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...
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 An outdated 1970s-era church is resurrected as a sustainable, modern educational facility.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...
Hot off the presses- "Embedded in Memory", a series of sketches from Rick Sundberg, are included in Seattle's Spring 2018 Arcade Magazine....
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...
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...
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...
October 23, 2014 Our Madrona Remodel is in the upcoming Seattle Magazine – November issue. This project was selected by a panel of architects for the AIA Seattle Home of Distinction program as an example of how to seamlessly blend traditional and modern styles and create a...
October 14, 2014 Our Brook Bay project is featured in the Fall Issue of Luxe Magazine. “Sketch Artist” Early outlines of an architect’s vision transform into a sculptural home on Mercer Island with accents of warm woods and metals The article describes the many unique details of the home,...
July 28, 2014 Today's DJC features the Westside School, under construction and due for completion May 2015. Daily Journal of Commerce Download PDF »...
July 18, 2014 Rick’s house is featured in this weekend’s Seattle Times - Pacific Northwest Magazine. Rebecca Teagarden’s article describes the evolution of the house since Rick and his wife Sharon moved in nearly 40 years ago. To read the article, click on the link at left....
September 7, 2013 SKL Designer Frances Nelson’s public art installation covered in Design Boom, “Thresholds cemetery sculpture by Frances Nelson + Bradly Gunn.” Publication: DesignBoom...
April 17, 2013 Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce...
March 18, 2013 Link » Download PDF » Publication: Capitol Hill Seattle Blog...
March 15, 2013 Download PDF » Publication: Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce...
March 14, 2013 Link » Download PDF » Publication: Puget Sound Business Journal...
July 23, 2012 Link » Publication: Designed for Habitat...