Bainbridge architect hosts big birthday bash
Published 10:52 am Sunday, December 27, 2015
Coates Design Architects celebrated its 10th anniversary with a Cirque De Glace-themed celebration at the Clearwater Suquamish Ballroom, complete with aerial acts, ballerinas, stilt walkers, contortionists, falling snow flakes and rolling fog.
Illuminated ice luges dispensed refreshments while guests lined up to receive exquisite watercolors on their faces and limbs.
One of the evening’s highlights was the dramatic appearance of a 45-pound python, which made the rounds with its handler as guests jumped in for photographs.
Matthew Coates, president of Coates Design Architects, thanked community members and clients for their support over the past decade and shared how it has allowed him to pursue his passion for responsible architecture, which he defined as “work that in some way improves the world we live in.”
He cited his firm’s projects for the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, KiDiMu, LifeWire domestic violence shelter, S’Klallam Youth Center, West Sound Wildlife Shelter, Aberdeen Visitors Center and North Kitsap Fishline.
Coates was joined by Fishline Board President Tom Eckmann, who thanked him for his work with the organization, which is the largest food bank in North Kitsap.
Coates Design Architects specializes in sustainable design and green building techniques. In 2005, the firm’s managing partner, Matthew Coates, won the Cradle to Cradle Home Design Competition. Recent achievements include the first LEED Platinum residence outside city limits; the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, targeted for LEED Gold; and the Island Gateway development, targeted for LEED Silver.
