Washington Projects

Mt. Rainier High School

Project Summary:
Architect: BLRB
Mason: J&S Masonry, Inc.

Design Highlights: Located in Des Moines, WA and completed in 2007, this new High School includes new classroom wings, a gym, and a multi purpose “Great Hall”.  The masonry highlights include; a gym which is constructed out of 12” CMU with “Sound block” panels to attenuate the noise from within the gym.  The main interior corridor walls are constructed out of Ground Face CMU with horizontal accent bands.  The exterior Construction consists of 16” long brick veneer provided by Pacific Clay that picture frames inset Ground Face CMU panels.

South Shore School

Project Summary:
Architect: BLRB Architects
Mason: J&S Masonry, Inc.

Design Highlights: In this K-8 school in the heart of Seattle’s Columbia City neighborhood, the design team and the community has achieved its common goal of creating a place where students can build relationships with each other and their community.  This is a multi-school campus attached to the community center and located on a larger community use campus, so this school is a symbol and jewel of the area and people who live there.  The communal layout and cylindrical center of this school embodies the principles of community and social connections.  The use of CMU in dozens of varieties and combinations of colors, sizes and finishes helps to enhance the desired statement of this important facility.

Rollin Street Flats

Project Summary:
Architect: Ankrom Moisan
Mason: J&S Masonry, Inc.

Design Highlights: Rollin Street makes it statement with brick.  The exterior veneer is made up of 4x4x16 brick laid in ¼ bond, and 8x8 brick laid at ½ bond.  Other main exterior components are the floor to floor glazing and Prodema composite wood resin panels.  The 4x4x16 Ironstone veneer picture frames the glazing and living unit decks which clearly defines each section of the building and give it an open unimposing feel.  There are community decks on the 4th and 11th floors surrounded by a structural brick parapets, and a brick fireplace on the 4th floor deck.

Mirabella Seattle

Project Summary:
Architect: Ankrom Moisan
Mason: J&S Masonry, Inc.

Design Highlights: Mirabella is an Italian word that translates as “beautiful vision” which is exactly what the Mirabella Seattle has achieved.  Located on the South Lake Union Water Front area, the exterior of the building is composed of three different colors of econ sized brick laid in 1/3 bond, metal panels, and glazing.  Taking up an entire city block the Mirabella is the tallest building in the south lake union district and has 80,000 sf of masonry veneer.

Ballard High School
1418 NW 65th St
Seattle, WA 98117
Architect:  Mahlum & Nordfors Mckinley Gordon

Design Highlights: Completed in the summer of 1999 in time for the opening of the 99-00 school year, the new Ballard High School continues in the tradition of the old.  The original school was built in the mid-to-late 1920’s, and though it was a facility which served its community well, its usefulness had finally run its course.  Over 350,000 CMU & brick were used in the new 240,000 s.f. high school.  This includes five different special order bricks, and a combination of split face and ground face CMU.  In order to maintain a resemblance to the old high school, the new school incorporated as much of the original precast concrete as possible.  When not possible or feasible, the design team duplicated and incorporated the original look into the new structure.

Evergreen Hospital Emergency Department and Patient Tower
12040 NE 128th Street
Kirkland, WA
Architect: Mahlum Architects

Design Highlights: Brick veneer is the predominant exterior finish element on this new $120 million, 547,000-square-foot emergency department and patient tower for Evergreen Hospital in Kirkland, WA.  The building is broken into two main components- a 2-story concrete structure for the Emergency Department and an 8-level steel frame Patient Care Facility Tower.  The tower has 7’ high continuous brick bands that flow around the building and give the facility a sleek, flowing exterior to match this state of the art facility while including the timelessness, low maintenance and durability of brick.  The base veneer includes 4 different brick colors to help give this building its unique appeal.

Fire Station #10
400 S. Washington Street
Seattle, WA
Architect: Weinstein A|U Architects

Design Highlights: The new Fire Station was built to replace the previous Fire Station #10 that was located in the Pioneer Square liquefaction zone.  New Fire Station 10 is a six bay fire station that houses 60 firefighters, the city's emergency-response technology and emergency operations center. 
This project represents the timeless and traditional values of the city of Seattle and this area of Pioneer Square.  Durable materials such as brick and precast gives the project a traditional style that won’t look dated and will endure and require minimal maintenance, while respecting and reflecting the neighborhood character.

Starpoint Divisions 31 & 43
Location: Corner of 25th Ave. NE. and NE Park
Issaquah, WA 98029
Architect: Runberg Architecture
GC: Norcon

Design Highlights: Located in the Village Green neighborhood of the Issaquah Highlands, this project consists of two mixed use buildings directly across the street from each other. Each building includes one level of underground parking and three levels of condominium space above ground. The buildings together include 92 condominium units and 11,100 sf of retail and commercial space.
The masonry system is a typical cavity wall veneer construction over metal studs and concrete.  The brick have nominal dimension of 4x3x8 and were supplied by Mutual Materials; each building has field and accent brick colors that make the buildings stand out and bring attention to, and accent the building.

The Bellettini.
Location: 1115 108th Ave NE
Bellevue, WA 98005
Architect: Wattenbarger Architects
GC: W.G. Clark Construction.       

Design Highlights: The Bellettini is a 145 unit luxury retirement community located in downtown Bellevue Washington.  The architectural design was meant to remind patrons of a small European boutique hotel.
The Masonry design utilizes a combination of intricate Cast Stone trim provided by Architectural Cast Stone, and Natural Limestone in a random Ashlar pattern provided by Buechel Stone.  The construction consists of thin set cast stone trim over a stucco base coat, and 4” limestone and cast stone veneer seismically anchored to wood and metal studs in a cavity wall construction.