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Fact Sheet
Fact Sheet
SITE LOCATION
Downtown Seattle, on a city block bounded by Second & Third
avenues and Union & University streets
TOTAL SITE COSTS
$118.1 million
SEATING CAPACITY
S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium: 2,481
Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall: 536
SQUARE FOOTAGE
189,750 sq. ft. — |
Building area |
3,500 sq. ft. — |
Metro Tunnel/Second Avenue connection |
147,000 sq. ft. — |
Parking Garage |
22,000 sq. ft. — |
Garden of Remembrance |
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CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE
Design Unveiling: November 1995
Construction Start: May 1996
Opening: September 12, 1998
PRIMARY TENANTS & USES
Seattle Symphony
Regional Performing Arts Groups
National/International Touring Performers
Public, Corporate & Civic Organizations
Presentations, Gala Events, Concerts, Lectures,
Exhibitions, Meetings, Educational Activities,
Weddings, Graduations, Fashion Shows, and more
OWNER
City of Seattle
MANAGER
BH Music Center (affiliate org. of Seattle Symphony)
ARCHITECT
LMN Architects (Loschky, Marquardt & Nesholm), Seattle
Judsen Marquardt, FAIA |
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(Partner-in-charge) |
Mark Reddington, AIA |
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(Design Partner) |
James Cade, AIA |
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(Project Manager) |
ACOUSTICAL CONSULTANT
Cyril M. Harris, Ph.D., New York
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
The Boeing Company, Seattle
James J. Nelson |
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(Executive Advisor) |
Robert Wicklein, P.E. |
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(Project Director) |
Andrew Clapham |
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(Project Manager) |
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
Baugh Construction Co., Seattle
Blair Engle (Sr. Project Manager)
CONSULTANTS
Landscape Architecture |
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Murase Associates, Seattle |
Electrical Engineer |
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Sparling, Seattle |
Life Safety |
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Robert Pielow Associates, Lawrence, KS |
Lighting (Architectural) |
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Horton Lees, San Francisco |
Mechanical Engineer |
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Notkin Engineering, Seattle |
Structural Engineer |
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Magnusson Klemencic Associates
(formerly Skilling Ward Magnusson Barkshire), Seattle |
Theater |
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Theatre Projects Consultants, Ridgefield, CT |
Vibration Isolation |
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Wilson Ihrig & Assoc., Inc., Oakland, CA |
Interior Design |
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Terry Hunziker, Seattle |
WATJEN CONCERT ORGAN
C.B. Fisk, Inc., Gloucester, MA, organ builder
WORKS OF ART
Robert Rauschenberg
Dale Chihuly
Doris Chase
Seattle Arts Commission –1% for Art Program
Anna Valentina Murch
Erin Shie Palmer
David Ruth
Michele Rushworth
AWARDS
2001 AIA National Honor Award
1999 AIA Washington Council Civic Design Honor Award
1999 Harry H. Edward Precast Concrete Award— Best Miscellaneous Structure
1999 Lumen West Award
1999 International Illumination Design Award of Merit
1999 Washington State Concrete and Aggregate Association—First Place
1999 Northwest & Pacific Region AIA Honor Award
1999 Excellence in Concrete Construction—Best of Show
1999 Excellence in Concrete Construction—Cast in Place Category
1999 ACEC Engineering Excellence Honor Award
1999 Consulting Engineering Council of Washington Award of Excellence
1998 Seattle Chapter AIA Award of Merit
1998 Northwest Construction Award for Best of Show
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