Institutional

Pacific Northwest College of Art

Portland, Oregon

The Pacific Northwest College of Art teamed with Allied Works to develop a master plan for centralizing the school’s facilities while enhancing its offerings to current and future students. Needing a large facility that allowed for a combination of innovative studio and classroom space with administrative and faculty office units, PNCA found a perfect match with the vacated historic post office and federal building in downtown Portland. The six-story building was originally opened in 1919 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. | Read More

Mixed-Use

12th Avenue Arts

Seattle, Washington

Affordable housing and arts spaces are becoming uncommon these days. And an affordable, mixed-use development housing residential, theater, and city police is definitely one of a kind. Seattle’s 12th Avenue Arts is one of those rare projects that encapsulates a full community within a single space, and accommodates groups with such unique needs under one roof. | Read More

EDUCATION

University of Oregon – Straub Hall

Eugene, Oregon

Originally designed in 1928 as a dormitory, the University of Oregon’s Straub Hall was repurposed in the 1970s as a classroom facility for the Psychology department. Requiring a modernization to suit the needs of faculty and students, the university worked with Glumac’s mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineering teams to help usher this building into the 21st century. | Read More

EDUCATION

Los Gatos Library

Los Gatos, California

Libraries are often seen as beacons of knowledge and learning in a community. The design of the Los Gatos Library in Los Gatos California takes that vision quite literally. Set among ample tree cover, the library is meant to resemble a lantern in the woods, both drawing attention to its interior and symbolizing a light in darkness. | Read More

Transportation

Vacaville Transportation Center

Vacaville, California

Solano County in Northern California built a transit center to relieve the growing congestion on Interstate 80, which connects Sacramento to the Bay Area. Set between the cities of Vacaville and Fairfield, the transit station is designed to be self-sustaining and provide commuters with transportation alternatives to relieve the pressure on the highway, improve quality of life and lessen the environmental burden of the daily commute. | Read More

expertise

Working by Daylight:
How Circadian Lighting Increases Productivity

By now, we all know that low access to daylight can be detrimental to our health. Eye strain, exhaustion, and weakening mental health are all issues that share a root cause in poor access to light. But what if the implications of access to daylight went beyond wellness and energy savings, and we could prove it was inextricably linked to increases in productivity?  | Read More

GREAT PROJECTS

Lighting Design Hits an Ace for Indian Wells Tennis Garden

The Coachella Valley has long been home to a cluster of oases in the rocky desert of Southern California. One of these sought out destinations is the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. Opened in 2000, the facility, nestled into the Old Hollywood getaway of Indian Wells, has undergone an award-winning renovation. | Read More

EXPERTISE

Lighting Control Basics:
Occupancy and Vacancy Sensors Explained

in a high-performance office building, lighting can account for 20% of energy use. Properly applied, lighting controls can easily reduce that portion by 25%. But, as with any high-performance strategy, there are subtleties to the technology and application. In this article, we’ll explain the basics of occupancy sensors and their important counterpart, the vacancy sensor. | Read More

GREAT PROJECTS

Lean Collaboration + LEED Commitment:
Mission College’s Main Building Targets LEED Platinum

Originally targeting LEED Gold certification, Mission College’s new Main Building is now striving for LEED Platinum. How it achieved that, however, is a story of value-oriented collaboration and strong alignment of intentions between Mission College students, faculty and management; the design team of architects at Lionakis; and the MEP systems engineers at Glumac. | Read More