Cultural Center

Set at the main entrance to the WSU campus, the Elson S. Floyd Cultural Center’s design is a unique building form that references and flows across the surrounding Palouse landscape. There are no straight lines or right angles in the 14,694-square foot LEED Gold certified building.

Our Part

  • On site fabrication and installation of the curved glulam timber roof system
  • 57 unique Yellow Cedar curved glulam main members as large as 8 3/4” x 36” x 80’
  • 650 unique 4 x 8 Douglas Fir purlins
  • 62 pieces of 3” x 18” Yellow Cedar glulam fascia, all unique compound angled and curved

Project Partners

ARCHITECT – GGLO, Seattle, WA
GENERAL CONTRACTOR – Absher Construction, Puyallup, WA
ENGINEER – PCS Structural Solutions, Seattle, WA

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