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...
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,...
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...
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 An outdated 1970s-era church is resurrected as a sustainable, modern educational facility.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, 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 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...
This week is birthday week for the Cloud Room with lots of events. Check it out here: https://www.cloudroomseattle.com/culture/...
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,...
June 11, 2015 Chophouse Row was featured in the Design Perspectives section of the Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce! Along with a quick retelling of the site's history, the article brings readers into the building, to see its old bones and new skin, praising its reuse/recycle construction as...
Our Chophouse Row project nears completion in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. At the center of the project is "the mews," a pedestrian alley that ties together old and new architecture, and provides a respite from the busy streets of Capitol Hill. See the CHS Blog write-up....
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...
July 28, 2014 Today's DJC features the Westside School, under construction and due for completion May 2015. Daily Journal of Commerce Download PDF »...
April 29, 2014 The Westside School had its groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday, attended by the entire student body, teachers, and staff. GO TO PROJECT PAGE...
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