LMN’s design for the City College of San Francisco’s Performing Arts Center will consist of a 110,000 square foot performing arts center and classroom/lab complex for music and theatre arts. Program components include a 650 seat performance hall with stage and full fly tower, a 150 seat studio theater theater, a 150 seat recital hall, practice rooms and teaching spaces to serve over 10,000 students annually. The design of the building intends to unite the Music and Drama departments beneath an expansive living roof which is anchored to the site by the volume of the proscenium theater fly tower and centered on the primary axis of the campus entry. The design incorporates a highly transparent circulation spine which cuts along the eastern face of the building. The circulation spine creates a mixing zone for students and a route between future campus buildings to the north and south.  Within the mixing zone are discrete volumes clad in wood that physically express program elements and further energize the space within as well as punctuate the façade of the building. This project will establish a distinctive new cultural arts destination that captures the spirit of the campus and its San Francisco context. It will result in a flexible, modern, state-of-the-art facility that will advance the future of the music and theatre programs and support evolving pedagogic directions and techniques at CCSF and also provide an important cultural arts asset for the surrounding community. 

This project is registered with the goal to meet LEED Silver certification.

The Sound Transit North Link University Station is located at the University of Washington at the forecourt plaza of Husky Stadium. When completed in 2014, this station will be the northern terminus to the Sound Transit Light Rail system, connecting through Capitol Hill to the downtown Seattle transit tunnel and all points in its light rail network. The design will also allow for the future Light Rail extension to the north. The station entrance is designed to be a highly transparent structure, allowing natural light to filter down into the station below. Responding to established pedestrian flows on the site, there will be  two escalator entrance portals: one has a southerly orientation, the other northerly. This opposing directionality sets up the symmetrical escalator circulation pattern that allows for a clarity of wayfinding, and flows through a dynamic central volume connecting to the lowest level at one hundred feet below surface grade, where the central platform and train loading zones occur. At the surface, just north of the entrance structure, a new pedestrian bridge will provide direct access to the UW campus. Taking the shape of a simple sweeping curve, the16-foot wide bridge will begin at the station, cross Montlake Boulevard to the Triangle, and continue in its curve over Pacific Place and the Burke Gilman Trail, arriving on the campus side at the edge of the Rainier Vista.

The new 130,000 square foot Business School is sited just inside one of the main entrances to the UW campus and will complete a gateway into the campus. Each edge of the building site is unique, being formed by the original campus building of 1895, newer campus buildings and formal and informal campus greens.  The building is sited to respond respectfully to these edges while forming distinct outdoor spaces and creating paths and views for pedestrian flow through campus. The building is organized around a 260 foot long, 4-story atrium space. This highly interactive space is experienced as a series of overlapping and open-ended events. The large volume is divided into a collection of spaces varying in height and character, each reflecting and strengthening the activities within and opening to the campus beyond. State-of-the-art classrooms and student teaming spaces line the atrium on the lower levels while faculty and staff offices engage it on the upper levels. Materials more commonly used on a building exterior such as brick, aluminum and glass curtainwall, are incorporated into the atrium space and juxtaposed against softer and warmer more traditional interior finishes like wood flooring, wood wall paneling and carpet. This interplay of materials reinforces the experience of the atrium as a hybrid space - at once between, among and outside of the spaces surrounding it. 

This project is registered with the goal to meet LEED Silver certification.

 LMN is currently working on a program and master plan for a multi-phase expansion of the San Jose Convention Center. The project includes the upgrade and expansion of the existing exhibit hall, meeting spaces and public circulation areas and the addition of meeting areas and a new ballroom.  These larger, updated spaces will set a new standard in the industry for multi-use flexibility.  The City’s goal is to produce an iconic building that distinguishes San Jose as a leader in convention and cultural facilities. The design will be expressive of San Jose’s Mediterranean climate and landscape; its growing commitment to sustainable design; its position as world center of technology, and its emerging urban presence within the San Francisco Bay Region. 

This project is registered with the goal to meet LEED Silver certification.

For decades transportation planners have been posing new ideas for the Mercer Corridor, often referred to as the “Mercer Mess”.  The latest alternatives are different. Instead of trying to fix all the transportation issues in one fell-swoop, planners are proposing a large boulevard that can move the traffic along at a livable pace while adding amenities for pedestrians and cyclists that have long been absent.  The urban design plan calls for Mercer to be entirely re-constructed with a wide, planted median, generous sidewalks, new unique street lights, and very large trees lining both sides, while Valley Street would be reconstructed as a narrow, quiet, espalande along the south side of Lake Union. Working closely with the engineers and the City we have created a 3D computer model that has helped the public and elected officials to see how alternatives can work and what amenities this project would bring to the City.

This new Office Building located on Dexter Avenue, is in the emerging South Lake Union District. Designed to take advantage of the wonderful views of Lake Union, this will house 300,000 square feet of modern office space, and parking for over 400 vehicles. It's high floor to floor space makes it capable of accommodating either high tech or bio tech clients. Placed near the center of the Dexter Avenue approach is a large, three story glazed welcoming pavilion. The design intent of this pavilion is to create both an exciting entry, while also enhancing the street level retail activities that will greet users of the building.

This project has a further goal of meeting LEED certification.

Shoreline’s new City Hall is the first step toward a pedestrian-oriented town center in this suburban community. Graciously civic along a busy arterial, the transparent lobby offers views through to a green civic plaza and terraced amphitheatre. Citizens are invited to access city services and information, utilize meeting facilities, or simply linger in the warm and welcoming lobby ‘living room’. The colorful glass facade overlooking the civic plaza is a collaboration between public artist and architect, showcasing activity and inviting an open relationship between community and its local government. A third floor conference center invites the public to explore the green roof atop the Council Chamber, a feature voicing community pride in sustainability and education, and thought toward the future. Glass doors in the Chamber open onto the plaza, allowing the possibility for public meetings, banquets or wedding parties to spill out into the outdoor space, or to share events in the terraced amphitheater leading to the parking garage. The multi-use plaza and parking structure are framed by innovative stormwater swales and features, forming the backbone of an expanded civic campus and connection across Midvale Avenue to the Interurban Trail and future park. A significant green space, easily accessible from the street and sidewalk, is a flexible venue for community events, farmer's market, public art and performance.

This project is registered with the goal to meet LEED Silver Certification.

Now in their 25th Anniversary season, the historic Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts provides a diverse selection of performances for the enjoyment of a local and regional audience in southern Washington. Built in 1925 and designed in the Classical Revival style, the Columbia Theatre will be renovated to sustain and add to its ability to attract a wide variety of traveling shows and local community groups. Originally used as a silent movie and vaudeville theatre, improvements to the existing 960 seat auditorium will provide modern day upgrades for comfort and functionality including new seating, expanded accessibility and the addition of a new technical lighting position and actor crossover. The lobby will be refurbished, remaining sensitive to the historical context, and new public restrooms and concessions will be provided. Fully new mechanical and electrical systems are proposed that will enhance building safety, patron comfort and performance functionality. Back of house renovations provide updated dressing rooms, wardrobe space, storage and a greenroom to support performance and rehearsal requirements of traveling and local shows.