If not for the Great Recession and Sean Beatty, construction of the curvaceous reinforced concrete sea-creature tanks in the 50,000-sq-ft Seattle Aquarium Ocean Pavilion would have been even more arduous.
The new 10-acre waterfront retail center boasts outdoor plazas, patio dining and more than 90,000 sq ft of retail, boutiques, restaurants, a bank and marine office space, all clad in a variety of modern architectural motifs.
Plans to created an elevated public park atop piers that once supported Washington, D.C.’s 11th Street bridges have been slimmed down following an extensive structural study.