The Experiential Design Index

Foss Waterway Seaport Rehabilitation — Foss Waterway Seaport

Olson Kundig rehabilitated the last remaining 350-foot section of Tacoma's historic Balfour Dock, a heavy-timber warehouse built in 1900, into the 40,000-square-foot Foss Waterway Seaport maritime heritage and education center, reopening May 11, 2013.

VenueFoss Waterway Seaport
Project typeMajor Renovation
StatusCompleted
Year completed2013

Credits

FirmRoleNote
Olson Kundig Architecture

Description

The project added a new glass-faced north facade revealing the building's historic 150-foot timber trusses, along with indoor program space and docks and floats supporting recreational and educational boating.

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