Project Location

Seattle is a West Coast seaport city and the seat of King County. With an estimated 662,400 residents as of 2015, and Seattle is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America which with a total land area of 217 square kilometers and a water area of 150 square kilometers (41% water in city limits). It is at the latitude of 47" 37' north and longitude of 122" 19' west.

The city of Seattle is located at sea level and is built on seven adjacent hills including Capitol Hill, First Hill, West Seattle, Beacon Hill, Magnolia, Denny Hill, and Queen Anne. The highest hill elevation in the city is 520 feet. The city shoreline runs along Puget Sound to the west and Lake Washington to the east. The Lake Washington Ship Canal is an east/west running waterway that geologically divides Seattle into northern and southern sections. The city's major lakes are Lake Washington, which stretches along almost the entire eastern side of Seattle, and Bitter Lake, Green Lake and Haller Lake, which are all north of the Lake Washington Ship Canal.

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Location of Seattle

The Federal Center South Building 1202 is a commercial office building for U.S. Army Corps and engineers, which is located in 4 miles south of downtown, near Duwamish Waterway in Seattle, Washington.

With the $72 million, the project provides a beautiful, collaborative workplace, its exceptional energy performance places it among the most elite class of high performance buildings in the U.S.

Location of Building