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Threshold Presents Ceramics from Noah Riedel, Adam Helenske and John Taylor
03.23.2012 Threshold
Threshold is currently featuring work from three artists as part of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) 46th Annual Conference, taking place in Seattle from March 28 to March 30.
Noah Riedel is a potter from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The guiding principal to his design approach is function – making pots that perform well, but are still unique. His background and training is in traditional methods and his influences come mostly from the organic-modern movement.
To view a gallery of Noah’s pottery, visit www.biloya.com.
Originally from Fargo, North Dakota, Adam Helenske discovered a passion for sculpture and clay while in college. With a goal of becoming a studio potter, Adam moved to Seattle in 2010 where he enrolled in classes and worked as a studio technician at Pottery Northwest. Eight months later he secured a role as a resident artist at same studio.
More information about Adam’s work can be found at www.helenskeclayworks.com.
John Taylor started his career in ceramics 25 years ago and now owns Taylor & Tile Pottery studio in Seattle. His focus is wheel and hand thrown pottery, decorated with images of people and plants native to the Northwest.
More information about John’s work can be found at www.johntaylor.com.
Opening Reception:
Friday, March 23
4:00pm – 6:00pm
Show Dates:
March 23 – March 30
Landscape Urbanism: The Evolution of Performance Metrics at Mithun
03.20.2012 Mithun, In The News
In an essay featured on the Landscape Urbanism website, Christian Runge, a landscape designer at Mithun, discusses how our use of project performance metrics has evolved. Through case studies of Mithun projects including Lloyd Crossing, Taylor 28, South Lincoln Redevelopment and the EcoDistrict Assessment Methods, the essay examines the development and implementation of predevelopment baseline metrics and new tools for measuring human and community health.
Read the full essay at landscapeurbanism.com.
Goodwill Job Training and Education Center Groundbreaking
02.17.2012 Mithun, In The News, Project Updates
Seattle Goodwill Industries held a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday, February 15 for the new Job Training and Education Center. When it opens in early 2013, the 48,000 square-foot facility will allow the nonprofit to expand its core mission to provide free job training and education services to better serve the community. Foushée & Associates Inc. is the general contractor for the project located at Seattle Goodwill’s Dearborn Street location south of downtown.
Continuing reading:- DJC.com, Goodwill to Start $14M building on campus at Rainier, Dearborn
- Central District News, Goodwill breaking ground on new building Wednesday
- Seattle.gov, Goodwill breaks ground on new workforce training facility
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Threshold Presents Anita H. Lehmann
02.15.2012 Threshold
Anita H. Lehmann is a registered architect, illustrator and long-time resident of the Pacific Northwest. She received training in architectural drawing at the University of Washington and currently gives drawing and painting lessons at her studio on the edge of downtown Seattle. Anita has also provided architectural renderings for several Mithun projects including the Polyclinic, Costa Ladera and Google Experience Center.
Anita’s show is focused on edges and places of transition, “where the agrarian and the utilitarian speak a similar vernacular, in architecture and in landscape.” She describes the use of pencil and crayon in her work as capturing the “loose realism of the edge place which then dissolves toward abstraction:”
“My natural tool is the pencil or the crayon; the single line and the limited palette require the artist to tell the story of that place with a crisp economy. Color, temperature, movement, and character are evoked in a few, swift strokes. For me as an architect and illustrator, the drawn line evokes the honest nature of a place, expressing—literally—weight, value, and tone.”
Opening Reception:
Thursday, February 16th
5:00pm – 7:00pm
Show Dates:
February 15 – March 20
Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce: 200 Occidental Moving Forward
02.13.2012 Mithun, In The News, Project Updates
Urban Visions has hired CBRE to market the $70 million mixed-use building on 200 Occidental Avenue. Mithun is designing the 250,000 sf, 11-story project in Seattle’s historic Pioneer Square neighborhood. The building will include street-level retail, 80 apartment units and 130,000 sf of office space. Recently, the office market in and around Pioneer Square has been a magnet for tech and creative companies:
“It’s amazing,” said CBRE broker Brandon Weber, who is marketing the 200 Occidental space with colleague Owen Rice. “The market has done a complete 180 over the last nine to 12 months.”
Continue reading about the project at www.djc.com*.
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ARTDISH: Flush with Art
02.08.2012 Mithun, In The News
Public artwork played a large role in the design of the Brightwater Treatment Facility and Education Center, and several pieces can be seen throughout the treatment plant, public open space and natural habitat. As architectural designer for Brightwater, Mithun participated in the art master plan. Gary Faigin recently toured the facility to reflect on the use of art in the treatment plant:
“The 9 or so artists whose work I saw had been given an ambitious agenda, to create works that directly referenced the ugly but necessary work of the plant, separating bodily and other wastes from millions of gallons of water a day, and then returning the water to the environment.”
Read the full review at www.artdish.com.
Trim Tab: Breaking the Cost Barrier to Building Sustainable Affordable Housing
02.08.2012 Mithun, In The News
The non-profit partnership of Aeon and Hope Community, Inc. is transforming the process of developing high-performance, cost-effective affordable housing with South Quarter Phase IV. With Mithun as Design Architect and Cermak Rhodes Architects as Executive Architect, the mixed-income apartment building is being recognized in the industry as a change agent due to the team’s integrated design process, cost breakthroughs for sustainable housing and their pursuit of Living Building Challenge certification. An article published in the winter 2012 issue of Trim Tab Magazine highlights these project initiatives:
“The development of South Quarter Phase IV is being watched by many in the housing development arena because if its goal to provide a practical, replicable and scalable model for developing sustainable affordable housing.”
Read the full article in Trim Tab’s digital magazine.