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Friday, August 12, 2011

Architecture New Building of the Week

Posted by Charles Mudede on Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 8:35 AM

And then the red appeared...

Seattle University's new Fitness Center is designed by Olson Kundig Architects, the same firm that designed the Sullivan Hall School of Law.

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Good Morning Charles,
I think the coolest buillding on the SU campus is St. Ignatius Chapel. One doesn't have to believe anything to find it a fascinating reflective building/space.

Posted by lark on August 12, 2011 at 8:58 AM

There are many, many, MANY things I will never understand about Seattle, but what passes for interesting architecture may just be top of the list.

Posted by MasMadness on August 12, 2011 at 9:01 AM

Right now Seattle U is buying up land surrounding it's campus to continue to expand. If they get the height increases they are aiming for, they are planning on building large buildings on the edges of the campus that provide a sense of exclusion to their "neighbors."

Posted by secret south

on August 12, 2011 at 9:09 AM

I absolutely hate what they did to the library.

Posted by care bear on August 12, 2011 at 9:13 AM

@4 What about it? I never saw it before the remodel so I have nothing to compare to the current state.

Posted by sikandro on August 12, 2011 at 9:17 AM

@4 I love the new library addition, especially on the inside. They kept certain elements like the spiral staircase and updated the rest. It feels like one new building instead of two different old and new parts.

Posted by ICpat on August 12, 2011 at 9:23 AM

Guess I'll have to check out the library again. What happened? It's been a long time since I have stepped foot in there.

Posted by Simone on August 12, 2011 at 9:24 AM

I loved the covered walkway that was in front. The new addition clashes horribly with the old building. But, I will admit that it is lovely on the inside.

Posted by care bear on August 12, 2011 at 9:33 AM

Olson Kundig must design many buildings here in Seattle. Everywhere I go I'm constantly noting that buildings look like Sullivan Hall.

BTW, they better have more racquetball courts in the new fitness center. The courts at the old fitness center have slowly been taken over by gigantic free-weights and spinning classes. BOO!

Posted by Faber on August 12, 2011 at 9:44 AM

If IKEA sold buildings, this would be one of them.

Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe

on August 12, 2011 at 9:55 AM

Oh look, they painted a cardboard box.

Posted by very bad homo on August 12, 2011 at 10:47 AM

@3 without the local universities and colleges, Seattle wouldn't have much of an economy and a lot of construction workers would be jobless.

Suck it up.

Posted by Will in Seattle

on August 12, 2011 at 12:33 PM

@12 Predictable attitude coming from a guy who works for a university.

Posted by secret south

on August 12, 2011 at 12:45 PM

It's inoffensive enough, I guess, but I don't get the current fascination with corrugated steel cladding. Was there an unfilled need for buildings that look like stacks of shipping containers?

Posted by Orv on August 12, 2011 at 2:11 PM

Is it normal to hate the school you graduated from, and nearly everything it does?

Posted by erasedk on August 13, 2011 at 8:16 AM