19 projects win AIA Seattle awards for 2011 By JOURNAL STAFF The American Institute of Architects Seattle chapter has given awards to 19 projects — from a correctional facility to a karaoke bar. Seventeen of the projects in the 2011 AIA Seattle Honor Awards were located or envisioned in Washington and two were international. [...]
Alliance building 180 apartments in Ballard By JOURNAL STAFF Construction will begin this week on Broadstone Koi, a six-story, 180-unit apartment complex at 14th Avenue Northwest and Northwest Market Street in Ballard. Two buildings separated by a courtyard will face Market and Northwest 54th streets. Units will include studios, lofts and one- and two-bedroom [...]
275 units going up near Seattle Center By JOURNAL STAFF Construction is under way on a 275-unit apartment complex with 17,000 square feet of retail at 100 Republican St. next to Seattle Center. The project has been years in the making. Seattle developer Bob Burkheimer and Essex Property Trust formed a joint venture to [...]
Construction Q&A: Kevin DeVries Company: Exxel Pacific Kevin DeVries didn’t grow up planning to run a construction company, but one thing led to another. The Pella, Iowa, native majored in psychology at Dordt, a small college in Iowa with a national draw, including from Northwest communities affiliated with the Dutch Christian Reformed Church. DeVries [...]
Developers buy land next to site where they want to build tower Ed Hewson and Jon Breiner also say they are close to starting another project nearby in Belltown: Bell 206. By MARC STILES Journal Staff Reporter Bell 206 will have 122 apartments on seven floors. Construction could start in a few weeks. Seattle [...]
Station at Othello Park opens near rail station By JOURNAL STAFF Othello Partners recently opened the Station at Othello Park, a 351-unit mixed-use apartment building across from the Othello Link light-rail station, at Martin Luther King Jr. Way South and South Othello Street. Tenants began moving into the building last month. The apartments are [...]
Harbor opens 195-unit Link apartments in West Seattle By JOURNAL STAFF Harbor Properties will hold a reception at its new project, Link in West Seattle, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday. Harbor officials said they think the 195-unit complex is one of only two large mixed-use apartment projects opening this year in Seattle. The [...]
2011 residential architect Design Awards by meghan drueding, cheryl weber, leed ap, nigel f. maynard, and bruce d. snider We know these past several years have been among the most difficult for architects who specialize in residential work. Sometimes it feels as if no one is building anything at all. But the 824 entries [...]
AIA magazine honors projects by six Seattle firms By JOURNAL STAFF Art Stable, a Seattle condominium project designed by Olson Kundig Architects, was named project of the year by Residential Architect. It was one of a number of projects by Seattle firms that were honored by the American Institute of Architects' magazine. There were [...]
Olson Kundig, Heliotrope earn AIA awards By JOURNAL STAFF Two Seattle firms won American Institute of Architects 2011 Housing Awards for their Washington projects. Designs by Heliotrope Architects and Olson Kundig Architects are among 18 that were honored. The program, now in its 11th year, recognizes the best in housing design and promotes the [...]
