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What a coincidence, e! That's exactly how I feel about the question you asked!

Awesome. So if you win the lottery then you can front me the money for the Kundig condo?

e,
i'll take one as well...

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Pb Elemental
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hmm. anyone have a rpc of a dinosaur? im bored

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wow. exactly what ive been looking for, how did you know

e,

food was great, thanks for letting me stop by.

also, you should post your fritted signage in the exterior.signage thread.

Dang it holz. You didn't even say hi. Oh, wait. Crap. Two and two are being put together as I type this. I was talking to you, and I didn't even realize it. I wish I had connected the dots last night. Sorry man, I felt like I was stretched thin in making sure I spoke to everyone. Which, by the way, I did not.

I'm so glad you made it.

I'm sorry that I didn't make it e- when in Rome, cannot attend parties in Seattle.

ha!

yeah. i completely forget to mention that.

no worries, there were a ton of people there, i'm not surprised you didn't get to talk to everyone. did make me realize i need to get out more and not focus so much on the work/competition route.

food, booze, and cute girls...how did I miss this???

anyone Bumbershooting this weekend?

definitely not. not my scene

rationalist, i heard you were in rome right now from a classmate/friend of yours who was at our place earlier this week.

mdler, i sent you an email. did you not get it?

Figures that I'll be in Seattle in late September and the AIA Seattle show New Edge | New Blood ends the day before i get there.

reflexive, not missing much.

if you peruse the websites, you get the gist.

it's just a few boards w/ small photos and diagrams/text, no models or anything of substance.

e - that's quite a collection of hipsters you've got there!

Oh, thanks. That actually makes me feel a lot better. Since I'm looking to move to Seattle or maybe Portland in the near future i thought this would have been a really good exhibit to see. Look at some smaller up and comings in the area and what not, which is sort of the direction I want to look into. Especially the likes of PB Elemental and Build LLC. However if its only some boards i've already looked at all that stuff online.

dml, my friends are hip. I am not.

I'm sorry e, I thought we'd talked about that over email. I am indeed in Roma for a couple more weeks, then London. Sad I missed the party, but I swear I had a glass of vino in your honor over here. :)

Oh we did rationalist. My pea sized brain only retains so much information though. I hope you are having a wonderfully inspiring time.

car-free sundays...

anyone go to rainier ave for this yesterday?

the cap hill was a wash-out (literally) w/ cars being towed (as owners were kinda ridiculous and didn't follow the warnings) and the wonderful downpours...

car free seattle

frankly, we're huge proponents of this. it'd be really interesting to see a large section of downtown turned into a fussgangerzone (pedestrian zone)



especially at christmas when the sidewalks are exploding, and all the bellevue soccer moms clog up traffic.

I'm a graduate of UW (12/2002) and have been living in New York the last 5.5 years. My wife and I are both looking to move out of here and considering heading back to Seattle. Do any of you have suggestions on firms that do good work, pay well (in the architectural world), and have an enjoyable work environment.

Any tips would be great. Again, just exploring options right now....who the hell knows where we'll land.....

cwc1177

Holz (amoungst others) has put together an impressive list of firms on this thread...look around on the pages for some info

anyone attend the "rem, wait, i can't make it so take my protege ramus" lecture today?

Freemont Oktoberfest is this weekend! Anyone wanna go?

WHAT?! That is so not fair. Why couldn't it wait a weekend? why?

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Seattle Central Library
7p

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so...i found out the hard way that Peter Miller Bookstore can be a very dangerous place to spend a rainy Saturday the day after you get a paycheck...

mdler,

i'd recommend addall or alibris to temper your paycheck woes (and get more bang for your buck)


and if you are in pdx, powell's is pretty good (and you don't have to pay tax)

what'd you score?

got a really nice Eero Saarinen book!

yes. she has been spotted. nice job there r.

that capitol hill project is supposed to open this month...someone should tell Tom that they are still framing the damn thing...the should also tell him that they are too damn expensive for someone of regular means to afford

i think regular in the seattle sense means less than 300k...

let's just say we're hoping prices tumble...

hey rationalist,

has UW announced the fall lecture series? wondering if there is anything worth catching this year, or if space.city will once again have better lectures...

deadline for voter registration for washington is midnight tonight.

so if you haven't registered yet (and are eligible) get the f*ck on it...

holz
why you gots to be turning this thread into a political thread???

thanks for calling me out mdler.

holz, I can't seem to find it. When I go online, I just get the spring series... I have no other resources, because I have nothing to do with the CAUP, except for occasionally taking advantage of cheap plotting services (which they raised the price on, those bastards!). My personal lecture schedule involves some industrial designer I've never heard of from Germany next Thursday, and whoever the AIGA sees fit to put on a stage (also TBA, seemingly).

werd. then i'll extend that to current UW CAUP studenten...

Mullet Sections: a lecture by Nader Tahrani of office dA

This lecture will focus on the tensions between ground and ceilings,
where the site of architectural invention sees its parameters.

6:00 pm, October 31, 2008, 147 Architecture Hall, University of Washington

GLOBAL GREEN: A lecture/panel series showcasing Sustainable Planning and Design in the Pacific Northwest and Denmark

FALL 2008: URBAN DESIGN FOR WALKABLE, BIKABLE CITIES

Tuesday, October 21, 2008
7:00-8:30 PM
Architecture Hall, Room 147
University of Washington, Seattle

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Roger Geller
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Louise Grassov, MAA
Associate, Gehl Architects
Copenhagen, Denmark

WALKABLE DESIGN FOR A SUSTAINABLE DOCKSIDE GREEN
Jim Huffman, MAIBC, LEED A.P.
Associate Principal, Busby Perkins + Will
Vancouver, BC Canada

Discussion Moderator:

Anne Vernez Moudon, Dr. es Sc.
Professor, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

For more information, please visit www.caup.washington.edu

The Green Futures Lab would like to thank our co-sponsors for this event: The Scan|Design Foundation; The Northwest Danish Foundation; International Sustainable Solutions; UW College of Architecture and Urban Planning; and the UW Scandinavian Studies Department.

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Phone - 206.543.6450
Fax - 206.685.7264
TTY - 206.543.6452
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awesome.

thanks for the updates, e & rationalist.

hey e, you guys staying busy?

i saw that several firms were starting layoffs. might be a good time to go back for grad school. yowsa

noch eine seattle lecture...

October 23rd @ 7:30 pm. Meany Hall
Landscape in a Changing Environment

Kathryn Gustafson, principal
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i think i would have liked werking there

PbElemental just laid off 16 of their 50 people...32%

good thing they didnt hire me...I would probably be jobless right now

Wow -that's a lotta out of work facial hair!

Wow mdler. A third of their office? Really? That's tough to hear. I feel for both the company and the people that were let go.

This morning there was an article out that stated that housing starts fell to their lowest point since 1991. News like that hurts us all. As Walter Isard's I/O model shows, every business affects every other economically. When one hurts, we all hurt. I hope Pb pulls through this. I wish them the best of luck.

holz, we are doing fine. Would I like more work? Yes. Do I worry? Yes, but we are working though. I'm thankful for that. We got a couple of new jobs over the last few of weeks that we are exciting. Not to mention ARCADE is reving up again for the next issue.

I hope, as everyone is looking to save some money right now, that we develop new relationships with larger companies and organizations as we have the ability to offer big agency experience without the high overhead.

A project that we just completed was for Tom Kundig's Rolling Huts client. We launched the site a little while ago, but we continued to develop a more robust reservations section so that people could complete the entire check out process online. We purchased a fairly inexpensive third party code and modified the look and feel to the best we could.

If you are considering heading out to the Methow Valley, this is a fun alternative. It is a beautiful place out there. The drive out is gorgeous too. Enjoy

Rolling Huts

e, what a fantastic site! when i make it back out there, that'll definitely be on the top of my list.

in regards to pB: when i was in seattle earlier this year, i had an interview with them and was told i almost had the job but they were worried about a slowdown and decided to postpone hiring. i'm sorry to hear they've had to do layoffs.....and ultimately glad i didn't get the job.

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...

aia seattle awards
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.

"it's close to the UW too for any students looking hit the barley wine between classes."


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.

http://www.nwboatschool.org/

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?