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Owner: Robert and Janet Rudine
Architect: Shavey McManigal
Architects
Completion: January 1992
Awards: AGC 1993 Award for Construction
Excellence
This building’s name isn’t the only thing unusual about
it. Whaac All All – a Salish Indian dialect meaning “build
on stilts” – is a tall, four-story structure that uses
a variety of construction methods and unique, highly detailed interior
finishes.
The building was intended for multiple uses: floor one is a luxury
apartment, floor two a commercial office space, floor three is the
owner’s art gallery and floor four a luxury condominium. Charter
used different construction methods and materials for each floor,
beginning with heavy concrete, transitioning to structural steel,
and then switching to wood frame.
The building’s narrow site made construction difficult. The
50-degree slope and unstable soils required a combination of vertical
and battered auger cast pilings with large grade beams and pile caps.
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