2024-05-17T08:01:08-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150344912/women-led-project-team-breaks-ground-on-the-seattle-storm-center-for-basketball-performance Katherine Guimapang 2023-04-03T14:47:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/fb/fbf5c658830345c49e20fdf0b8aa6b94.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/7932/seattle" target="_blank">Seattle</a> welcomes a new basketball performance center that won't just be a "world-class facility" but a space to support, foster, and train female professional athletes. Four-time WNBA champions, the Seattle Storm, celebrated an important milestone as their 50,000-square-foot Seattle Storm Center for Basketball Performance broke ground on Monday, March 27. </p> <p>While it's said to "be the first facility of its kind in the United States," what makes this endeavor even more notable is that its project team is 85% female-led, across five firms and practices specializing in architecture, landscape architecture, construction, and real estate. </p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/86/8609858be5ee1c67d4655beeb3eb32f7.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/86/8609858be5ee1c67d4655beeb3eb32f7.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Female design and engineering team photographed at Seattle Storm Center for Basketball Performance's groundbreaking. Image courtesy of ZGF Architects/Shive-Hattery Architects</figcaption></figure><p>Participating design team <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/106330/zgf-architects-llp" target="_blank">ZGF Architects</a> shared: "The goal was to build a world-class facility for world-class female athletes &mdash; with women-led teams who are experts in their field."...</p>