This summer, SABA will be releasing a book containing 54 of our favorite cocktails. Check back here for a free download of the digital version.

SABA Cocktail Book (coming soon)

Ever since we started in 2003, SABA has thrown weekly happy hours. Every Thursday, we gather in the lounge of our office for an expertly crafted cocktail, some food and great conversation. It it something we have come to be known for over the years and it's part of the secret sauce that makes SABA one the best firms to work with. For SABA's 20th anniversary of being in business, we wanted to create a cocktail book of some of our favorite drinks. The full PDF of the cocktail book can be downloaded through the link to the right of this description.

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SABA Cocktail Book

Ever since our start in 2003, SABA has thrown weekly happy hours. Every Thursday, we gather in the lounge of our office for an expertly crafted cocktail, some food, and great conversation. It is something we have come to be known for over the years and it's part of the secret sauce that makes SABA one the best firms to work with. For SABA's 20th anniversary of being in business, we wanted to create a cocktail book of some of our favorite drinks. The full PDF of the cocktail book can be downloaded through the link to the right of this description.

Southern Oregon Orthopedics ASC in the Daily Journal of Commerce

The Daily Journal of Commerce published a piece on one of our recent healthcare projects for Southern Oregon Orthopedics. Click the link to read the full article.

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Read about one of our recent healthcare projects for Southern Oregon Orthopedics in the Daily Journal of Commerce:
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Join us on May 19th for drinks, food, and live music!

SABA's 20th Anniversary Party: Casino Royale

Join us in celebrating 20 years of SABA with food, drinks, and live music!

WHEN: 
May 19th, 2023 at 5pm 

WHERE: 
2 Nickerson Street, Suite 200
Seattle, WA 98109

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Just show up! Festivities begin at 5:00 pm

Parking will be free anywhere in the surrounding lot after 5:00pm

Additionally, street parking is free on Nickerson St. 

(There is no dress code. Come as you are)

James Bond wore a variety of outfits from formal, to casual, and everything in between. Feel free to do the same. 😉

BA and SABA Join Forces to Expand National Presence 

Acquisition Brings Expanded Geographical Reach, Cross-Sector Expertise, and Exceptional Talent to a National Client Base  

Boulder, CO and Seattle, WA – June 1, 2023 - Boulder Associates announces the acquisition of SABA, a Seattle-based architecture and interior design firm. Boulder Associates has specialized exclusively in the design and planning of healthcare spaces for 40 years; the incorporation of SABA's 20-year history of design excellence creates a unique opportunity for shared expertise across healthcare sectors while expanding into the science and technology, commercial, workplace, non-profit, and education sectors in the Pacific Northwest and beyond.  

"We’re incredibly excited to be able to create this partnership between BA and SABA,” says BA’s President, Tim Riddle. “From our earliest conversations, it was abundantly clear that our cultural alignment, shared vision, and complementary services would provide tremendous opportunities for us to grow together, with greatly expanded service offerings across our combined markets. We look forward to being able to leverage our deep expertise across multiple sectors to better serve our clients nationwide.”  

BA's four-decade portfolio of projects encompasses all aspects of healthcare and senior living, as well as design research, planning, and operational consulting through BA/Science. Since 1983, the firm has grown organically from one office in Colorado to eight offices in Colorado, California, Texas, Arizona, and North Carolina. The addition of SABA's Seattle-based practice will serve both firms' existing healthcare clients and allow SABA's additional multi-sector expertise to expand throughout BA's nationwide network.  

“We are extremely excited to join forces with Boulder Associates. Our combined resources, skills, and experience will allow us to expand our life-science, workplace, and early-education practices across the regions served by the nine combined offices, while also growing our healthcare practice in the Pacific Northwest,” says Bob Vizenor, Principal with SABArchitects. 

The partnership between BA and SABA marks an inflection point for both firms as they celebrate milestones in 2023: BA's 40th year in business and SABA's 20th. Central to both firms is the commitment to design innovation, impeccable client service, and team camaraderie; these shared values create strong foundational alignment to move into the future as an integrated firm.  

Boulder Associates is a design and consulting firm that has specialized in healthcare and senior living design for the past 40 years. Founded in 1983, BA helps clients set new standards for healing environments by aligning facility investments with business strategies and operational goals. With eight offices across the US in Colorado, California, Texas, Arizona, and North Carolina, Boulder Associates maintains a staff of architects, interior designers, graphic designers, and consultants who share a belief in the power of design to enrich lives.  

SABArchitects (SABA) is an architectural and interior design firm that has specialized in life-science, workplace, early-education, and healthcare design for the past 20 years.  Founded in 2003 by Principals Steve Erickson, Arthur Furukawa, and Bob Vizenor, the team at SABA prides themselves on exceeding expectations and forming long-lasting relationships with their clients.  With more than 45 designers and staff located in their Seattle office, SABA has flourished by providing exemplary service to clients with highly technical needs over a range of markets. 

Every Thursday afternoon, we invite a subject matter experts into our office to talk about their unique perspective on the world, to challenge the SABA team to think outside of the box, and to practice one of our essential design tenets: Listening to learn.

March Forums at SABA

Every Thursday afternoon, we invite a subject matter experts into our office to talk about their unique perspective on the world, to challenge the SABA team to think outside of the box, and to practice one of our essential design tenets: Listening to learn.

In March, we had the privilege of hosting:

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Joe McDonagh who spoke about his experiences developing groundbreaking video games including Bioshock and Halo Infinite, and how to build strong creative teams.

Olivia Ting, a hard-of-hearing designer and installation artist. She demonstrated how she merges sight, sound, and lack of sound in her incredible art installations.

UW professors and AI specialists Jeffrey Bilmes and Tim O'Brien who spoke to us about the future of AI and how it might manifest itself in the design industry, potential ethical considerations, and the current state of practical concerns.

We learned about the detailed processes, psychology, and archeology of the world of costume and set design from Yale costume designer Sarah Nietfeld.

Finally, we learned about how to form meaningful relationships and building trust to align on common goals with psychotherapist, Jennifer Petty.

Thank you to all the presenters for being so generous with your time!

Join us at Bisnow's Seattle Architecture & Design event on May 10th, 2023 where our Creative Director, Annette Jannotta, will be discussing SABA's human-centered approach to thinking about the design and deployment of future hybrid work environments!

Annette Jannotta at Bisnow Seattle Arch and Design

Join us at Bisnow's Seattle Architecture & Design event on May 10th, 2023 where our Creative Director, Annette Jannotta, will be discussing SABA's human-centered approach to thinking about the design and deployment of future hybrid work environments!

Architect, artist, and Creative Director at SABA, Annette Jannotta has over 20 years of expertise collaborating with clients who are leaders in their industries and passionate about what they do. From Life Sciences, research, and higher education to hospitality and the arts, Annette helps her clients create places that invite people to thrive with ease. Through a collaborative process that magnifies empathy and imagination, she recognizes that how we work is just as important as where we work. Annette’s award-winning projects weave together experiences, discoverable over time, that inspire engagement, ownership, and transformation of both the team working to create the space, as well as those able to use the final product. Annette is a licensed architect in California, an NCIDQ certified interior designer, LEED AP ID&C, and a member of IIDA.

Seattle's life science cluster has grown exponentially with the development of tens of millions of square feet and hundreds of millions of dollars flowing through the area. Join us to discover where Seattle ranks among other coastal and central national leaders, and identify what opportunities are available for expansion and entry into this explosive market.

Seattle Life Sciences - Bisnow Event

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Arthur Furukawa, one of SABA’s founding principals will be speaking at the Bisnow Seattle Life Sciences event. He and 3 other panelists will be talking about innovations in construction in the life sciences sector.

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What You'll Learn: 

What makes Seattle an attractive cluster for life science developers, investors, and tenants? Does it measure up to national leaders like Boston and West coast neighbor San Francisco?

How and where has the market grown over the last 18 months? How does the area's vast technological community affect everything from initial research to manufacture?

With record-low vacancy rates, what is being done to meet the current demand for specialized space? How have incubators fit into the market? What assets are being repurposed into specialized lab and manufacturing space? What is in the pipeline for large tenants looking to move from research to large-scale product development?

How have submarkets, like Bothell, emerged as activity leaders in the area? What is hot right now and what are the plans for the future?

Seattle's life science cluster has grown exponentially with the development of tens of millions of square feet and hundreds of millions of dollars flowing through the area. Join us to discover where Seattle ranks among other coastal and central national leaders, and identify what opportunities are available for expansion and entry into this explosive market. 

Owners, operators, developers, investors, brokers, city and government officials, business consultants, architects, engineers, lawyers, accountants, bankers, and more!

Bisnow events bring together the biggest power players in the industry to identify opportunities, build your network and expand your business. With the largest audience of commercial real estate professionals in the world, no one knows how to help your business more than us. Join Bisnow as we jump into the market in Seattle to analyze its strengths and strategize on its areas of opportunity.

Frank Lloyd Wright designed buildings that respond to their surroundings and function as a unified organism in the landscape. A detailed study of any of his projects reveals a sequence deliberate visitor experiences from the outdoors to a sense of shelter, and frequently strong connections to a hearth or fireplace.

SABA Shorts: Design in Healthcare

Thursday, 09/17/2020

Frank Lloyd Wright designed buildings that respond to their surroundings and function as a unified organism in the landscape. A detailed study of any of his projects reveals a sequence deliberate visitor experiences from the outdoors to a sense of shelter, and frequently strong connections to a hearth or fireplace.
Wright used spatial concepts include changing volumes, a sense of shelter and place, and frequent opportunities to connect to nature, both visually and physically through specific design elements.
Decades later, Roger Ulrich explicitly built on this with focused studies on healthcare spaces, nature, and the impact on recovery. The basis is that well designed spaces with a connection to place and nature reduce stress and relax people and promote better outcomes.
Healthcare also consists of a sequence of experiences. Exceptional health care uses good design to organize a rational geometry to create wayfinding and a sense of place that result in an experience where the visitor feels a similar sense of comfort, shelter and connection to nature that Frank Lloyd Wright’s buildings did.
Corridors that have access to daylight and visual objectives to nature and the outdoors are perceived as much more comfortable than similar lacking daylighting or vistas.
The common theme is deliberate design objectives for the sequence of spaces that is well thought out and enhances the patient experience.

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SABA is excited to participate in this year's AIA Film Challenge! This year's prompt was 'Blueprint for Better' and encouraged teams to projects with high community impact and focus. ART+HOME is a video focused on SABA's ongoing work with Path with Art.

AIA Film Challenge 2019 - ART+HOME

Mon, 08/19/2019

SABA is excited to participate in this year's AIA Film Challenge! This year's prompt was 'Blueprint for Better' and encouraged teams to projects with high community impact and focus. ART+HOME is a video focused on SABA's ongoing work with Path with Art.
Path with Art is a Seattle non-profit aimed at helping individuals affected by trauma and homelessness find stability, meaning, and community through art. Now, in partnership with Plymouth housing and SABArchitects, they will finally have a home base in the Seattle area. This 'Art Home' will enable Path with Art to host additional classes, house exhibitions, and drive their mission in support of Seattle's under-served communities.
See the link below to see our video and vote!

SEE THE VIDEO HERE!

SABArchitects recently hired Michele Sainte-Starbuck as a Senior Lab Planner. Michele holds a Bachelor of Architecture from WSU and has over 37 years of experience.

New Hire: Michele Sainte-Starbuck, Senior Laboratory Planner

Monday, 05/10/2021

SABArchitects recently hired Michele Sainte-Starbuck as a Senior Lab Planner. Michele holds a Bachelor of Architecture from WSU and has over 37 years of experience. With a deep background in fine art, and graphic and spatial design, Michele appreciates theart of science. She believes that the facilities we build for the brightest science minds of today “must evolve as robust, adaptable and inspirational canvases for tomorrow.” As a Laboratory Planner and Architect, Michele is passionate about the functionality of science-clients’ environments. Her work has focused on laboratory projects of varying types and sizes, on both east and west coasts of the U.S. As an advocate for multidisciplinary design collaboration, her approach is to orchestrate clientele, user groups, consultant teams, and contractors toward a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. At SABA, Michele will bolster a thriving life science team, providing mentorship and project leadership, allowing us to support a rapidly growing life science community in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest.

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SABArchitects recently hired Michele Sainte-Starbuck as a Senior Lab Planner. Michele holds a Bachelor of Architecture from WSU and has over 37 years of experience. With a deep background in fine art, and graphic and spatial design, Michele appreciates theart of science. She believes that the facilities we build for the brightest science minds of today “must evolve as robust, adaptable and inspirational canvases for tomorrow.” As a Laboratory Planner and Architect, Michele is passionate about the functionality of science-clients’ environments. Her work has focused on laboratory projects of varying types and sizes, on both east and west coasts of the U.S. As an advocate for multidisciplinary design collaboration, her approach is to orchestrate clientele, user groups, consultant teams, and contractors toward a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. At SABA, Michele will bolster a thriving life science team, providing mentorship and project leadership, allowing us to support a rapidly growing life science community in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest.

SABArchitect's principals Bob Vizenor and Arthur Furukawa discuss the design, trends, and next steps for life science in the Pacific Northwest.

SABA Shorts: Life Science Design in the Pacific Northwest

Tuesday, 12/08/2020

SABArchitect's principals Bob Vizenor and Arthur Furukawa discuss the design, trends, and next steps for life science in the Pacific Northwest.

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health's new clinic at the Kraken Community Iceplex in Northgate is set to open Oct. 18.

SABA Healthcare: Virginia Mason Franciscan Health Clinic at Kraken Community Iceplex

"Virginia Mason Franciscan Health's new clinic at the Kraken Community Iceplex in Northgate is set to open Oct. 18.

The 5,400 square-feet facility offers primary care and sports medicine expertise for the Northgate neighborhood, as well as on-site lab and X-ray services, a physical therapy gym and private consultation room inside the $80 million Seattle Kraken training facility, which opened in September.

It's the first clinic to open since Virginia Mason merged with CHI Franciscan Health in early 2021.

"This pavilion ... delivers on our promise to increase access to high-quality health care in our community,” said Virginia Mason Franciscan Health CEO Ketul J. Patel. “Our team is excited to begin welcoming patients to this innovative new space.”

In addition to a neighborhood clinic, the facility will also house the Kraken's medical staff and treat its players, coaches and staff, as the team's official medical provider.

“Virginia Mason Franciscan Health has been a great partner of ours since the beginning, and are already playing a big role in keeping our players and staff healthy,” said Tod Leiweke, CEO of the Seattle Kraken. “The convenience of having them on site, and their commitment to youth hockey, makes this partnership beneficial for our organization and the community.

Planning for the pavilion, designed by Seattle-based SABArchitects, began in June 2020."

- Source: By Joey Thompson  –  Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal

PSBJ - VIRGINIA MASON FRANCISCAN OPENS CLINIC IN KRAKEN COMMUNITY ICEPLEX

The Tukwila space, which is expected to open in April, is under a construction redesign of the existing structure by SABArchitects and Turner Construction. Sabey Corporation is leasing the space to CellNetix.

The new 46,000-square-foot CellNetix headquarters

"The Tukwila space, which is expected to open in April, is under a construction redesign of the existing structure by SABArchitects and Turner Construction. Sabey Corporation is leasing the space to CellNetix."

See the link below for the full article in the Puget Sound Business Journal:

CELLNETIX PLANS TO RELOCATE, SPURRED BY SEATTLE CONGESTION

The Nature Conservancy at the Skyway Building wins AGC award for construction excellence in the TI under $5 million category!

The Nature Conservancy- AGC Award Winner 2017

Wednesday, 05/17/2017

The Nature Conservancy at the Skyway Building wins AGC award for construction excellence in the TI under $5 million category!

Duane Jonlin, FAIA, Energy Code Advisor for Seattle's SDCI, highlights a number of new and significant provisions in the upcoming "2018" Washington state and Seattle energy codes, each provision leading towards sharply reduced energy consumption and carbonemissions from our built environment. Daniella Moreano Wahler, PE, of PAE Engineers, suggests the smartest and most economical means of complying with (or exceeding) these requirements, so that we will all feel comfortable discussing options with our clients and consultants.

2021 Seattle Energy Code Webinar

Tuesday, 09/22/2020

Duane Jonlin, FAIA, Energy Code Advisor for Seattle's SDCI, highlights a number of new and significant provisions in the upcoming "2018" Washington state and Seattle energy codes, each provision leading towards sharply reduced energy consumption and carbon emissions from our built environment. Daniella Moreano Wahler, PE, of PAE Engineers, suggests the smartest and most economical means of complying with (or exceeding) these requirements, so that we will all feel comfortable discussing options with our clients and consultants.

Science + Technology, Workplace, Commercial, Education, Healthcare

During the period that the Flagship Macy’s (previously Bon Marche) store occupied this historic building, this room functioned as the alterations shop where tailors worked to customize clothes. They used a variety of equipment like mechanical sewing machines, a large seam press, and more to creatively complete their work.

Historical Preservation in Design

A Historic Building

During the period that the Flagship Macy’s (previously Bon Marche) store occupied this historic building, this room functioned as the alterations shop where tailors worked to customize clothes. They used a variety of equipment like mechanical sewing machines, a large seam press, and more to creatively complete their work.

What was once a workshop for craft and creativity has now been transformed into a workplace common area, where people can collaborate and enjoy each other’s company. Pairing something old with something new, SABA was able to create a modern and vibrant space while paying homage to the cultural history of the building it occupies. 

The entrance to the Tailor Shop features a historic photo of tailors from 1948 paired with a bright neon sign that serves to preserve the original name of the historic Tailor Shop space. The long hallway graphic is a recreation of vintage sewing patterns overlaid with a glossary of sewing stitches; the vintage patterns reappear on the glass graphics inside the space in a collage format that also provide privacy as needed. 

300 Pine, the 1928 Art Deco building, originally occupied by the Bon Marche, was transformed from a retail space to office space in 2018 for a tech client, the circulating stair connects floors 3-8 and the roof and later extended down to level 2 in 2021. The 7’ wide stair is a major connecting element, a center of energy, bringing light down in the heart of the building and serving as a circulating architectural stair for office space.

In the Details: Staircase Design

300 Pine, the 1928 Art Deco building, originally occupied by the Bon Marche, was transformed from a retail space to office space in 2018 for a tech client, the circulating stair connects floors 3-8 and the roof and later extended down to level 2 in 2021. The 7’ wide stair is a major connecting element, a center of energy, bringing light down in the heart of the building and serving as a circulating architectural stair for office space. 

The 7’ wide stair is a major connecting element, a center of energy, bringing light down in the heart of the building and serving as a circulating architectural stair for office space. 

Choosing a contemporary expression, referencing the building’s concrete structure the stair is made of precast concrete treads, which was detailed so it visually floats in the opening. Steel plate guardrails with a wood hand rails add a sense of openness, while the wood wall running the height of the stair brings warmth into the building and serves as a back drop for the stair.

Swinerton Builders and SABArchitects are currently expanding our ongoing partnership with the new design/build construction of this 12,500 SF early education center on the UC Santa Cruz campus. The center will serve 140 children in a Family Student Housing development. 

UC Santa Cruz Early Education Center

Tuesday, 03/31/2020

Swinerton Builders and SABArchitects are currently expanding our ongoing partnership with the new design/build construction of this 12,500 SF early education center on the UC Santa Cruz campus. The center will serve 140 children in a Family Student Housing development. 

The project presents numerous interesting challenges and opportunities including Triple Net Zero sustainability requirements, energy modeling and stakeholder presentations to increase community comfort with the proposed land use. The design extends the learning environment outdoors to areas of play. In coordination with Eric Nelson, the team has created an outdoor classroom for each age group designed with emphasis on natural exploration. 

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The Early Education Center has been uniquely paired with the Psychology department at UCSC which establishes a direct relationship between the playful learning environment of children and the intellectual world of the University. The design/build team has incorporated research rooms adjacent to each classroom to facilitate observation and analysis of early education environments.

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Thank you to every who helped us celebrate sixteen years of design, hard work, and friendship. Click the link below to see the video from our party.

SABA's Sweet Sixteen!

Thursday, 05/23/2019 - 14:11

Thank you to every who helped us celebrate sixteen years of design, hard work, and friendship. Click the link below to see the video from our party.

SABA ANNIVERSARY PARTY VIDEO

We were pleased to attend the PSBJ's 2023 Economic Outlook at the new Seattle Convention Center. It was a privilege to hear from local leaders and economists, and to take an honest look at the challenging but promising years ahead for our region.

PSBJ 2023 Economic Outlook

We were pleased to attend the PSBJ's 2023 Economic Outlook at the new Seattle Convention Center. It was a privilege to hear from local leaders and economists, and to take an honest look at the challenging but promising years ahead for our region. 

Despite economic headwinds, Seattle remains one of the most desirable and economically fruitful cities on the West Coast. SABA views shifts in the commercial office market as an incredible opportunity for our city to explore equitable housing, green spaces, hospitality, childcare and a renewed vision for the urban heart of Seattle. 

In addition, we and our partners continue to deliver work for the ever-growing Biotech communities in Seattle, Bothell, and Everette and essential healthcare providers in Washington and Spokane.

The venue serves at as reminder that Seattle is a city ever-opening to the world and the Economic Outlook gave us hope for a Seattle full of potential.  We look forward to exploring these ideas with you in 2023-24.

Path with Art in the Daily Journal of Commerce

Path with Art was featured in the DJC this week. SABA is proud to partner with non-profits organizations who are helping to realize Seattle's shared mission of creating a healthier and more accessible city.
 
Click here for a link to the article. 

Path with Art was featured in the DJC this week. SABA is proud to partner with non-profits organizations who are helping to realize Seattle's shared mission of creating a healthier and more accessible city.

Click here for a link to the article. 

An inclusive community arts hub for creation, connection, and restoration

Path with Art ArtHOME Grand Opening

The ArtHOME design team outside of the space at grand opening event.

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