Lyons Venue

This department store in downtown Seattle made the National Register of Historic Places in 2016, but closed its doors in 2020. W.PA was hired to perform a testfit of the existing building turning the first two floors into a music venue. Ultimately due to code restrictions this project was unfinished. Restorations were being considered for the windows, front entrance canopy, interior stairs, columns, and the historic ceiling. Structural engineers were consulted to remove two interior columns and relocate them and match existing Art Deco style. 

LOCATION Seattle, WA
TOTAL SF 800,000
TYPOLOGY Adaptive Reuse
STATUS Design

Team

Architect Carrie Strickland, Brian Cavanaugh, Edward Cronin, Jared Diganci