Designing the first ground-up WNBA practice facility
The Seattle Storm Center for Basketball Performance is the first ground-up practice facility built for a professional women's sports franchise, and the women-led design team pushed to make it a signature statement.
By KATHY SHALOO BERG and DAN GRAHAM
Special to the Journal
The Seattle Storm's new home: a beacon for women-led change
The Storm ownership group centered and elevated women at every step of the project, driven by a vision to create a facility built by, and for, women.
By ERIN HOBSON
Sellen
Engineering planning and project team collaboration for a new season, new home
A tight Interbay lot with a high groundwater table and a challenging construction schedule required solid teamwork to meet the project's ambitious goals, including neighborhood revitalization.
By JACKIE SEMPEL, BAILEY COOK and KATLYN CHRISTENSON
Coughlin Porter Lundeen
Setting a new standard for energy-efficient and low-carbon design for professional sports facilities
The 50,000-square-foot, all-electric project is pursuing LEED Gold certification, which qualified the project for the city of Seattle's Priority Green expedited permitting program and allowed the team to explore innovative strategies for reducing carbon.
By CHRIS CHATTO and ANGI RIVERA
Special to the Journal
A landscape to embody the Storm's identity and mission
The overarching themes for the landscape design drew inspiration from the coastal landscape and tidal flats that once filled the Interbay area, along with the dynamic energy and power of the Seattle Storm.
By LARA ROSE and CHELSEA MCCANN
Walker Macy
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Storm Special Feature 2024 team
Section editor: Shawna Gamache
Section design: Jeffrey Miller
Web design: Lisa Lannigan
Advertising: Matt Brown
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