Summer and SKL
In the summer, we gather. Time together to share what's important: family, friends, food, sun, sea & sky. Our community. Our home....
SKL Affordable Housing Design Approved
SKL presented the Othello Square Affordable Homeownership Building for EDG approval Tuesday evening -"Very easy to review because the design options are grounded in human need. . ." Designed with the community in mind, the building will offer homes for families making 80% or less...
Othello Square selected for ILFI Affordable Housing Pilot
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/...
Rick Sundberg Featured in Arcade
Hot off the presses- "Embedded in Memory", a series of sketches from Rick Sundberg, are included in Seattle's Spring 2018 Arcade Magazine....
Sketch of the Week – 6/1/18
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....
Big Truss Installed at Olympic HS
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....
Sketch of the Week- 3/16/18
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....
Grand Opening- New Entry Plaza at Lewis and Clark Law School
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 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...
Sketch of the Week – 3/9/18
Sketch by Rick Sundberg. First person to name the place gets the drink of your choice, at the bar of your choice....
An Expanded Campus for Seattle’s Pratt Fine Arts Center
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. ...
A New Concept in Affordable Housing for Seattle
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...
Olympic High School Has Started Construction
Construction has started on Olympic High School, designed by SKL Architects for the Central Kitsap School District. Read more here: Kitsap Sun Article...
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...
SKL Opens Tokyo Branch Office
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 Receives PSE Grant
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,...
Cloud Room at Chophouse Row Turns Two – Happy Birthday
This week is birthday week for the Cloud Room with lots of events. Check it out here: https://www.cloudroomseattle.com/culture/...
Olympic High School Starts Construction
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...
Sundberg and Miller – Building Orphanages in Tanzania
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)....