someone in the central district tossed a pipe bomb outside my window.
47° North Architectural Conversations: Pike & Virginia
January 21, 5:30pm
Gould Court
A conversation with Jim Olson, Rick Sundberg and
Gordon Walker, moderated by Dave Miller.
thought you might be interested in this holz. my guess is you are also on space-city's email list though so you probably already know about it. if not:
AIA SEATTLE/AHP MEDICAL DESIGN FORUM
The Future of Healthcare: Supersized or Lean?
February 5 & 6, 2009
Swedish Hospital, Cherry Hill Campus, 500-17th Avenue
11.5LU/3HSW
Join architects and facility executives for the Architecture for Health Panel/AIA Seattle Medical Design Forum to consider how design impacts the leadership of healthcare facilities. On-site building tours include the Cherry Hill campus and the 370,000sf Orthopedic Institute at Swedish. Feature presentations include:
Are We Supersizing Healthcare?
Does your project need to go on a diet? Keynote speaker H. Scot Latimer of Kurt Salmon Associates discusses why, when healthcare capital spending continues to rise, we only seem able to buy less each year. This session enables attendees to:
• State the forces behind the recent increases in space per key indicator in healthcare projects.
• Develop measures to determine "adequate" space for individual project needs.
• Determine methods to prudently control project size and maximize your project ROI.
CEO Roundtable
Deborah Swets, VP, Membership, Washington State Hospital Association with Cal Knight, President & Chief Operating Officer, Swedish Health Services, Gregg Davidson, CEO Skagit Valley Hospital, and Cindy Mayo, CEO Providence Centralia Hospital.
What keeps a Healthcare CEO up at night? How can design help support the resolution of those issues?
Leadership for Lean Transformation in Healthcare
J. Michael Rona, Co-Founder, Rona Consulting Group and former President of Virginia Mason Medical Center
What does it take to lead an organization through a lean transformation? Using nine key characteristics of lean healthcare enterprises, Mike will demonstrate leadership's challenge in transforming healthcare and provide insights into how to build organizations to promote operational excellence while creating a facilitative environment that develops people at all levels.
Politics and the future of Public Healthcare Programs
Jeff Mero, Executive Director of the Association of Washington Public Hospital Districts (AWPHD)
How politics, the elections, and the economy will affect public programs like Medicare and Medicaid.
BUILDING TOURS
1. Limited on-site Building tours at Cherry Hill Campus include:
• Seattle Science Foundation Research Institute: hands-on and simulation facilities for surgical procedures.
• Executive Assessment Suite: thorough health assessment facility aimed at people who can afford it.
2. The Orthopedic Institute at Swedish (NBBJ) 370,000 square foot newly opened June 2008.
Aggregate Seattle
Thanks wrecking ball.
Suyama Peterson Deguchi is proud to announce the release of the firms first book; 3 X 3: the Architecture of Suyama Peterson Deguchi.
Suyama Peterson Deguchi Book Signing + Reception
Thursday October 30th, 6pm-8pm
Peter Miller Books
1930 First Avenue, Seattle
George Suyama, architect and principal at Suyama Peterson Deguchi, will be signing copies of 3X3 at a public reception at Peter Miller Books on Thursday October 30th, 2008 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm. The book is available for purchase now at Peter Miller Books, located at 1930 First Avenue in Seattle, and at Three by Ten, the retail showroom affiliated with Suyama Peterson Deguchi Architects. Three by Ten is located within the offices of Suyama Peterson Deguchi at 2326 Second Avenue in Seattle. In addition to showing works of art, Three by Ten showcases custom furniture, lighting, and fixtures designed by the architects of Suyama Peterson Deguchi.
In 3 X 3, the work of Seattle-based architecture firm Suyama Peterson Deguchi is broken down into a case study of three recently constructed residences. Sharing inherent architectonic characteristics and employing similar design philosophies, these homes are tested on three kinds of sites and topographies within the Pacific Northwest. With drawings, photographs, and text by JM Cava and Shigeru Ban, 3 X 3 documents the firm’s pursuit of timeless and elegant design, which established their reputation as one of the leading architecture firms in the Pacific Northwest.
wrecking ball,
I was in the same position with Pb...glad I didnt take the job either
e,
i heard that the printing was less than desirable.
did Pb really leave letters for firing instead of meeting face to face?!? a co-worker mentioned that yesterday.
holz, I have not seen the book yet.
i won't lie, i have a huge appreciation for their work...
but in a recent visit to the office, it seems that certain forms are heavily... recycled.
this is a recurring battle for me...
do you stick with what you know? or do you fight the status quo.
holz
I heard it was a letter taped to a 12 of PBR...
um wow.
how... professional?
pbr....I would have thought...they might have given an a bottle of
"absolute", it would have been at least a design statement to hang their hat on...
3 nov
6-9
benaroya
don't seem to be as many submissions this year as in previous years, and several repeats (yawn)...
i'm thinking we'll have another run of projects this year that don't really push the status quo.
also this year, i'm glad to see the photos are actually legible online. previous years were ridiculously awful, and it's nice for those that can't make it to see the entries.
so i know most of these...
C320s - hybrid
push pull pool pavilion - coop 15
madrona live work - tyler engle
wolf creek view cabin - balance
south park lofts - Pb
pine forest cabin - balance
lake house - hutchison + maul
wetlands cabin - eric cobb
icicle creek cabin - adams mohler ghillino
wolf creek view cabin - balance
port townsend residence - lawrence architecture
method prefab cabin - balance
urban haus 1 - b9 architects
seola beach house - eggleston farkas
queen anne house - sheri olson
croco residence - stuart silk
nearpoint - workshop a+d
house on mitchell hill - shugart bates
gym - eric cobb
edwards residence - cutler or a decent knock off
leschi residence - adams mohler ghillino
dang residence - Pb
fort ward bunker house - eggleston farkas
crockett residence - Pb
parks condo remodel - eggleston farkas
jensen residence - roy mcmakin
river house - mclellan architects
lake union floating house - vandeventer + carlander
prefab #1 - PLACE
queen anne house - blip
architecture art studio house - coop 15
woodway residence - BCJ
madison park house - vandeventer + carlander
lake house - mclellan architects
cedar park house - peter cohan
montlake library - weinstein a+u
Courtyard House on a Steep Site - hutchison + maul
56 piles - eric cobb
mercer island residence - tom kundig
alexander residences - Pb
magnolia branch library - shks
noah's ark @ skirball - olson sundberg
Mercer Slough Environmental Education Center - jones + jones
woodmont library - miller hayashi architects
SLU discovery center - miller|hull
urban canyon - b9 architects
tukwila station - hewitt architects
broadview library -miller hayashi architects
douglas truth library - schacht aslani
grand teton visitor + discovery center - BCJ
northgate library + community center - miller|hull
novelty hill januik winery - mithun
youth eastside services - baylis
Macrina Bakery and Cafe - floisand studio
117 s main - integrus
library media college - schacht aslani
agnes lofts - weinstein a+u
rose center for the arts - opsis
wing luke - olson sundberg
forest view elementary - dykeman architects
rosa parks elementary - mahlum
firestation 10 -weinstein a+u
firstenberg community center - opsis
artspace hiawatha lofts - SMR
richmond city hall - mulvannyg2
pioneer middle school - DLR
cleveland high school - mahlum
5th + madison - ruffcorn mott hinthorne
Dena’ina Civic and Convention Center - Rim/LMN
harborview medical center - nbbj
Swedish Orthopedic Institute - nbbj
banner health - nbbj
UW Medicine Lake Union Phase II - perkins + will
three projects threw me...
hinoki house - i think suyama peterson, but the stone says no...
wall + roof studio - i have no idea.
miner's refuge - again, clueless...
of these, it's hard to discern any standouts. i feel the level of design in the northwest is solid but not prorgessive.
these are the few i think will make the cut:
wall + roof studio - it's a great project for only 30k.
courtyard on a steep slope - hutchison + maul
wing luke - oska
56 piles - eric cobb
gym - eric cobb
novelty hill januik winery - mithun
today, holz picked up his copy of 3 X 3 the architecture of suyama peterson deguchi, edited by oscar riera ojeda, @ peter miller.
when i think of books by ORO, i think of these gems:
the single building series (type/variant, phoenix library, etc)
the ten houses series (peter forbes, miller|hull, etc)
the contemporary world architects series (campo baeza, lake/flato, etc)
Arcadian Architecture: BCJ - 12 houses
Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen: architecutre art & craft
unfortunately this book is not in the realm of those books.
it's a decent picture book, but i don't know if it could qualify for "coffee table" status. really unfortunate as i expected a diamond in the rough. it lacks depth and definitely suffers from a complete lack of study models, process drawings, diagrams, details, or even sketches.
instead, a viagra-induced dribble. it's hardly worthy of the work documented - 3 incredible houses typifying the work of suyama peterson deguchi:
decatur island residence
fauntleroy residence
broadmoor residence
the drawings:
basic line drawings reminiscent of a first year student and
lackluster, poor line weights, little information.
these are defintely drawings for other architects. my neighbor was looking through it and was only able to make out bathrooms and a few other things. it's really cryptic. not in a minimal sense, but in an annoying sense, especially after going reading so many books by ORO. observe: the plans are weaker than what you'd find in arch record.
3X3 typical plan dwg
sections: when i think of what makes a good section, a basic 2-line weight drawing isn't what comes to mind...
3X3 typical section dwg
to me, the clark and menefee book should be the minimum standard for drawings - legible plans, differing line weights, detail can be made out, building assemblies...
clark + menefee, typical plan dwg
a plethora of pics:
the pics are nice - some great shots by lara swimmer & paul warchol.
however, some of the photos are glaringly low res.
the saving grace of the book is an essay, reflections on three houses, by j.m. cava
in recent years, several monographs on NW architects. this should be a standout, but i fail to see that happening.
holz, pretty impressive that you were able to put a name to all of those projects. i hear what you're saying about the hinoki house. The details say no indeed, and it is not a suyama project though. I wish you had said that the book faired better as I like their work. I still have not seen the book. Maybe this week.
I can't make it to the awards tonight. Are you going? If so, be sure to report back.
i'll be there and will report w/ details.
any clue on the hinocki house?
after several beers, here is holz's best attempt at a summary of the AIA awards...
so a lot of architects pre-gaming it in bars around benaroya...
ceremony opened w/ a really lame dance troupe with some homage to working hard and the difficulties of the "creative" processes of architecture. i think. my head was spinning as much as those chairs, so i might be wrong.
intros and thanks, w/ mary johnston and bill gaylord.
judges introduced:
david baker, david baker + partners
nader tehrani, office dA
patricia patkau, patkau architects
then on to the awards...
in all there were 14 awards given...
unbuilt category
the judges decided to change this to conceptual, as most of the unbuilt were projects in various stages of construction and were rather weak.
there were 2 awards given
1. VO shed, atelierjones
judges comments:
nice to see a project, that in effect is a garbage can, being reconfigured to work within the urban fabric, within the alleyways of seattle.
2. Bumper Crop, miller|hull
judges comments:
there were questions whether this was actual conceptual. the judges liked it was an attempt to reclaim suburbia.
built awards
3. banner gateway medical center, nbbj
judges comments:
good to see a project that humanizes the experience of being in a hospital. project signifying a new way of thinking about treatment. the judges then went on to talk about future health care facilities being decentralized and interspersed within communities.
4. terry thomas, weber + thompston
judges comments:
bad pics, the judges weren't too hot about the exterior, which seemed common and banal. this presented a struggle, as they really liked the interior and how the building performed. liked how the project dealt w/ daylighting, heating + cooling, quality of interior. the louvers were of interest.
5. envelope house, bcj
judges comments:
NT - density is unique, 3 units on a plot designed for one. becomes a puzzle that dips and extrudes bays to catch views and light. a great exercise.
DB-hope the horizontal bands are decorative as it appeared to be a simple sheathing/economical siding system. stressed favorability to typologies that address future urban condition.
PP - not a fan (didn't expand)
6. 56 piles, eric cobb
judges comments:
PP - liked the spatial organisation of such a small project. beautiful interior and rethinking of singular space. commented the garage could double as an ADU or MIL suite (but probably not, with the price of those units)
7. agnes lofts, weinstein a+u
judges comments:
NT - mixed use is important for a city. they saw several that were about the same scale (5-6 floor development over commercial) but it was rare to find one w/ reductions the agnes loft had. there was a sense of editing/erasure that was economical, had an industrial feel. cited for way the building meets the ground and it's connection of indoor/outdoor, using the neighboring building to pull in light/views.
DB - best cat of all projects visited (wtf?)
8. kitsap county administration building, miller|hull
judges comments:
DB - government building w/ high design, a rarity, especially as a small city to have such a modern building. great sense of materiality.
PP - perturbed about a lack of plants and description of edge condition.
9. montlake library, weinstein a+u
judges comments:
NT - liked the civic presence. easy consensus among jurors. the relationship between the whole and parts worked well. the transition from upper to lower floor was well resolved.
PP - inside/outside connections work well, the benches and worktables and their proximity to the street. it is of the scale of the city yet doesn't overscale adjoining houses.
the 2 gutters were almost dealbreakers, consensus was contractor issue, and not designer.
10. woodway residence, bcj
judges comments:
DB - issues of heritage, reconfiguring an existing 60s case study house into something better and wonderful. connected w/ his own desire to integrate sustainable issues.
PP - great to save 50's building. took a project that had a poor fabric and replaced it with a high degree of attention, not throwing away the old. this kind of investing is admirable.
NT - west coast feel of indoor/outdoor connections.
11. gym, eric cobb
judges comments:
PP - great tchange of scene. the spatial divisions of the small 2 story space work well. to achieve program, utilisation of nested spaces. there is a smartness regarding this compaction that is inventive. Liked the loose fabrications against the raw structure. especially liked the reinterpreted elements.
12. noah's ark, olson sundberg
judges comments:
PP - (this was all patricia) 2 of each animal, detailed incredibly. very inventive and the density is brilliant. she doesn't have kids but imagined this is very much liked by them.
13. EX3 Ron Sandwith Teen Center, weinstein a+u
judges comments:
PP - compact, modest budget. industrial warehouse tech that works well, used conceptually as a 4 quadrant plan. 2 opposing quadrants house the gym and services. the other 2 mantain the ability to morph. uncertainty of that made it stronger. the spaces had large doors that have the ability to blend the smaller spaces into larger ones, which works well with how teens operate.
NT - (supposedly) played varsity basketball and spent most of his time there shooting hoops and getting schooled @ ping pong.
14. 7 (filed in wrong category - unbuilt), rob hutchison + [?] siemiller
judges comments:
PP - one all agreed on. located between conceptual art and abstraction. situated in a net making shed, fabric using monofilament (referencing the nets/fishing lines) the project is abstract yet embedded in space.
NT - not a project that is 100% - a project that finds it's site in an obsolete building, extracts aesthetic clues that transform it.
overall impressions
DB - good, high level of effort. only award ceremony w/ cordless mics and 1000 fans who didn't know who would be winning and came out in support.
PP - sustainability question on almost every project, but almost every project had strong sustainable characteristics. in that regard, seattle and the NW are advancing. highly technical descriptions.
NT - what is coming in regards to sustainability? interpret energy savings, economical and societal issues. density, planning and transformational policies are the next battles. it's both a bottom up and top-down struggle. new categories will be invented in sustainability.
and be sure to add contextual photos, be good neighbors.
congrats to the wieners.
-holz
holz, you should be working for the AIA. even they don't have the results up yet. hey, check out wiener number 12. ;=/
e,
i'd have to stop thinking that the aia is a total scam for that to happen!
you guys worked on the graphics w/ OSKA on that? that's awesome.
and the only entries i guessed were the cobb ones.
shooting myself over that awful interview/ambush, fo sho!
Stranger things have happen. They'd be smart to take you on. And yes, the graphics are by us.
anyone applying for the aia travel scholarship?
link?
well now, would you be competition??
holz, did you figure out who did the hinoki house?
Emerging Professionals Travel Scholarship
um, probably.
crazy cats @ build blog have updated re: AIA awards. obviously their notes are more legible than mine! yikes. but a surprisingly familiar format... hmmm
ha. ctrl+C ctrl+V
well when you get to the bottom of it, let us know.
btw, somelab is officially closed today. the wife has a press check, and we realized we would not get much done today.
any of you kids party on Pike last night??? I was there until about 1am after marching from Capitol Hill down to 1st and back. The cops were really cool about the whole thing....lots of fun
nah, we had people over to our place instead of going out. My housemates wouldn't listen to the idea that it would be over earlyish and were all ready to camp on the couches glued to the TV all night waiting for results. The cops kept driving by though, like they expect the revelry to get less than family friendly or something.
18 nov
4.00 - 6.00 pm
TASTE @ SAM
panel discussion on the relationship between design tools and the design process
panelists
Daniel Ayars, NBBJ
Professor Frank Ching, UW CAUP
Ric Peterson, Suyama Peterson Deguchi
questions to be discussed:
How does evolving design technology affect the translation of idea into
form?
Do digital tools enhance or stifle creativity?
Are traditional tools obsolete?
Do new possibilities necessarily equate with better possibilities?
with the exception of NBBJ, neither SPD or frank ching are firms i'd equate with evolving design technology.
Maybe Frank Ching and SPD will be presenting the counterpoint to new design technologies, trying to convince us of the importance of a piece of trace paper and a sketch book...?
Sounds like those are all loaded questions, to put down new design technologies... LOL...
just incase you seattlites did not see the post in the great beer thread:
big time will soon be releasing their old wooly barley wine. it comes out every year on december 1st. last year the release brought snow. let's hope for some again this year.
it's close to the UW too for any students looking hit the barley wine between classes.
Anticipated throughout the fall and released on December 1st each year, Old Wooly is Big Time's biggest and rarest beer. It is always powerfully malty with a prodigious amount of hops for balance. In addition to Northwestern 2-row pale malt, English Crystal, Munich, Carastan malts are used along with just a touch of roasted barley for a slight dryness and additional color. Old Wooly is bittered with Yakima Nugget hops and finished with Cascade and Centennial. Only 7 barrels of Old Wooly are brewed each year in late June. The beer is aged in our cellar until the 1st of December and then put on tap at the pub until it's gone. Starting gravity from 22-24 Plato and alcohol 8.5 to 9.5 by weight.
Please join us Wednesday, December 3 from 5:30 - 7:30pm as we celebrate the holidays and the release of ARCADE 27.2: The Art of Waste at Grey Gallery and Lounge (a lovely art gallery/drinking establishment hybrid located on Capitol Hill). The Art of Waste, feature edited by Abigail Guay, includes a photo essay of Chris Jordan's aesthetically stunning and unsettling photography.
In addition to the usual snacks, drinks, wonderful magazines and people present at the usual ARCADE launch, we will also be having a small silent auction throughout the evening to help satisfy your holiday present-finding needs.
You're always looking out for me, e.
I try. It will make class that much more interesting.
Brouwer's Big Wood Festival Is Near!!!!!
The wood pours from Thursday, December 4th through Sunday, December 7th.
Expect to see something from the locals such as Big Time, Hales, and Maritime, and don't be surprised if we have some extra special kegs from the two states south of us.
Here's a list of some of the beers they will have on tap so far:
Allagash Curieux Jim Beam Barrel aged Tripel
Baron Bourbon Barrel Aged Doppelbock
Beersel Oude 3yr Lambic
Big Sky Ivan The Terrible Jim Beam Barrel Aged Imperial Stout
Bridgeport Ravenmad Imperial Porter
Cantillon Rose De Gambrinus, Cascade Moulan Rouge
Deschuttes Abyss 07
Deschuttes Abyss 08
Deschuttes Black Butte XX
Dicks Wood aged IPA Cask
Dogfish Head Palo Santo
Duchesse De Bourgogne Sour Red
Elysian Bette Blanche aged in Jack Daniel Barrels
Flyers Oak Aged Bottleworks VIII Imperial Scotch Ale
Great Divide Oak Aged Yeti Russian Imperial Stout
Ichtegrams Flemish Red
Lagunitas Oak aged Brown Shugga
Monks Café Sour Brown
New Belgium La Terroir Dry-hopped barrel-aged sour beer Innoculated with Brett
New Belgium Eric's Ale Sour Peach Lambic
Petrus Old Bruin Oak aged Belgian Brown
Pike Pikeintyre
Rodenbach Grand Cru Belgian Sour Ale
Russian River Deviation
Schooner Exact Hoppy the Woodsman
Skagit River Oak Aged Trumpeter Imperial Stout
Stone Oak Aged Bastard
Stone Brandy Barrel Aged Double Bastard
Silver City Fat Woody
e
this sounds like the perfect opportunity for that Seattle Archinect meetup that we are always talking about
hm, will I be the only one to have been to both meetups then? Or is OldFogey still lurking around somewhere?
As much as I love good beer, especially big beers from the wood, I'm not sure I would recommend this venue or time for a get together. It will be very loud [speed metal music], very crowded [plan on standing in a place that has no room to stand] with very bad service [waiting 15 minutes just to have a waiter acknowledge you are there]. Other thoughts/time?
http://www.yelp.com/biz/brouwers-cafe-seattle?rpp=40&sort_by=date_desc
upcoming lecture:
studio granda (IS)
Monday, January 12, 2008, 6:30 pm
Seattle Public Library
$10 advance @ brown paper tix, $15 door
Snow again. Two days in one week. I'll certainly be working from home today. What I can't believe is that Seattle public school cancelled classes yesterday due to the cold weather and the fact that there was a chance of snow. Seriously? I guess they were thinking of all of the teachers who don't get paid a decent salary to be able to live close to the schools they teach at.
Did you guys just hear a loud boom?
uh, no. why?
I heard that there was thundersnow in Seattle this morning and that it is really, really loud. The thunder part, not the snow, or rather the combination of the two.
huh. well, they got the snow part right at least. Maybe I just slept through the thunder bit?
holy shit. something crazy happened last night. thunder lightning and snow.
there was a bolt of lightning that was so bright it was like an Abomb went off outside my window and you could hear all the electronics in the house emit this high frequency into the air. my girlfriend and i were both convinced that we were electrocuted.
the first thunderstrike i thought someone in the central district tossed a pipe bomb outside my window.
anyone know much about this school?
or taken any weekend workshops?
buy a book and do it yourself.
you'll learn more and it won't be as expensive.
the thundersnow last night was wierd. it's been a while since i've seen that, and i think we are getting more today.
If you think Seattle drivers are bad on dry pavement, just wait...
So I can't find this "impressive" mystery list that Holz (amoungst others) put together of great Seattle firms on this thread....
Help please? Does anyone know exactly how to find them?
upcoming lecture:
lise anne couture, asymptote architecture
28 january
6.00 pm
147 architecture hall, uw
also:
47° North Architectural Conversations: Pike & Virginia
January 21, 5:30pm
Gould Court
A conversation with Jim Olson, Rick Sundberg and
Gordon Walker, moderated by Dave Miller.
thought you might be interested in this holz. my guess is you are also on space-city's email list though so you probably already know about it. if not:
AIA SEATTLE/AHP MEDICAL DESIGN FORUM
The Future of Healthcare: Supersized or Lean?
February 5 & 6, 2009
Swedish Hospital, Cherry Hill Campus, 500-17th Avenue
11.5LU/3HSW
To Register: Visit www.aiaseattle.org
Join architects and facility executives for the Architecture for Health Panel/AIA Seattle Medical Design Forum to consider how design impacts the leadership of healthcare facilities. On-site building tours include the Cherry Hill campus and the 370,000sf Orthopedic Institute at Swedish. Feature presentations include:
Are We Supersizing Healthcare?
Does your project need to go on a diet? Keynote speaker H. Scot Latimer of Kurt Salmon Associates discusses why, when healthcare capital spending continues to rise, we only seem able to buy less each year. This session enables attendees to:
• State the forces behind the recent increases in space per key indicator in healthcare projects.
• Develop measures to determine "adequate" space for individual project needs.
• Determine methods to prudently control project size and maximize your project ROI.
CEO Roundtable
Deborah Swets, VP, Membership, Washington State Hospital Association with Cal Knight, President & Chief Operating Officer, Swedish Health Services, Gregg Davidson, CEO Skagit Valley Hospital, and Cindy Mayo, CEO Providence Centralia Hospital.
What keeps a Healthcare CEO up at night? How can design help support the resolution of those issues?
Leadership for Lean Transformation in Healthcare
J. Michael Rona, Co-Founder, Rona Consulting Group and former President of Virginia Mason Medical Center
What does it take to lead an organization through a lean transformation? Using nine key characteristics of lean healthcare enterprises, Mike will demonstrate leadership's challenge in transforming healthcare and provide insights into how to build organizations to promote operational excellence while creating a facilitative environment that develops people at all levels.
Politics and the future of Public Healthcare Programs
Jeff Mero, Executive Director of the Association of Washington Public Hospital Districts (AWPHD)
How politics, the elections, and the economy will affect public programs like Medicare and Medicaid.
BUILDING TOURS
1. Limited on-site Building tours at Cherry Hill Campus include:
• Seattle Science Foundation Research Institute: hands-on and simulation facilities for surgical procedures.
• Executive Assessment Suite: thorough health assessment facility aimed at people who can afford it.
2. The Orthopedic Institute at Swedish (NBBJ) 370,000 square foot newly opened June 2008.
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