Free Residential Remodeling Seminar

Magellan Architects will be hosting two free seminars for local residents interested in learning more about home renovation. Topics covered will be permitting, working with contractors, and budget friendly design ideas. See poster for more information.

Baby Madeleine

born 10.19.09 8lbs 8oz baby girl

Announcing another new Magellan family member –

madeleine olivia tomlin

Congrats Heather + Alex!

A farm where they grow houses. . .

The Atlantic today published one of the best articles i’ve read on the rebuilding effort and residential development in Post-Katrina New Orleans. Read the article here.

 

One of the Holy Cross homes, developed by Global Green

It portrays a down-to-earth view of where things are at and the organizations doing their best to make recovery happen by talking about 5 new houses and the stories behind their design and construction. The article is only a little bit about Brad Pitt, but mostly tells other stories, which is refreshing while still giving kudos where its due.

 

The third prototype design and built by students at the Tulane School of Architecture

The article also chronicles Tulane University students engaged in the URBANbuild program. If you haven’t seen the series ‘Architecture School’ that was aired on the Sundance Channel last fall, it gives a great idea of this same New Orleanian Design problem and what its like to attend design school.

Project Update: 60 Acres South Soccer Fields

The Lake Washinton Youth Soccer Association’s 60 Acres South project is under construction and nearing completion, thanks to the beautiful fall weather we’ve been having.

Photo: Bob Yoder, Redmond Neighborhood Blog

The expansion of extra fields will make 60 acres the largest soccer facility west of the Mississippi. Magellan coordinated this project along with Dowl/HKM Civil Engineers, David Evans Associates for Wetlands Engineering, Bruce Dees Landscape Architecture, Dibble Engineering for Structural, Mead Gilman Surveyors, ABPB Geotechnical, and Transportation Solutions, Inc Traffic Engineers. 

Read more about the project and their call for volunteers on the Redmond Neighborhood Blog, authored by local resident and activist Bob Yoder.

Eastside LEED Users Group (ELUG)

Check out ELUG’s October Program.

More information on the Cascadia Chapter of the Green Building Council, as well as ELUG and SLUG (Seattle LEED Users Group) can be found here.

Prefab 20*20

Prefab 20*20 Gallery Opening

Architecture for Humanity Vancouver has announced the winners of its Prefab 20*20 International Design Competition. The challenge was to design a 400 s.f. dwelling designed for 2 adults that could be implemented in urban locations worldwide. Read more about the challenge here. Below are some of our favorite images from AFH Vancouver.

Winner: Ecomobi from Mobius Architects, Krakow, Poland

Runner-up: Thick Skinned Regionalism, Daniel Preusse, Bo Yoon, Mathhew Fajkus, London, UK

Honorable Mention: Urban (Tree) House, Jason David Designs, New York

My personal favorite is the concept titled ‘Kabob’.

Shortlisted: Kabob, LYONS+KARDUM+KAO, Vancouver, BC

A write-up on the exhibit can be found at the Vancouver Sun.