PROJECT DETAILS
Summit Convention Center
Seattle, WA, USA
Installed Products
The Seattle Convention Center, formerly the Washington State Convention Center, consists of two main buildings: SCC’s innovative and award-winning Summit building which opened in January 2023; and the existing Arch building that is just one-and-a-half blocks from the Summit building. The addition of the new Summit nearly doubles SCC’s footprint in the busy downtown Seattle area.
The entire SCC design engages the urban form in all of its 15 levels. Each component of the building embraces natural light, and major spaces are connected vertically by two large atriums. The glass-enclosed stair Hillclimb along Pine Street has west-facing views of the infamous Pike Place Market and Puget Sound. The open-air terraces on all levels are designed to accommodate a variety of events that benefit from iconic views of downtown Seattle.
As a gathering space for people of all backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives, the Seattle Convention Center (SCC) indicated the importance of hiring staff and contractors at SCC that represent the entire community as well as its national and international clientele. When construction on the new Summit building began in 2018, SCC set a goal to award $80mm in contracts to women- and minority-owned businesses. By the time Summit opened in January 2023, they had committed nearly $150mm in work scopes to WMBE firms including awarding the lighting design to HLB Lighting Design, the largest women-owned independent architectural lighting design firm in the world, with offices in New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Miami, Denver, Austin, and Dubai.
A glass-enclosed stair along Pine Street positions the interior circulation patterns at the edge of the building, creating dramatic west-facing views to the Pike Place Market and Puget Sound. The 15 floor building represents a modern touch to the sprawling and popular downtown area that connects Seattle’s most vibrant neighborhoods. Each façade presents a highly interactive, transparent edge, and embraces natural light with two large atriums that are vertically connected.
Both the 3rd and 4th floor accommodates up to 61 meeting rooms ranging from 540 to 6,500 square feet totaling over 92,000 square feet, as reported by the SCC. Wood and wood products are prominently featured throughout the interior of the building and serve as a focal point for the meeting room entrances on multiple floors. From intricately crafted light fixtures to the design of several feature ceilings, there are unique wood elements to experience in numerous locations throughout the project. The use of this treasured regional resource offers a direct connection to the history of the timber industry in the Pacific Northwest.
To highlight this natural resource, the design team selected Targetti’s powerful JEDI recessed linear fixture to deliver a luminous wall wash as guests walk through the entryways to the meetings space on the third and fourth floor of Convention Center. The linear fixture projects a beautiful and subtle wash effect in 3000K on the wood wall with an integral anti-glare louvre with a Wall Wash Optic. The JEDI series provides ideal solutions for both interior and exterior linear lighting that is cool to the touch, RoHS compliant, and drive over rated.
Lighting Design: HLB Lighting
Architect: LMM
Photography: ©Feinknopf Photography
Sales Representatives: Pacific Lighting Systems | CT Lighting and Controls
Certified LEED New Construction Platinum
The entire SCC design engages the urban form in all of its 15 levels. Each component of the building embraces natural light, and major spaces are connected vertically by two large atriums. The glass-enclosed stair Hillclimb along Pine Street has west-facing views of the infamous Pike Place Market and Puget Sound. The open-air terraces on all levels are designed to accommodate a variety of events that benefit from iconic views of downtown Seattle.
As a gathering space for people of all backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives, the Seattle Convention Center (SCC) indicated the importance of hiring staff and contractors at SCC that represent the entire community as well as its national and international clientele. When construction on the new Summit building began in 2018, SCC set a goal to award $80mm in contracts to women- and minority-owned businesses. By the time Summit opened in January 2023, they had committed nearly $150mm in work scopes to WMBE firms including awarding the lighting design to HLB Lighting Design, the largest women-owned independent architectural lighting design firm in the world, with offices in New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Miami, Denver, Austin, and Dubai.
A glass-enclosed stair along Pine Street positions the interior circulation patterns at the edge of the building, creating dramatic west-facing views to the Pike Place Market and Puget Sound. The 15 floor building represents a modern touch to the sprawling and popular downtown area that connects Seattle’s most vibrant neighborhoods. Each façade presents a highly interactive, transparent edge, and embraces natural light with two large atriums that are vertically connected.
Both the 3rd and 4th floor accommodates up to 61 meeting rooms ranging from 540 to 6,500 square feet totaling over 92,000 square feet, as reported by the SCC. Wood and wood products are prominently featured throughout the interior of the building and serve as a focal point for the meeting room entrances on multiple floors. From intricately crafted light fixtures to the design of several feature ceilings, there are unique wood elements to experience in numerous locations throughout the project. The use of this treasured regional resource offers a direct connection to the history of the timber industry in the Pacific Northwest.
To highlight this natural resource, the design team selected Targetti’s powerful JEDI recessed linear fixture to deliver a luminous wall wash as guests walk through the entryways to the meetings space on the third and fourth floor of Convention Center. The linear fixture projects a beautiful and subtle wash effect in 3000K on the wood wall with an integral anti-glare louvre with a Wall Wash Optic. The JEDI series provides ideal solutions for both interior and exterior linear lighting that is cool to the touch, RoHS compliant, and drive over rated.
Lighting Design: HLB Lighting
Architect: LMM
Photography: ©Feinknopf Photography
Sales Representatives: Pacific Lighting Systems | CT Lighting and Controls
Certified LEED New Construction Platinum
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