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...
The Othello Square Affordable Homeownership Building (Building D) has been selected as a Living Building Challenge Affordable Housing Pilot Project. https://living-future.org/affordable-housing/ https://living-future.org/affordable-housing-othello-square/...
Hot off the presses- "Embedded in Memory", a series of sketches from Rick Sundberg, are included in Seattle's Spring 2018 Arcade Magazine....
Facade study by Gladys Ly-Au Young for the Othello Square Affordable Homeownership Building, a limited equity co-op adjacent to the Othello light rail station....
Korsmo Construction has just installed the 130' long, 8' tall "big truss" at Olympic High School. It will support angled roof monitors that will bring daylight into the student commons space....
This project, called the Ricker Building, is a collaboration between John Kennedy and his son Jack, who was 5 years old at the time. Still looking for an enlightened developer to realize our vision....
On March 19th, Lewis and Clark Law School in Portland will inaugurate its new entry plaza, designed by Rick Sundberg, complete with lit benches representing the 9 supreme court justices, split 4 to 5, of course, around the entry path. https://law.lclark.edu/...
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...
Sketch by Rick Sundberg. First person to name the place gets the drink of your choice, at the bar of your choice....
SKL has been hired by Daniels Real Estate to design a campus expansion for the Pratt Fine Arts Center, with housing above. Early design guidance plans have been presented to the City of Seattle's Design Review Board, which has approved the project to move forward. ...
Gladys Ly-Au Young, Principal at SKL, discusses plans for a Limited Equity Co-Op at Othello Square with interested community members. Similar to a condo, Limited Equity Co-Ops allow people to purchase housing (in the form of shares) at an affordable price. In return for the...
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...
SKL is proud to announce the opening of its Tokyo branch office, headed by Nicole Lew. Office hours are Monday to Wednesday, 4pm to 12pm PST....
Olympic High School, currently under construction, has been awarded a $122,000 Conservation Grant Agreement from Puget Sound Energy for its remarkably low energy use. Based on PSE's predictive modeling, the proposed building will use 70% less energy than code allows. Thanks to Ecotope mechanical engineers,...
This week is birthday week for the Cloud Room with lots of events. Check it out here: https://www.cloudroomseattle.com/culture/...
Construction has started on the new Olympic High School in Kitsap County. This picture shows the center portion of the school demolished, with the gymnasium wing in the background. School is still in session using the remaining gymnasium and classroom wings, and the Trojans will...
Rick Sundberg, along with builder and longtime collaborator Terry Miller, are in Tanzania this month kick-starting construction of an orphanage in the small town of Lutukira (near Songea, if you want to see it on a map)....