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SAF in the News
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KOMO 5 report of SAF's April 8th InbeTWEEN event.
"Don't miss" SAFs Cascade: "Tenass Chuck" Grows Up" tour.
Design Details tour featured: A meanagerie of whimsical architectural details
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The SAF Board of Directors has hired Melora Hiller as its Interim Executive Director. She will be taking a fresh look at what SAF does and how it operates in preparation for hiring the new fulltime Executive Director. Sydney Dobson, former ED, is helping out during this transition.
Melora Hiller has been a nonprofit consultant for 8 years after working in nonprofits, local government and higher education. Most of her consulting work is with organizations that develop affordable housing. Melora works with organizations on strategic planning, board governance, and executive transitions and teaches in the Nonprofit Management Certificate Program at the University of Washington. She is a graduate of Leadership Tomorrow and has served on various boards including her role as the founding board chair of the Capitol Hill Housing Foundation. |
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InbeTWEEN: Self-Sustaining Communities
Still Time to Register |
When: Friday, January 27th, 5:30 - 9:30pm
Where: Integrus Architecture, 117 S. Main St., 98104
Cost: $15. Advanced Online Registration Required. Space is limited.
 This year Seattle Center will be celebrating The Next Fifty, the 50 year anniversary of the 1962 Seattle World's Fair. This workshop, designed for ages 11 - 16, will focus on taking Seattle Center into the future. Groups will collaborate to re-design Seattle Center as a self-sustaining community, focusing on aspects of energy and resource waste reduction as well as means to continue growth and support for Seattle Center.
As precedent, these young citizens will review the planning and design concepts as well as the self-sustaining infrastructure and engineering behind Rwanda Girls Initiative's Gashora Girls Academy. Using the context of Seattle Center and applying concepts from Gashora Girls Academy, groups will build models out of compostables including candies, foods, and recycled materials. Celebrating the past and Designing the future!
Scholarships are available for those in need, thanks to the Carolyn Purser Scholarship Fund. This event will be hosted by Integrus Architecture and is supported in part by the City of Seattle's Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs.
Questions: Contact Dan Mahle, Program Director at dan@seattlearchitecture.org or 206.667.9184. |
Restaurant Design: Restaurateurs & Their Spaces
How Design Affects the Dining Experience |
When: Tuesday, February, 7th, 7 to 8:30pm (Doors open at 6:30)
Where: Town Hall, 1119 8th Avenue (& Seneca Street)
Cost: $20 General; $10 Students, Seniors & SAF Members
Register online or purchase your tickets at the door.
The Seattle Architecture Foundation's Design in Depth program welcomes you to the fourth lecture in a six-part series exploring ways people and communities can interact with design in both small and large developments.
Restaurants are places for people to gather, to share, and to experience food and each other. But what vision does a restaurateur have when s/he finds that space in which to create this third place? Our panelists will discuss their partnerships and processes for creating the Seattle area culinary scene.
Speakers:
Ethan Stowell, executive chef and owner of Ethan Stowell Restaurants in Seattle
Chad Dale is a partner at evo Properties in Seattle. The mission of evo Properties is to use a unique and holistic approach to community enhancing and neighborhood development projects.
Deming Maclist & James Weimann
In 2002, Deming opened Caffe Fiore Organic Coffeehouse, in the quiet neighborhood of Sunset Hill in Seattle. In 2005, he opened Caffe Fiore in Queen Anne and the Old Ballard shop opened in 2008.
Allecia Vermillion will moderate the program. Allecia is the food and drink editor for Seattle Met magazine.
For more information about the speakers, contact the SAF office. |
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You're invited!
SAF's Annual Volunteer Open House & Celebration |
When: Wednesday, February 8th, 5:30 - 8:30pm
Where: Palace Ballroom, 2100 5th Avenue & Lenora Street
Cost: FREE but please register online
Seattle Architecture Foundation connects people to the architecture, design and history of Seattle. We provide entertaining youth programs, dynamic tours, educational lectures, an inspiring exhibit and enthusiastic community advocacy. Through our programs and civic engagement, SAF will empower you to make a difference in your community.
The Annual Volunteer Open House is the best opportunity each year to learn not only about what's up with SAF but how you can get involved in making "it" happen. We also celebrate outstanding volunteer service to SAF and the community during the prior year with the Bill Strong Awards for Volunteer Excellence. And then there's the great food provided by Tom Douglas Restaurants. It's a party! Join us. |
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2012 Tours Schedule & Guide Training |
The 2012 Tours Season will begin in April. Right now we're working with Mohai and the Seattle Center Foundation on developing a special Next 50 Anniversary Century 21 tour that will be given --- times beginning April 21st. Stay tuned to this newsletter to learn first about the season.
GUIDE TRAINING
If you have an interest in learning how to lead architectural tours, consider signing up for SAF's guide training. Current volunteer guides will be at the 2012 Volunteer Open House to share their experiences with you and answer your questions. The training schedule and more information about content will be available at the open house. |
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Thank You, Generous Sponsors! |
SAF has begun its annual campaign to fund 2012 programs. For the first time, we are offering program sponsorships and memberships. The Membership campaign will begin in January but the Sponsorship program is well underway.
SAF Directors and Volunteers are grateful to the following companies that have committed already to sponsoring 2012 programs. For information on sponsorship benefits and how you can become a 2012 program sponsor request a sponsorship form or take the link from our homepage.
Diamond ($5,000 - 9,999)
LMN Architects
MulvannyG2
Platinum ($2,000 - 4,999)
Clothier & Head
Freestone Capital Management Charitable Foundation
GGLO
Integrus
McKinstry
NBBJ
Sparling
Virginia Mason Medical Center
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Napkin Sketches
SAF is excited to announce that a special collection of napkin sketches, created by Urban Sketchers, is for sale at the SAF office. (See directions below.) Each unique work of art is offered from $25 to $45 with all proceeds going to support future SAF programming. Please note that the sketches are for sale on a first-come, first-served basis and therefore will be available only for a limited time!
Notecards & Notepads
Boxed and single notecards and small spiral notepads with Seattle images, including our popular Doubletree Arctic Club Hotel Walrus and Cobb Building Indian. Great stocking stuffers, $1.95 - $9.95, including tax.
Seattle Architecture: A Walking Guide to Downtown
Our award winning guidebook by Maureen Elenga was published in 2007 and is still the most comprehensive and accurate guide to downtown Seattle architecture. The guidebook includes nine downtown neighborhoods with suggested self-guided tours including over 400 images and a history of Seattle. It's perfect for Seattle natives and newcomers. $21.95 including tax or we'll mail for $25. This item may be purchased online.
These items are for sale in the SAF Gallery and office located at 1333 5th Avenue, between Union and University, on the third level of the Rainier Square Atrium.
If you are making a special trip, we encourage you to call ahead, 206.667.9184, before you come to the SAF Gallery and office to ensure that someone is available to help you when you arrive.
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Community Connections |
Bellevue Arts Museum Exhibit
George Nelson: Architect, Writer, Designer, Teacher
October 29, 2011 - February 12, 2012
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Smith Tower
Seattle's fabulous Smith Tower Chinese Room and
Observation Deck is open year-round and most holidays.
Click here for cost and hours of operation.
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Sydney.
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Send us your favorite design blogs, too. We'll share them
in the next newsletter.
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SHAPE SEATTLE! The Seattle Architecture Foundation connects people to the architecture, design and history of Seattle. We provide entertaining workshops, dynamic tours, educational seminars and enthusiastic community advocacy. Through our programs and civic engagement, SAF will empower you to make a difference in your community. Join us.
Seattle Architecture Foundation
1333 5th Avenue, Ste 300
Seattle, WA 98101
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