A Mass Timber Showcase and the Next Step in the Expansion of the Foster School of Business
Founders Hall
Hoffman led an integrated design-build team with the University of Washington and LMN Architects to expand the Foster School of Business with an 85,500 square foot building on the site of the existing MacKenzie Hall. The new building, Founders Hall, includes classrooms, program offices, research centers, career services offices, interaction spaces, event spaces, and amenity spaces to augment PACCAR and Dempsey Halls and support the School’s vision and goals.
The project continues the Foster School of Business’ success in attracting the best faculty, students, and staff; create space that is flexible and adaptable to meet the evolving needs of the Foster Business School; and celebrate and enhance distinctive campus open space and circulation patterns in this part of campus.
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2024 Wood in Architecture — WoodWorks Innovation Network
2024 Energy in Design Honor Award — AIA Seattle
2023 Education Facility Design Award — AIA National
2023 Honorable Mention, Learning Category — Fast Company's Innovation by Design Awards
2023 Honorable Mention, Spaces and Places Category — Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Awards
2023 World Selections Finalist — Prix Versailles
2023 Honorable Mention, American Architecture Award — Chicago Athenaeum
2023 World's Most Beautiful Campus Laureate — Prix Versailles
2022 Distinguished Project Award for Public Projects Over $10M — NWCCC
2022 Award for Innovation and Achievement in Sustainability — NWCCC
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Beautiful Five-Story Mass Timber Building
Woodworks Innovation Network — May 22, 2024Sustainable Wood Buildings May Be the Next Frontier for Carbon Offsets
Bloomberg — May 31, 2023
Hoffman Takes Charge Ensuring Mass Timber Success
When the original supplier and installer of CLT for Founders Hall went out of business mid-project, Hoffman Construction and Hoffman Structures took on the challenge and completed the critical installation themselves.
Mass Timber Innovation
Founders Hall was constructed with cross-laminated timber, the state of the art in engineered wood that is healthy for people and the planet.
The new facility is first building on the UW campus—and one of the first in the state—to incorporate CLT. There are tremendous performance advantages to CLT as a structural building material strong and rigid enough to replace steel and concrete.
Hoffman Builds: Mass Timber
Building off decades of self‑perform structural experience and a commitment to our regional wood industry, Hoffman is a strong partner in delivering large‑scale mass timber projects.
