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Architects Sets the Bar for Restaurant Design
Graham Baba
Architects Sets the Bar for Restaurant Design Kolstrand Building in Ballard Jim Graham and Brett Baba (MArch '85) of Graham Baba Architects are rapidly defining the hottest in Seattle restaurant design. Projects such as Ballard's Walrus and the Carpenter are receiving national acclaim for the architects' "place-making" magic. See more photos and information from the article in the Seattle Times.
Photo from Ajo, AZ - "bee keeper.jpg" CEP Alumna Sylvia
Tatman-Burruss Finishes Year with AmeriCorps VISTA TiLT Volunteers Design
and Build for Aloha Inn Transitional Housing Program Completed Pavilions at Aloha Inn TiLT Community Design received a grant from the Department of Neighborhoods to complete an outdoor pavilion at the Aloha Inn Transitional Housing Shelter. The build team volunteers included several UW Architecture graduates. The ribbon cutting for the structure took place at the 20th anniversary celebration of the Aloha Inn on May 21, 2011, by Bill Hallerman, Director of the Archdiocesan Housing Authority. TiLT Community Design is a grassroots coalition of designers, artisans and builders based in Seattle, Washington. Established in 2007, TILT and its members are emboldened by the notion that public art and architecture can improve the lives of the less fortunate and affect positive social change. For more information and photos of the projects, visit the TiLT Facebook page.
Jim Olson: Architecture for Art Retrospective
The Battery Project:
Re-commissioning the Battery Street Tunnel as a Public Space |
Princeton
Architectural Press announced the upcoming release of Tom Kundig: Houses 2, a monograph featuring residences by Tom
Kundig (BA ’77, Environmental Design; MArch ’81), the award-winning architect
and partner of Olson Kundig Architects. In 248 pages featuring 17 homes, the
book demonstrates how Kundig is actively redefining the vocabulary of
architecture and his commitment to the experiential nature of space – branding
him as a unique figure among international practitioners. The book includes essays
by Juhani Pallasmaa (“The Reality of the Image: The Microcosms of Tom Kundig”)
and CBE dean Daniel S. Friedman (“Man of Steel: Tom Kundig and the Architecture
of Domestic Wonder"). This book follows the critically acclaimed Tom Kundig: Houses, published in 2006. Visit 
