White Center Heights Elementary Wins CEFPI Award

The Washington Chapter of the Council of Educational Facility Planners (CEFPI) presented a Merit Award to White Center Heights Elementary, at its 2007 conference. The new school, in the Highline School District, serves the White Center neighborhood of King County. Its students represent the area's diverse population, incuding recent immigrants, English language learners, and King County Housing Authority's new Greenbridge neighborhood. These stakeholder groups were included in the design process, and the new school reflects their priorities. It makes a bold architectural statement appropriate to the importance the community places on education. It features safe, welcoming, comfortable spaces for learning. The design of the facility supports the school's goal of fostering parent and community involvement, with a clearly defined public entry, an easy-to-navigate floor plan, and spaces available for community use.

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Purdy Elementary Awarded Jury Citation by the National School Boards Association

The National School Boards Association awarded Purdy Elementary a Jury Citation during the 2006 NSBA Exhibition of School Architecture in Chicago, April 8-10. The citation reads: "The jury was impressed with the simple yet innovative transformation of this open plan school. This project facilitated the creation of defined classrooms, corridor alcoves for one-on-one instruction, and centralized restrooms. Through the use of economical building materials, a once stark exterior entrance was given a welcoming appearance. A thoughtful phasing plan allowed this project to be executed without disruption to the learning process."

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Grand Ridge Elementary Hosts CEFPI Dinner Tour

The Washington Chapter of the Council of Educational Facility Planners selected Grand Ridge Elementary, Issaquah School District's newest elementary school, to host the February 2007 dinner tour. The new school opened in September 2006 in the Highlands neighborhood of Issaquah. For information on the tour, contact the CEFPI:

http://washington.cefpi.org/tours.html


Lighting Upgrades to Receives City Light Recognition

We teamed with the United States Postal Service and Seattle City Light to upgrade lighting systems in the USPS Seattle Processing and Distribution Center to high efficiency T5 fluorescent fixtures. The project is expected to reduce energy consumption by 3.3 million kilowatt hours, or enough electricity to power 350 Seattle homes for a year. The project will be featured at City Light's Conservation Recognition Luncheon in March 2007.


Cornerstone Featured in Metal Architecture Magazine

Cornerstone Architectural Group was the featured firm in the January 2007 issue of Metal Architecture magazine, focusing on educational architecure. The article featured seven of our recent projects for Issaquah, Highline, Peninsula and Central Kitsap School Districts.