Skip to 1:02:15 for jury thoughts on Crow Arbor and Round Hall
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7 Directions’ project – Crow Arbor and Round Hall – received the AIA Honorable Mention Award in AIA Seattle’s 73rd annual Honor Awards for Washington Architecture to celebrate excellence in design. One of the juror’s stated that “this building is a central, important vocal point that has this wave of intense life breathed into it. There’s struggle involved, there’s pain and suffering, and celebration.”
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The distinguished jury included:
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- Katie Ackerly AIA, LEED AP, CPHC (David Baker Architects)
- Steven Lewis FAIA, NOMAC, LEED AP (ZGF)
- Katie Swenson (MASS Design Group)
- with Joshua McNichols (KUOW) as moderator
From 113 submissions, the jury chose 21 award winners from three categories – Built, Conceptual, and Research & Innovation. Across the broad view of project types, the jury acknowledged the strong design culture represented in our region that collectively and beautifully expresses the feel and culture of this place. “Along with holding onto beauty, we must also consider solutions to the myriad of issues we currently face – these projects represent inspired problem solving that defined space for those human experiences and environmental sensitivity.”
