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...
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...
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...
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...
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/...
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....
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/...
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. ...
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...
Construction has started on Olympic High School, designed by SKL Architects for the Central Kitsap School District. Read more here: Kitsap Sun Article...
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...
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,...
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)....
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....
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...