Owner
Kemper Development Company
Architect
Sclater Partners Architects
Engineer
ABKJ
Facade Consultant
Morrison Hershfield
GC
Skanska
Completion
2005
Contract Value
9.3m
Program
42-stories, 450 foot; 1,400,000 sqft
Building Type
Hotel / Mixed Use / Residential / Retail
Technology Type
Design-Build, Supply Chain Management
Facade
Design/build facade package including custom unitized glass and metal curtainwall and window wall systems; 82 ft tall glass atrium
Glass
1 inch insulating glass units with low-e coating
Description
Lincoln Square was the tallest building on the Bellevue skyline at the time of completion, with floors 20-42 housing luxury condominiums and a 4-Star Westin Hotel occupying the floors below
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Lincoln Square combines luxury residences, a 4-star hotel, and high-end retail into a single facility that was the tallest building on Bellevue’s skyline at the time of completion. The successful balance of these multi-use amenities has helped reignite one of the busiest intersections in the city. 148-luxury condominiums crown the building on floors 20-42, while the four-star Westin Hotel occupies the floors below with 337 rooms. The base three floors house retail facilities that wrap the north and west side of the building.
The curtainwall system is designed to provide floor-to-ceiling glass for the condominiums, providing breathtaking views of the city below. Balconies extending outside the facade help to further blur the boundaries between inside and out. An aesthetic of modernism and transparency is apparent throughout the building design. Glass awnings cover sidewalks surrounding the retail plaza, and a cable supported pedestrian sky bridge over 100 feet in length connects Lincoln Square’s 82 foot tall glass atrium with a 35 acre shopping plaza to the west.
The design/build program for Enclos included a combination of custom curtainwall, window wall and metal cladding. Curtainwall units were produced by Aluminum Curtainwall Systems (ACS), a Canadian curtainwall fabricator. Canada combines proximity with a typically advantageous exchange rate, and Enclos has invested in developing a supply chain to exploit these favorable conditions. The firm has partnered with ACS's contract glazing division on a series of successful projects. The result is an evolving partnership that has progressed from ACS simply assembling Enclos materials to providing fabrication and engineering services for Enclos designs. The ACS partnership represents one of many examples of Enclos’ tight knit relationships in a supply chain that spans the globe. |
