“…The audacity of saying – let’s take this thing that is so wrong, and let’s turn [it]…into something that is good.” – Lisa Matthiessen, Juror Seattle Resource Hubs, SKL’s conceptual vision to dismantle the US-Mexico border wall and repurpose the structural material as a network of...
In alignment with our passion to deliver beautiful, sustainable design to mission-driven organizations and individuals, SKL announces its move to the Bullitt Center, known as the greenest commercial building in the world. Please come visit us at our new home on Capitol Hill, which we...
Olympic High School was presented with a Citation Award at last Thursday’s AIA|WA’s Civic Design Awards. The Awards celebrate design excellence in publicly funded projects located in Washington and showcase projects with the highest standards in sustainability, innovation, building performance and overall integration with the...
This year, in an effort to create more transparency and to better analyze our efforts towards making our community and our office more equitable, we received our JUST 2.0 label, the International Living Future Institute's new social justice transparency platform and labeling program. JUST is...
We are proud to join Olympic High School in celebrating the grand opening of its new 96,000 SF centerpiece, which includes a prominent new entry, classrooms, technical labs, and a 450 seat performing arts theatre. Designed by SKL for the Central Kitsap School District,...
A look at Olympic High School: before and after. The school district hired SKL to give OHS a new 96,000 SF centerpiece, which includes a prominent new Entry, Classrooms, Technical Labs, and a 450 seat performing arts Theatre. Central to the scheme is a two story...
My name is Gladys Ly-Au Young and I am a Principal at SKL Architects. Tonight, I represent the Design Team with around 60 of us who worked on the design and engineering. Many of them are here tonight. (Please raise your hands. Thanks for all...
A beautiful example of Rick's elegant design, masterful craftsmanship, and attention to detail. Read the article here. ...
SKL principal John Kennedy answered questions from the DJC about his firm and trends and issues in the industry. Q: What can architects, developers and government do to make Seattle more livable and sustainable? A: The United Nations just came out with a report demanding “unprecedented changes”...
Gladys participated in a lively panel discussion at The Cloud Room for Kathryn Rogers Merlino‘s new book, ‘Building Reuse: Sustainability, Preservation, and the Value of Design’! We are excited to share two Sundberg Kennedy Ly-Au Young Architects projects - Chophouse Row and Westside School (Seattle,...
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...