From
an architectural handout on custom home design:
For twenty-five years, Baylis Brand Wagner Architects has provided quality, comprehensive architectural services to each custom home client. We believe that each client is unique and approach each new home as a creative design experience for both the home owner and ourselves.
Each home explores the concept of procession – the delight of interconnected spaces unfolding and the interplay of light and volume. Each detail creates an individual impression, yet is an integral part of the whole.
A sample press release
(text also used in a printed brochure for the client):
Design of a “Joint” Facility Gives a New Twist on Higher Education
The new CWU & EDCC Higher Education Center currently being designed by Duarte Bryant Architecture exemplifies a new trend taking place in higher education. The trend is bluring traditional boundaries placed between community colleges and four year universities. The CWU & EDCC Higher Education Center is a result of a collaboration between a university and a community college: Central Washington University (CWU) and Edmonds Community College (EDCC). This new facility will be an extension of both Edmonds Community College and Central Washington University’s Lynnwood Center, offering an expanded and more diverse access for time and place-bound students to upper division and graduate level courses through the development and use of distance education.
This collaborative effort is an expansion and formalization of a 24 year old relationship between CWU and EDCC. Planning for the new building began in response to the 1996 State of Washington Master Plan for Higher Education, and funding for the design was received in the 1999-2001 Biennium Budget. The first step in planning this type of facility was to define the roles of each institution, resulting in CWU to use this new facility to continue offering pre-existing bachelor’s degrees in Accounting, Business Administration, and Law and Justice. CWU will also expand these offerings to include a master’s in Organization Development, Professional Accountancy, Management, EMS Administration, and post-baccalaureate certificate in Accountancy. Lower division undergraduate courses offered through EDCC are matched to upper division courses offered by CWU to provide 2+2 programs enabling students to obtain four year baccalaureate degrees. In addition, courses are made available for 2+2+2 programs culminating in a Master’s from CWU.
The new CWU & EDCC Higher Education Center will also make possible a goal of enhancing existing EDCC student services available on campus with CWU’s more extensive program, including career planning, counseling, and financial aid.
When completed, the Center will offer several distance education classrooms, computer labs, regular classrooms, commons areas, and office space to house the expanded student services as well as program staff.
The 50,000 SF building is being designed to accommodate future technological adaptations, using such techniques as raised flooring. The facility also responds to EDCC’s master plan by giving the campus a second anchor building to frame the front campus façade. Construction on the $12,000,000 facility will begin in October 2000 and is expected to be occupied by March of 2002.
A section of an informational packet detailing historic
renovation:
Issues Relating to Historic Renovation
BJSS Duarte Bryant has worked hard to create a reputation for ourselves as a leader in Historic Preservation. In working towards this goal, we have come across many issues and debates revolving around historic preservation. Recently, however, four topics have come to the forefront as major issues in the changing landscape of the nation. Listed below are short synopses of these topics. We hope that we have a chance to further discuss these issues with you and how we may address these points in your project.
Historic Renovation Should Respond to Sprawl
Recently, the president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Richard Moe, called for preservation leaders to work with communities to help promote policies leading to sustainable development and managing sprawl. During his opening speech at the annual conference, he stated:
We must advocate policies and practices that recycle existing buildings and land whenever possible; that maintain local community character and identity; that preserve farms, forests, scenic vistas and environmentally sensitive areas; that revitalize historic downtowns and residential neighborhoods; that encourage wise use of vacant or underused land in existing cities with new development that blends in with its surroundings; that create well-designed new communities in places that can be served efficiently; that promote a sense of community and protect the environment for future generations.
With population growth in “new” cities at an all time high, this issue becomes even more prominent. With the re-use of older or historic facilities/neighborhoods, cities can respond to the need to keep the downtown core as the center of the city, and preserve outlying areas for future generations.
Current and Future “Historic” Buildings Must Respond to the Multi-Cultural Face of America
With historic buildings belonging more and more to the community as a whole, there has been a strong trend towards representing the entire face of a community. Often, the first step is in merely recognizing that an “historic structure” can take on many faces – not all historical buildings are large Victorian structures, but include buildings built by millions of immigrants over the years.
Historic Renovation Fostering Community Spirit
As Richard Moe noted when speaking about sprawl, an important function in preservation is to foster community unity and spirit. An historic project can do this many ways, including:
Creating Energy Efficient Structures from Historic Buildings
With rising energy prices, often the most important issue in renovating older buildings can be how to make them more energy efficient without taking away from the character of the facility. The U.S. Government addresses this issue in their Standards for Rehabilitation and Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings, stating recommended practices towards reaching an energy efficient structure, including:
