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Seattle Convention Center Summit Building

900 Pine St, Seattle, WA 98101

LMN designed upward on a constrained downtown site, stacking six levels around two atria. The Summit building's official opening celebration was January 25, 2023; the "first vertical convention center in North America" description comes from the convention center and architect.

What got built

Current photograph of Seattle Convention Center Summit Building in Seattle.
Photograph by Another Believer, 2023-01-27. Source. CC BY-SA 4.0.

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What changed

  • The addition, LMN's first major expansion of the convention center since 2001, was designed as a stacked, six-level, 1.5 million square foot building rather than a horizontal addition, given the constrained downtown site.
  • Seattle Convention Center held the official opening celebration on January 25, 2023. LMN announced completion on January 31; that later announcement date is not the public opening date.
  • It nearly doubles the convention center's total event capacity and includes a 58,000 square foot ballroom.
  • The project included a 93 million dollar community benefits package and nearly 150 million dollars awarded to minority- and women-owned businesses during construction.

Why there is nothing to explain

The completed building follows LMN's stacked, vertical design concept as presented during planning; no sourced departure from that concept was found.

Details

Status
Built, and it follows the rendering.
Where
Seattle, WA
Neighborhood
Downtown Seattle / Capitol Hill border
Developer
Seattle Convention Center (formerly Washington State Convention Center)
Architect
LMN Architects
Rendering credit
LMN Architects
The built result
Photographed by Another Believer, 2023-01-27

Sources

  1. LMN Architects: completion announcement, January 2023 lmnarchitects.com
  2. Visit Seattle: Summit Building overview visitseattle.org
  3. Seattle Convention Center: Summit opening celebration, January 25, 2023 seattlecc.com

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