Weinstein A+U
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Weinstein A+U is a 30-person architectural firm located in Seattle, Washington. Founded by Ed Weinstein in 1977, the firm provides comprehensive design services on a broad array of building types including education, social service, institutional, public sector, public safety, commercial, mixed-use, multi-family residential, single-family residential, adaptive reuse, and urban design. By integrating an urban design perspective, the firm is especially effective in the design of complex urban projects. Their mission is – “to shape communities, one thoughtful building at a time.”
History[edit]
The origin of Weinstein A+U was the predecessor firm of Canatsey Weinstein Architects, which was founded by Michael Canatsey and Ed Weinstein in Seattle in 1977. As is common for many young firms, Canatsey Weinstein focused on the design of single-family residences and renovations. Receiving numerous design awards, the firm was soon recognized for design excellence. With an ambition to pursue larger and more complex project types, the firm evolved to become Edward Weinstein Associates Architects in 1986. The firm began to build upon its portfolio by designing multi-family projects in the late 1980’s. Reorganized once again in 1992 as Weinstein Copeland Architects, the firm began to pursue institutional and public sector projects. Notable projects included the Banner Building, an artist live/work high-rise loft building in Seattle’s emerging Belltown neighborhood and the redevelopment of the Seattle Housing Authority’s Holly Park public housing community.
During the 1990’s, the firm began to design public sector and public safety facilities for the City of Seattle, including the West Police Precinct/911 Communications Facility, the City’s largest public safety facility. At the same time, the firm designed education facilities for the University of Washington’s Olympic Natural Resources Center and numerous facilities for the Pilchuck Glass School. In 2002, the firm reorganized as Weinstein A+U, Architects and Urban Designers and continued its trajectory to design a broad array of public sector (libraries and city halls), public safety (fire stations), social service, institutional (churches and synagogues), education facilities (colleges), commercial, mixed-use, and multi-family projects. In the ensuing years, the firm has designed numerous adaptive reuse and renovation projects of landmarked and legacy buildings. These adaptive reuse projects contribute to the preservation of Seattle’s unique character and history and serve as a sustainable strategy to conserve resources and minimize its carbon footprint.
Over the past thirty years, Weinstein A+U has designed numerous mixed-use and multi-family developments in many of Seattle’s urban villages and neighborhood commercial communities. The majority of these projects have been 5-over-1 or 5-over-2 structures in which five stories of woodframed apartments are located above a tall commercial podium or above townhouses. These projects have utilized sophisticated massing strategies to ensure a compatible transition to less intense adjacent development. As with all of our urban projects, these projects demonstrate appropriate street activation of the pedestrian realm through the provision of right-sized retail and commercial spaces as well as our participation in the selection and incubation of appropriate retail and restaurant tenants. Additional street level activation is provided by widened sidewalks and the design of compelling landscape elements and open spaces. Weinstein A+U has received over 70 national, regional, and AIA Seattle design awards.
Projects[edit]
- 2947 Eastlake Avenue
- 110 First Avenue West
- Midtown Square
- La'i Loa
- 5000 12th Avenue NE Apartments
- YouthCare Academy + Community Roots Housing Apartments
- TIME Apartments
- Tukwila Fire Station 51
- Tukwila Fire Station 52
- Almquist Place
- 701 Valley
- Blackbird Apartments
- Seattle Fire Station 22
- Station House
- Gregg's Cycles
- Blanton Turner
- Mercerwood Shore Club
- East Union Mixed-Use Apartments
- Ainsworth & Dunn
- 19th & Mercer
- Union Stables
- Glazer's Camera
- 1111 East Olive Apartments
- The State Hotel
- Woodland Park Zoo West Entry
- TUNE Office at Union Stables
- VIDA Apartments
- The Standard
- The Rooster
- Canton Lofts
- Mio Apartments
- Kenmore Library
- Seattle Public Library Montlake Branch
- Kenmore City Hall
- Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Patient House
- Nyer Urness House
- Agnes Lofts
- Bernard Apartments
- Banner Building
- Ventana at the Market
- Sound Generations
- New Holly Phase 1
- Alhadeff Condominium
- The Pearl
- Papali Wailea
- Temple de Hirsch Sinai Eastside Synagogue
- West Police Precinct / 911 Communicaiton Center
- Whitman College Sherwood Athletic Center
- Whitman College Ferguson Fitness and Aquatic Center
- 1200 Third Avenue Renovation
- Ex3 Ron Sandwitch Teen Center
- Expeditors International Headquarters
- Seattle Fire Station 10
- Seattle Fire Station 6
- Jewish Family Serivces Campus
- Joel E. Smillow Clubhouse & Teen Center at Rainier Vista
- Majestic Bay Theater
- Solbeck Residence
- Olympic Natural Resources Center - Univeristy of Washington
- Pilchuck Glass School Hot Shop Annex and Studio Annex
- The PEAK Boys & Girls Club of Mercer Island
- Wellspring Family Services
- William K. Nakamura Federal Courthouse
- Seattle Center Skate Park
- Downtown Residence
- Town Hall Seattle
- 2100 East Madison
- North Highland at the Standard
- Piston & Ring Building Renovations
- BelRoy Apartments
External Links[edit]
- Official website[1]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Weinstein A+U". Weinstein A+U. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
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