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 [...]
Art Stable / Olson Kundig Architects The seven-story, five unit adaptive live-work space is designed for residents who want to both live and work in the city. Art Stable, is situated on a plot of land previously housing horse stables. A recipient of the 2010 AIA Seattle Citation Honor Award, the urban infill project [...]
Bellingham Tech starts $27M Campus Center By JOURNAL STAFF Bellingham Technical College has started construction of its $27 million Campus Center building. The 72,900-square-foot project is located on campus near Building G. Exxel Pacific of Bellingham is the general contractor and HKP architects of Mount Vernon is the architect. Exxel's bid of $16.35 million [...]
How to build a ‘stress-free’ wood building Start by making bearing and non-bearing walls different heights. By MATT STODOLA Exxel Pacific The information in this article is a culmination of research and experience I’ve gained over the last 22 years in the wood-framing field. I’ve combined a simple new framing technique with a simple [...]
Mercedes-Benz dealership starts building Autohaus in Lynnwood By JOURNAL STAFF Mercedes-Benz of Lynnwood is breaking ground today on a 40,000-square-foot car dealership at 17800 Highway 99 in Lynnwood. The facility will meet the new Mercedes-Benz Autohaus design criteria, which includes curved glass facades, steel overhangs, Mercedes' signature blue columns and a high-tech service department. [...]
Real Estate Buzz: New ideas for West Seattle Triangle By MARC STILES Real Estate Editor It's a stretch to call it March Madness, but for development wonks watching how colleges perform in the annual Real Estate Challenge can be pretty exciting stuff, even in these times of diminished expectations. This year's challenge is a [...]
Woodinville project honored for reusing old apartments The Villas apartments at Woodinville Village won the Gold Nugget Grand Award for Outstanding Renovated Multifamily Projects at the 46th annual Pacific Coast Builders' Conference in San Francisco. Tiscareno Associates, MJR Development and Exxel Construction shared in the honor. The team said in a press release that [...]
