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Hillclimb Court Mixed-use/Condominium Building + enlarge

Photographer: Victor Gardaya

Hillclimb Court Mixed-use/Condominium Building

  • PROJECT ROLES
  • Gordon Walker, Design Principal
  • Jim Olson, Design Advisor
  • Rick Sundberg, Project Architect
  • LOCATION & YEAR
  • Seattle, WA, 1989

Project Details

The Hillclimb Court project (a mixture of retail, 35 residences and a parking garage) is designed as a visual and physical link between two historic and popular downtown Seattle places—the waterfront and Pike Place Market. The design turns inward to create a secluded courtyard shielded from traffic noise. A retail pavilion forms the street edge, providing a visual buffer for the residential development behind. Back-lit glass-block walls transform the retail component into a lantern by night, illuminating the city’s nightscape and enriching the urban texture.