Founders Hall, which was inaugurated September 27 as the first fully mass timber building completed on the 800-acre University of Washington campus north of downtown Seattle, reflects the rugged, regional materiality of the buildings that surround it with a brick, glass, and steel-framed facade. Designed by locally headquartered LMN Architects, the 84,800-square-foot building features five floors containing classrooms, spaces for group collaboration, program offices, and a rooftop event space.
Situated within Denny Yard, a historic green space within the University’s North Campus, Founders Hall is part of the Micheal G. Foster School of Business. Its mass timber structure and use of cross-laminated timber decking reduce
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