May 13, 2009

AIA Project of the Month: All the little details make 5th and Madison work

Photo courtesy of Ruffcorn Mott Hinthorne Stine [enlarge]

The new residential tower makes a statement about living downtown and it draws energy from the gyrating walls of the library.

It's hard to keep your feet on track along Fifth Avenue between Madison and Marion streets these days. New terraces, combined with a coursing stream and falling water, tend to pull you into the plaza just above. Once you climb up to see what's going on, there are plenty of places to rest and a lot to look at.

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Previous columns:

• AIA Project of the Month: Fire Station 10: A stately civic presence and, sometimes, a beehive, 04-08-2009
• AIA Project of the Month: Wing Luke tells stories, in galleries and structure, 03-11-2009
• AIA Seattle Project of the Month: ‘Now everyone wants a building like this', 02-18-2009
• Looking back at 2008’s Projects of the Month, 01-14-2009
• AIA Project of the Month: Mambo Palazzo works a little magic on Queen Anne, 12-10-2008
• AIA Project of the Month: 100 years later, a civic dream comes true in South Park, 11-19-2008
• AIA Project of the Month: Tacoma's Stadium High is old, yet brand new, 10-08-2008
• AIA Project of the Month: UW's new Conibear Shellhouse is ‘so Seattle', 09-10-2008