More Love for the New PUB
Professional architects agree, Eastern鈥檚 PUB is the place to be.
Eastern鈥檚 Pence Union Building, recent recipient of a $47 million remodel, has become everything renovation advocates had hoped for: an inviting center for student activities, a welcoming gathering place for the campus community, and a symbol of Eastern鈥檚 commitment to a new era of higher education. Now add another plaudit: architectural icon.
In October, the new PUB received a citation from the Washington Council of the American Institute of Architects recognizing it as exemplifying 鈥渄esign excellence in publicly funded projects located in Washington state.鈥� Only eleven other projects were so honored.
The awards, according to the citation, highlighted projects with the highest standards in sustainability, innovation, building performance and overall integration with the client and surrounding communities. In the PUB鈥檚 case, judges were particularly entranced with the its gleaming front elevation and its soaring interior staircase that, they said, 鈥渋ntegrated the life of the whole building.鈥�
