Benaroya Hall
Team
Architect
LMN Architects; Murase Associates
Contractor
Skanska USA
Stats
PROJECT TYPE
Performing Arts
COMPLETION
1998
PROJECT SIZE
183,000 ft²
MKA ROLE
Structural & Civil Engineer
Seattle, WA
Benaroya Hall
Rising six stories and encompassing an entire city block, this premier venue for the Seattle Symphony features a 2,500-seat concert hall, 600-seat recital hall, rehearsal spaces, and underground parking for 400 vehicles. MKA’s box-within-a-box design is seismically and acoustically isolated from a light-rail tunnel below and street-level bus transit corridor. Extensive custom precast concrete provides extra sound-absorbing mass while repeating patterns of concrete shapes reduce the required formwork to save costs and complete the project eight months faster than cast-in-place concrete. 
Benaroya Hall
Awards
Award of Honor - 1999 Region Design Awards - American Institute of Architects - Northwest and Pacific Chapter
Award of Merit - International Illumination Design Awards - Illuminating Engineering Society of North America
Award of Merit, Completed - Honor Awards for Washington Architecture - American Institute of Architects - Seattle Chapter
Best Miscellaneous Building Co-Winner, Stadiums/Arenas/Theaters - Design Awards - Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute
Co-Winner, Henry H. Edwards Industry Advancement Award - Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute
Grand Award, Overall - Excellence in Concrete Construction Awards - Washington Aggregates and Concrete Association
Grand Award, Structural Systems - Engineering Excellence Awards - American Council of Engineering Companies
Honor Award - Civic Design Awards 1999 - American Institute of Architects - Washington Chapter
Honor Award, Arch. - Institute Honor Awards for Arch., Interior Arch., and Regional and Urban Design - American Institute of Architects
Honor Award, Structural Systems - Engineering Excellence Awards - American Council of Engineering Companies - Washington Chapter
Winner, Best of Show - Northwest Construction Consumer Council
Winner, Cast-in-Place Structures - Excellence in Concrete Construction Awards - Washington Aggregates and Concrete Association
