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...
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...
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...
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...
Add some SKL design and tender-love-&-care to two donated shipping containers and out comes a tool library! South King Tool Library in Federal Way is always looking for volunteers and donations, especially while they await final approval to serve south King and north Pierce counties....
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...
After one hot, busy summer, the first day of school at Olympic High School was a surprise for many students: a shiny new and improved commons. Bright faces greeted old friends and new surroundings. Although there's more to come for the students (construction continues behind...
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....
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...
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. ...
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)....
December 10, 2015 SKL is proud to announce the opening of its Minneapolis Office Branch, aka SKL-MOB. This office will be run by Jeremy Imhoff, AIA, a licensed Minnesotan Architect, whose projects include Chophouse Row and Texas Art House, and will be running our vast array...
November 10, 2015 Chophouse Row named Best Mixed-Use Development of the Year at this year's NAIOP (Commercial Real estate Development Association) awards gala. The DJC notes its "open market" feel on the ground level with retail, offices and housing above. Publication: DJC "NAIOP honors the year's top developers,...