1905 – Market Building & Auditorium, Seattle, Washington
Drawing of a market building and auditorium planned for Seattle, Washington c. 1905. Never executed, but Union Station.
Drawing of a market building and auditorium planned for Seattle, Washington c. 1905. Never executed, but Union Station.
According to the Smithsonian, “Some historians believe that he created radical designs in a last-ditch effort to discourage the Lincoln Memorial Commission from using the swampy location,
The Starbucks Center, world headquarters for Starbucks, is the second largest building in Seattle, with over 1,800,000 square feet (167,000 m2).
Its triangular site allowed light to flow into every section of the building and enabled the architects to cover every elevation with beige terra-cotta decoration.
James Hoban was born in Desart, near Callan, County Kilkenny. Having studied architecture at the Dublin Society School, he emigrated to the United States and soon established himself as an architect in Philadelphia.