Quantum Consulting Engineers provided structural design services for a 61-unit apartment building for low income and homeless seniors. The 45,000-square-foot complex will have studios and one-bedrooms, a library, computer center, communal kitchen, fitness room, classroom, manager’s office and service space, and green features.
Architect: Runberg Architecture Group
Quantum Consulting Engineers provided the structural design of the Northwest Maritime Center, a 27,000 SF multi-purpose cultural and educational facility in Port Townsend, Washington. The Center serves as a focal point of the community, offering educational and communal opportunities that incorporate the area’s rich maritime history.
The Center consists of two buildings: the Maritime Heritage and Resources Center, which is a two-story, 16,800 SF building, and the Maritime Education Building, which is a two-story structure that comprises 10,700 SF.
Architect: The Miller Hull Partnership
Nighthawk Retreat is a 2,100 SF residence located in the Eastern Cascade Foothills of Washington. The V-shaped house is cut into the ridge, allowing for an earth-sheltered passive solar design. The concrete roof and retaining walls allowed the house to be buried under four feet of earth – offering insulation in the winter and cave-like cooling in the summer. Concrete overhangs provide snow control and solar shading. Rolling metal shutters serve the dual purposes of forming a second skin which offers additional thermal control, as well as fire protection and security when the retreat is not in use.
Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute “2010 Design Award – Honorable Mention” in the Residential Buildings category.
Architect: Eggleston Farkas Architects
Quantum Consulting Engineers provided the structural design to renovate the Ed Erickson Theatre Off-Broadway at Seattle Central Community College. The renovation plan merged the lobby, stage and seating areas, and introduced operable curtains so that not only an inside audience may watch the performance, but also viewers on the street through the theatre’s main window.Specific renovation plans for the modern warehouse-style space included excavation of the existing slab-on-grade to provide an additional 6’ of headroom to improve sight lines, underpinning of an existing exterior concrete wall, new entry/marquee, new suspended control room, and additional seating for 40 people.
The project received an AIA Seattle Honor Awards Citation.
Architect: LMN Architects
This residence built in Burien, Washington is cradled between a steep hillside and the beach. A steel bridge leads to the two-story living quarters with breath-taking views of Puget Sound. On the upper floor is a private suite containing sleeping quarters and on the lower level you have direct access to the beach, home office, guest space and entertaining areas.
The residence won ‘Home of the Year’ in Seattle Homes and Lifestyles and also featured in Beach Houses by Casey C.M. Mathewson.
Architect: Eggleston Farkas Architects