Seattle Office Experience
Our Team
Kay Kornovich Managing Principal
Andy Clinch Project Manager
Ryan Bussard Design Principal
Christa Wood Architect
15th and Market
NorthEdge
U District Station Building
Relevant Recent Experience
Roy Street Allen Institute 3rd & Harrison
400 Westlake
UW School of Medicine 635 & 645 Elliott Campus
Historic Landmark / Integration with Existing Structures
Troy Block
1120 John St.
Mixed-Use Buildings Yale & Harrison
307 Broad
* Indicates condos
1370 Stewart * 3031 Western 5th & Virginia 3rd & Battery
1305 Stewart *
3rd & Virginia Pine and Minor
3rd & Lenora
Perkins and Will Office Federal Reserve
Lennar First Hill Mixed Use
Ovation Towers Westbank Frye *
800 Alaskan 5th & Madison *
Yale + Harrison
This development has two objectives. First, to provide an elegant building design that responds to the site constraints and provides efficiency and flexibility for a speculative high-tech office user. The second objective is to provide an active retail and lobby space that improves the pedestrian experience along Eastlake, Yale, and Harrison. The building’s strong design presence strives for building legibility, embraces views, and integrates with the surrounding context. The massing of the building is simple and diverts focus to its details, responding to topography, site elements and views from I-5.
400 Westlake
Once considered an anchor in Seattle’s “auto row” and now a Historic Landmark, the iconic Firestone Tire Building, now known as 400 Westlake, is making a new kind of history as one of the most sustainable buildings of its size in the world. The dramatic vertical addition and restoration of this Seattle Landmark are further enhanced by the fact that the building is designed to meet the stringent performance requirements of the Living Building Pilot Program and will be “Net Positive”, generating more power to the grid than it consumes.
NorthEdge
Located across from nationally renowned Gasworks Park at the north edge of Lake Union, the building design takes advantage of its sloping site to create dramatic terraced courtyards that unite two efficient wings. A highly transparent lobby offers framed views of the lake and access to a public roof terrace for the community. By stepping down along three stories of the hillside site, the building maximizes daylight and views to the lake and provides access to expansive planted roof terraces for tenants. Terraced courtyards create a feeling of a campus within a single building. NorthEdge takes cues from the former industrial activities of the working waterfront, and from the notable industrial landmarks in Gasworks Park. An innovative cost-effective and energy efficient cladding system of pre-weathered steel creates a striking character for the building rooted in the neighborhood identity.
Federal Reserve Bank
The original mid-century building was built to house the Seattle branch of our country’s 12th district’s Federal Reserves. From historic financial hub to office space of the future, this National and Seattle Landmark has been an influential part of our City’s history and will continue to be influential in years to come. The transformative project includes a crystalline vertical addition, meticulous restoration of the original building, and transformation of the existing public spaces.
1120 John St.
1120 John Street is located on the old Seattle Times block in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood. The new development includes two 195 foot office towers on the east and west sides of the block, with a pedestrian cross block connection between the towers. The project comprises about 1.3 million square feet of space spread across a 5 level podium structure and 11 floors of office space above. The podium consists of 30,000 gsf of retail, grocery, and market. Four levels of below grade parking provide about 1,200 parking stalls. The project includes a notable amount of open space and landscaped area throughout the site and along the right of way to enhance the urban fabric of the surrounding context.
Troy Block
The Troy Block comprises the redevelopment of a superblock in Seattle’s thriving South Lake Union neighborhood, integrating two historic buildings into a public space concept that is seamlessly merged with the new development. The first is the project’s namesake, the 1927 Troy Laundry Building, a two-story Beaux Arts structure declared a Seattle landmark in 1996. The second, the Boren Investment Building, is a 1938 warehouse declared a landmark in 2011, just as plans solidified for the Troy Block. The final product creates a vibrant workplace environment, integrating old and new into a cohesive sense of place.
U District Station Building
This project is comprised of a 13 story office building featuring retail space to be built over the existing Sound Transit light rail station at 43rd and Brooklyn. The development site includes at grade frontage on Brooklyn and the alley over the below grade station box structure, as well as the air rights above the building. During construction, all existing station station structures are remaining in place and operational. The site will also involve development of a pocket park.
Allen Institute
In the earlier part of the 20th century, the site housed the historic landmarks Pacific and Ford McKay buildings, which served as automobile dealerships. Maintaining the structure’s historic elements was a prerequisite for the development of the site and necessitated moving the landmark buildings 60 feet north of their original location to accommodate the widening of Mercer Avenue. The owner catalogued the historic elements, disassembled the building, moved the elements off-site, and then the design and construction team integrated and reconstructed them on-site into the new structure. The historic terracotta portion of the building is now utilized as public gallery and retail space at street level. Today, the Allen Institute merges leading edge of research with the historic building fabric.
University of Washington, School of Medicine When the University of Washington needed more space for the School of Medicine, they identified Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood for their new research campus. This quickly spurred the proliferation of the aging neighborhood’s biotech boom. We have been working with closely with the University from the beginning, starting with the master plan in 2003 to the programming and design of each phased building. With a focus on communication, interaction, and education we designed a campus that welcomes the community to engage with university and that encourages cross collaboration between researchers. The School of Medicine Campus involves seven buildings constructed over five phases, resulting in an environment where researchers, patients, students, and the community want to be.
Mass Timber
We’ve been doing this a while.
Materials Testing Lab Gilmore SkyTrain Station NVIT
District of North Vancouver Municipal Hall
White Rock Operations Building
Designing with Mass Timber
Centennial Arena
It’s an exciting time to be designing and building
Navel Officer Training Facility
in mass timber. Industry growth and recent code changes are opening up new possibilities
Squamish Li’lWat Cultural Centre
in building design and construction. This would allow us to conceive spaces that are not only well-designed and unique in character for your
SFU Blusson & Saywell Hall
Brentwood SkyTrain Station
Kingsway Pedestrian Bridge
Forestry Conservation/Teaching Lab, but also have
Canada Line Stations
a positive impact on the building’s occupants and
Cross Roads
the environment. We have a long track record of exceptional buildings and we apply the same rigor and methodology when working with mass timber.
Dockside Green
VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor’s Centre
Laurentian University Vale LWL Centre UBC CIRS
However, designing a project in mass timber
Samuel Brighouse Elementary School
requires a unique skillset along with a thorough understanding of the entire design process,
UBC Earth Sciences Building
from manufacturing through to construction
Pitt River Middle School
and occupancy. We have gained this knowledge through the successful completion of numerous
Tall Wood Study
mass timber buildings, including the Premera Marine Gateway
Headquarters and Tukwila Library.
Nexen Housing Module Prototype
The resulting spaces and working environments in mass timber design are also an important consideration. Our architectural and interiors teams are adept at designing and executing
University of British Columbia Orchard Commons
NLT Guide
SFU Student Union Building
spaces and buildings that are inspiring places where people want to learn, work and collaborate.
Evergreen Line Stations
Great Northern Way Pavilion Delta Development
Western Washington University, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Western Washington University (WWU) has experienced unprecedented growth in enrollment for almost every STEM major, and the University continues to develop new degree programs in the STEM field. Western’s growth, combined with the state of Washington’s goals to expand opportunities in science, technology and engineering education created a need for a new engineering and computer science facility on the WWU campus. The new building brings together electrical engineering and computer science in one space, creating a multi-disciplinary learning environment.
Portland-Weatherly Study
Located within the city of Portland’s historic district, the new Weatherly 2.0 building is envisioned as a 12 story, 200,000 sf mass timber office building. Inspired by it’s neighbor on the block – the historic Weatherly Building – the project’s massing and regulating lines all take cues from the historic fenestration patterns and composition of this historic structure. With a vertical, glazed white terra cotta and curtainwall cladding, the massing steps at the lower floors creating a green roof terrace and has a series of interlocking volumes that break down the scale of the structure. Looking at carbon neutral strategies, the project’s primary structure is a mass timber system of glu-lam beams and cross laminated timber planks with a concrete topping.
Tukwila Library
Due to the expanding needs of the Tukwila community, the 10,000 square foot library is the first piece of the new Tukwila Village urban center development containing multi-unit housing, retail storefronts, and a community center – all focused around a central green space. Located at the corner of the site along Tukwila International Boulevard, the library acts as a gateway for knowledge and learning by serving one of the most diverse communities in the United States. Regionally sourced glued-laminated timber beams support cross-laminated timber (CLT) roof panels in this new library. The volume of wood used in the construction of this modest building sequesters approximately the same amount of carbon emitted by 91 cars in one year.
HUB Amenity Building
Mass Timber serves as the primary structure throughout the new headquarters building and was a natural fit to compliment the qualities of the surrounding forests. Cross Laminated Timber spans the larger central gathering space, whereas Dowel Laminated Timber covers the lower flanking conference rooms and gives additional acoustic properties that moderate the quality of sound.
River Beech Tower When designers at Perkins and Will, researchers at the University of Cambridge, and engineers at Thornton Tomasetti teamed up to explore the concept of a mass timber skyscraper, they sought to prove that a structurally sound tower could be both made of wood and safe enough for residential use.
Canada’s Earth Tower By employing BC wood from sustainably managed forests as its primary structure, Canada’s Earth Tower will advance the industry by altering market perceptions, providing choice, and putting the performance and environmental implications of construction at the forefront.
VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor Centre Inspired by organic forms and natural systems, the VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor Centre seeks to create a harmonious balance between architecture and landscape, both from a visual and an ecological perspective. To provide a beautiful and warm environment—the Visitor Centre uses wood products extensively, from the panelized roof structure to the cladding, furnishings, millwork and wall finishes. The roof structure includes 71 different panels, each made of over 100 unique curved glulam beams. The panels were prefabricated and pre-installed with thermal insulation, sprinkler pipes, lighting conduits, acoustic liner, and wood ceiling slats. The warmth and beauty of wood contributes significantly to our ability to enliven unusual spaces that may otherwise feel cold and alien.
Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability Utilizing wood as a primary building material, CIRS achieves its low-embodied energy and low-carbon impact goals while becoming the first large, multi-story building on campus. Wood allows CIRS to store over 900-tonnes of carbon, reducing its carbon footprint by more than 90% of the average UBC building. The use of a carbon-sequestering material grown by the sun aligns well with regenerative design principles and net positive performance targets set for this project. The use of exposed wood in the auditorium offers a highly desirable and vibrant learning environment. By incorporating wood sourced from BC forests affected by pine beetle, CIRS was able to address a complex, province-wide problem with a simple, elegant solution.
Corporate Interiors
Our interiors team is comprised of people who work in our integrated team model.
Services We Provide Test Fits & Space Planning
Programming In today’s ever-changing business climate, workplace design goes beyond a beautiful space—it is a critical tool for aligning people, culture, processes, and technology
evaluate a range of options, and make informed strategic decisions. We believe that design should improve
Interior Design
with organizational goals.
health by redefining the relationship between the built environment, people,
Results driven and client-focused, we mobilize teams of interdisciplinary experts around the needs of our clients. Our approach includes proven techniques that enable our clients to clearly identify goals,
and the natural environment. Using this framework, we design workplaces that promote health and well-being. The result is award-winning spaces that nurture people, place, and processes in support of strategic
Brand, Graphics & Wayfinding
business objectives.
Furniture
Workplace Strategy & Change Management
Technology Firm TI
A layered design approach recreates the complexity of a city, starting with the city grid. Just like city streets lead us to our favorite neighborhoods and hidden gems, linear grid elements were used to define and direct the special moments throughout the space. To further enhance the experience of employees as they move throughout the space, activity nodes are designed to reference some of Seattle’s most dynamic neighborhoods. Phone rooms feature an acoustic wall wrapped in distinct patterned fabrics that evoke the essence of the ‘neighborhood’ in which they are located—the artistic spirit of Capitol Hill, timeless patterns of Pioneer Square, and the bright Scandinavian colors of Ballard.
Confidential Tech Client
This project was the first implementation of the HQ master plan study and programmatic analysis that was previously completed by us. We designed a flexible floor plan with increased quantity, size, and diversity of conference rooms, and designed prototypical private offices with glazed fronts to improve transparency and break down barriers. A centralized lounge and kitchen was positioned near the elevator lobby to allow for more chance encounters. The final space is an open, light-filled workspace that inspires creativity and encourages cross-discipline collaboration.
Kay Kornovich, NCARB, LEED AP
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Managing Principal Kay has been involved in the planning and design of community, office, science, and commercial projects for over 20 years. Her organizational strengths in management and leadership of projects involving multiple stakeholder groups bring creativity and decision making to the team as the primary point of leadership. Over the course of her career, Kay has served as architect, project manager and managing principal for numerous commercial and interior projects throughout the west coast, including leading edge sustainable design. Kay assists stakeholders in identifying, communicating, and reaching consensus on the vision, scope and design elements, using her experiences to create state-of-the-art solutions. Kay is particularly skilled in leading fast track projects requiring team building and responsive planning, as well as projects with tight schedules and budgets.
Education
Relevant Experience
Bachelor of Architecture,
Touchstone Corporation
University of Minnesota
Troy Block Seattle, Washington
Registrations
Onni
Architect
1120 John St.
Washington, California,
Seattle, Washington
Wisconsin, Utah, Hawaii
Professional Affiliations National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB)
Unico Yale + Harrison Seattle, Washington Touchstone Corporation Troy Block Office Development Seattle, Washington Touchstone Corporation NorthEdge Office Building Seattle, Washington King County Library System Tukwila-Foster Library Tukwila, Washington
Vulcan Inc.
BioMed Realty Trust
Alder Biopharmaceuticals
Allen Institute for Brain Science
University of California, San Diego
Corporate Headquarters
Seattle, Washington
Center for Novel Therapeutics
Strategic Plan
La Jolla, California
Seattle, Washington
Tenant Improvement
BioMed Realty Trust
Touchstone Corporation
Seattle, Washington
9775 Towne Centre Drive
9th & Stewart
La Jolla, California
Life Sciences Center
Sana Bio
Premera
Seattle, Washington
Annex Headquarters
Alpine Immune Sciences
Mountlake Terrace, Washington
Tenant Improvement
Neuleukin Therapeutics
Seattle, Washington
Tenant Improvement
Illumina, Inc.
Seattle, Washington
Illumina Foster City Tenant
JUST Biotherapeutics
Improvements
Corporate Headquarters
University of California, San
Foster City, California
Seattle, Washington
Diego
Illumina, Inc.
Institute for Systems Biology
i3 Tenant Improvement
Corporate Headquarters
San Diego, California
Seattle, Washington
BioMed Realty Trust, Inc.
Adaptive Biotechnologies
i3 Campus
Tenant Improvements
San Diego, California
Seattle, Washington
Franklin Antonio Hall San Diego, California University of California, San Diego Pepper Canyon Student Housing San Diego, California
Andy Clinch, AIA, LEED AP
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Project Manager Andy is a project manager with 20 years of experience with a focus on higher education and science and technology projects. He has extensive experience leading complex projects of all sizes and types through programming, design and construction administration. His leadership and management skills aid in guiding a successful team through all phases of a project to fulfill the clients goals and objectives. Andy has worked with various delivery models including Public Private Partnerships (P3), Progressive Design-Build, Design-Build, and Construction Management/General Contractor (CM/GC).
Education
Project Experience
Masters of Architecture
Touchstone Corporation
Washington University, St. Louis
Troy Block
Missouri
Seattle, Washington
Bachelor of Science in
Onni
Architecture
1120 John St.
University of Illinois,
Seattle, Washington
Urbana-Champaign
Registrations Architect Illinois LEED APÂŽ Buiding Design+Construction
Unico Yale + Harrison Seattle, Washington Univrsity of Washington U District Station Building Seattle, Washington Western Washington University Electrical Engineering Computer Science Building Bellingham, Washington
Douglaston Development
University of Washington
Western Washington University
Fifth and Virginia Hotel and
School of Medicine South Lake
Integrated Sciences Building -
Residential
Union Phase 2
STEM
Seattle, Washington
Seattle, Washington
Bellingham, Washington
University of Calgary
University of Washington
University of California Riverside
Interdisciplinary Science and
Kincaid Hall Renovation
Plant Growth Research Facility
Innovative Centre
Department of Psychology
Riverside, California
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Seattle, Washington
University of Washington
University of Wyoming
Kincaid Hall Renovation
Life Sciences Building
Science Initiative Building
Seattle, Washington
Seattle, Washington
Laramie, Wyoming
University of Washington
Washington State University
Guthrie Hall Research Lab
School of Medicine South Lake
Global Animal Health Phase 2
Renovation
Union Phase 3.2
Pullman, Washington
Seattle, Washington
Seattle, Washington
Washington State University
University of Washington
Troy Hall Lab Renovation and
School of Medicine South Lake
Addition
Union Phase 3.1
Pullman, Washington
Seattle, Washington
University of Washington
University of Washington
Ryan Bussard, AIA, LEED AP
®
Design Principal Born and raised in the Midwest, Ryan was introduced to art and architecture by his grandparents’ frequent trips to Europe. This dichotomy of urbanism and pastoral landscapes inspired him to wonder at an early age how architecture, space, and landscape interact to create the cities, places, and environments people inhabit. Ryan’s designs continue to be influenced by these early questions and by his client’s visions and aspirations. Drawn by the natural beauty of the Northwest, and the opportunities within a rapidly growing Seattle, Ryan and his family moved to the city to become one of the core team members for the once newly opened Seattle studio. He continues to balance both passions—visiting cities and cultural institutions around the world with his family, and in the Northwest—hiking and taking bicycle trips to explore the landscape.
Education
Relevant Experience
Master of Architecture
Touchstone Corporation
Yale University
Troy Block
Bachelor of Science in
Seattle, Washington
Architecture
Onni
Ohio State University
1120 John St. Seattle, Washington
Registrations
Unico
Architect
Yale + Harrison
New York
Seattle, Washington
Accreditations LEED AP® U.S. Green Building Council
King County Library System Tukwila-Foster Library Tukwila, Washington Western Washington University Electrical Engineering Computer Science Building Bellingham, Washington
Illumina, Inc.
Vulcan, Inc.
University of California, San
Illumina Foster City Tenant
Allen Institute for Brain Science
Diego
Improvements
Seattle, Washington
Pepper Canyon Student Housing
Foster City, California
Confidential Client
Illumina, Inc.
V6 Tenant Improvement
i3 Tenant Improvement
Seattle, Washington
San Diego, California
Confidential Client
BioMed Realty Trust, Inc.
V8 Tenant Improvement
i3 Campus
Seattle, Washington
San Diego, California
Confidential Tech Client
BioMed Realty Trust, Inc. and
North America HQ TI
University of California, San
Seattle, Washington
Diego Center for Novel Therapeutics La Jolla California
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc The Atrium Office and Lab
Baton Rouge Area Foundation
Building
Center for Coastal and Deltaic
Seattle, Washington
Solutions Baton Rouge, Louisiana
University of California, San Diego Franklin Antonio Hall San Diego, California
San Diego, California
Christa Wood, AIA, LEED AP
®
BD+C
Project Architect Christa’s experience ranges from corporate interiors to new construction research labs primarily in the science and technology sector. Engaged in every stage of the design process, she enjoys paying close attention to detail from the first steps of planning, design and documentation through to full build out. Her passion for improving our community can be seen through the Seattle office’s Social Purpose efforts, which she co-leads.
Education
Relevant Experience
Bachelor of Architecture
Lyell Immunotherapy
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
Lyell Building 2
State University
Bothell, Washington
Registrations Architect Washington
Accreditations LEED AP® BD+C U.S. Green Building Council
BioMed Realty Center for Novel Therapeutics San Diego, California BioMed Realty i3 (Core +Shell and Tenant Improvement) San Diego, California Vulcan Allen Institute for Brain Science Seattle, Washington Vulcan Headquarters Programming Seattle, Washington
Baton Rouge Area Foundation
University of Washington
Mary’s Place
Center for Coastal and Deltaic
T-Wing and Health Sciences
Burien
Solutions
Study
Burien, Washington
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Seattle, Washington
Alder Biopharmaceuticals
University of Washington
North Family Shelter
Office TI / Alder Cafe
Burke Gilman Trail
Seattle, Washington
Bothell, Washington
Seattle, Washington
Alder Biopharmaceuticals
University of Washington
White Center Shelter Ph 2
Analytical Lab and TI
Life Sciences Building
Seattle, Washington
Bothell, Washington
Seattle, Washington
Vulcan - Confidential
Providence Health & Services
Bianca’s Place
V8 TI
Swedish Medical Center First Hill
Seattle, Washington
Seattle, Washington
Northwest Tower
Cascadian Therapeutics
Seattle, Washington
Office Update Space Planning
Providence Health & Services
Seattle, Washington
Swedish Medical Center First Hill
University of California San Diego
Block 95 Seattle, Washington
Franklin Antonio Hall
Trolls Knoll P-Patch
San Diego, California
Trolls Knoll Tool Shed Seattle, Washington
Mary’s Place
Mary’s Place
Mary’s Place
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Concept 1 Grid
Concept 2 Shift
Concept 3 Raft