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washington pass rest facility

holz.box

m.p. 162, north cascades scenic byway.
any seattle-ites know who the architect was?

 
Jan 12, 07 5:27 am
3west

I believe it was designed by Douglas Kelbaugh. He is the Dean of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan.

Jan 12, 07 7:15 pm  · 
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holz.box

3west,
thanks. you're a genius.

now if only pics on the web were available.
wood design and building used to have the archives online, but they took them down a while ago.
it's like the coolest bathrooms ever.... ever.

Jan 12, 07 9:35 pm  · 
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A book on the rest stops in france needs to be written, some of the best landscape architects on the continent seem to have each gotten a signature pit stop along the roadside...

Jan 13, 07 10:37 am  · 
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holz.box

they'd have to include the toilets on the belgian highways, as well.
when we lived there, they were sweet. usually on a bridge instead of 2 seperate facilities ala here in the u.s. they cost a bit, but damn they were clean.

Jan 13, 07 2:02 pm  · 
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Janosh


This guy?

Jan 14, 07 12:57 pm  · 
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kaf

There was actually supposed to be a visitors center accompaning the toilet facility, father out along the outcropping. Not enough money was raised.

The National Forest Service held a student competition at The University of Washington for the project in the early 90's I believe. A foreign exchange student from Olso won, and a few years later actually carried the project through DD. It was finished by Peter Cohan (U of Washington professor) and Kelbaugh a few years later.

Feb 8, 07 11:37 am  · 
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shrub

Einar Jarmund of Norway was the original author I believe, and was an exchange student at UW at the time. Now Einar has a successful practice in Oslo. Here's their website: http://www.jva.no/

Feb 8, 07 1:31 pm  · 
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holz.box

shrub, i am familiar with jarmund's office. they have some really nice work. ithanks for the insight.

Feb 8, 07 11:21 pm  · 
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