Feb 26, 2020

GGLO

Ritval

Seattle-based GGLO promoted Tiina Ritval to principal. Ritval was hired in 2006. She has 20 years of experience in most project roles, from technical detailing to lead design. Her work has encompassed a range of scales, densities and markets from concept to construction administration. Notable projects include the Elson S. Floyd Cultural Center at WSU in Pullman, Alley 111 in Bellevue, Center Steps in Seattle and Discovery West in Issaquah. She will continue to lead and oversee project teams. GGLO provides architecture, interior design, landscape architecture and urban planning.

Swenson Say Faget

Lieberman

Berka

Tetreault

Renouard

Johnson

Olson

Brown

Speer

Rustagi

In Seattle, structural engineering firm Swenson Say Faget promoted Joanna Johnson, Francesca Renouard and Jocelyn Tetreault to project manager, and Vladimir Berka, Aaron Lieberman, Dani Rustagi and Evan Speer to project engineer. In Tacoma, the firm promoted Bethany Brown to project manager and Sarah Olson to project engineer.

BuildingWork

Moberg

LaBarre

Seattle-based BuildingWork hired Jake LaBarre as a senior project architect and project manager and Lina Gustafsson Moberg as a designer.

LaBarre is working on civic, community and nonprofit projects in the Seattle area, including a public library and a seismic retrofit of a community center. He has over 20 years of experience as a builder, architect and educator, including most recently nearly 10 years as an architect with The Miller Hull Partnership. He is a co-instructor at the University of Washington's Neighborhood Design Build Studio and is a lecturer, studio instructor and reviewer for Auburn University's Rural Studio. Moberg was an architect at White Architects in her native Sweden for nearly 10 years, where she designed and managed mixed-use multifamily projects with a focus on sustainability and community building.

Feb 19, 2020

Swenson Say Faget

Hernandez

Kern

Galvan

Structural engineering firm Swenson Say Faget hired Carlos Galvan and Stephen Kern as CAD technicians in the Seattle office, and Kim Hernandez as the receptionist for the Seattle and Tacoma offices. Galvan is a graduate of Clover Park Technical College and has been a carpenter for a general contractor for six years. He is working on a tenant improvement project at Microsoft's Redmond campus and the Northaven senior housing project in Seattle. Kern has 25 years of experience as an architect. His work includes the former Spud property apartments near Green Lake and the Ellensburg Police Department remodel.

Knot

Xu

Cuenca

Geary

Tillinghast

Dennis

Althans-Schmidt

Portland-based Knot promoted landscape designer Erica Althans-Schmidt to associate and hired Mark Dennis as a senior landscape architect, Andrew Tillinghast as a landscape ecologist and designer and Michael Geary, Olivia Cuenca and Erxuan Xu as experiential designers. Althans-Schmidt has managed significant projects including site planning and design for U.S. embassy and consulate campuses in Malawi, Morocco, Mexico, Guatemala, Afghanistan and Somalia. Dennis has over 14 years of experience in landscape architecture, comprehensive and strategic planning and multi-scale environmental site planning. He is working with the Overseas Buildings Operations division of the U.S. Department of State on site planning and design of U.S. embassy and consulate campuses. Tillinghast focuses on environmental planning and design and has done restoration ecology and conservation biological research. Geary has designed sizable spaces for clients that include Adobe, Google, McKesson, Alibaba and Facebook. Cuenca's previous work includes high-level environmental and interior projects, including branded office and retail environments and environmental art installations. Xu has a master of fine arts in graphic design, an undergraduate engineering degree and experience working in interior design. Knot provides landscape architecture, ecological planning and analysis and experiential design.