The award was presented to the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience for adapting the 1910 East Kong Yick building, a former single room occupancy hotel, to an appropriate new use that benefits Seattle residents and visitors alike. The Museum’s facility expands its role as an economic and community resource for a distinctly diverse neighborhood, as one of Seattle’s historic and creative treasures, and as a cultural institution of national significance.

The award was presented to the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle, Northwest African American Museum, and supporting partners for bringing new educational life to the Colman School building, a Seattle Landmark. The top two floors have 36 rental units for low- to middle-income residents, and the Northwest African American Museum is the centerpiece of an expansive thirty-acre greenbelt surrounding the structure.

The award was presented to the Seattle Public Library and supporting partners for renovating and expanding the Magnolia Branch Library, creating a model preservation project that incorporated both the restoration of a mid-century landmark and the construction of a sensitive new addition that will allow the building to function as a library for years to come.

Seattle Architecture: A Walking Guide to Downtown is the first effort to assemble an up-to-date, factually accurate review of buildings in downtown Seattle that is also compelling, readable, and celebratory. It divides the city into nine understandable and easily traversed districts and sets over 360 individual buildings within the historical, social, and economic context of their time and place. The award was presented to the Seattle Architecture Foundation and author Maureen Elenga.