Adaptive Reuse

Chophouse Row featured on AIA National website

ChopHouse Row was recently featured on the AIA National website as an example of outcomes that "reflect AIA’s qualities of resilience." This adaptive-reuse project knits together an entire block of disparate buildings via new pedestrian corridors and connections between old and new space to create...

Opening of Sanctuary: Design for Belonging Exhibition

SKL's proposal "Seattle Resource Hubs" is featured in an exhibit at the Center for Architecture and Design - Sanctuary:Design for Belonging. The proposal, which was originally entered in the "Displaced: Design for Inclusive Cities" competition, sought to answer the question "what does a Sanctuary City...

SKL Wins Award in “Displaced” Design Competition

Design in Public and AIA Seattle announced SKL their second place winner in their "Displaced: Design for Inclusive Cities" competition! The competition, which received entries from teams  from 14 countries representing 7 design disciplines, sought to answer the question "what does a Sanctuary City look...

Westside School in Retrofit Magazine

One of our favorite stories of transformation! An outdated 1970s-era church is resurrected as a sustainable, modern educational facility. You can read the story of SKL's adaptive reuse design of Westside School (Seattle, WA) School in the current (September/October) Education issue of Retrofit magazine. Read the article...

Chophouse Row Highlighted by Urban Land Institute

Chophouse Row, an adaptive re-use project in Seattle's Capitol Hill, designed by John Kennedy, along with his friends at Graham/Baba, was highlighted by the Urban Land Institute as a case study for visionary urban design.  For more, you can go here https://casestudies.uli.org/chophouse-row/, or , to see...

Following in Thiry’s Footsteps

SKL is once again following in Paul Thiry's footsteps.  First, at the Frye Art Museum, and now at Lewis and Clark Law School in Portland, where new Admissions, Career Services, Classrooms, and an Entry Plaza are underway.   Image shows Gantenbein Hall (aka "the fishbowl") newly...

The Wing Luke Museum is recognized for historic stewardship

November 21st, 2014 The National Trust for Historic Preservation has selected the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience to receive the 2014 Trustees’ Emeritus Award for Excellent in the Stewardship of Historic Sites. “The Wing Luke Museum has not only established itself as an...