PCAD - Skilling, Helle, Christiansen, and Robertson, Incorporated, Engineers

Aerial view of Downtown Seattle, 2000, with Columbia Center (dark building in foreground); from Flickr Commons and the Seattle Muncipal Archives

Exterior view of Condon Hall #2, north facade, Seattle, 2013; from Wikimedia Common, photo by Stilbes

Exterior view of UW Condon Hall #2, Seattle, c. 2010; from the University of Washington, Foster Blog

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Partners: network

John Valdemar Christiansen, Helge Joel Helle, Leslie Earl Robertson, John Bower Skilling

Active -1983

The name changed when Jack Christiansen retired in 1983, and three others were elevated to partner status. After 01/1983, the firm became "Skilling Ward Rogers and Barkshire, Incorporated."

PCAD id: 1862

Buildings and other works

Name	Date	City	State
Church of the Good Shepherd, Bellevue, WA	1964	Bellevue	WA
Columbia Seafirst Center, Downtown, Seattle, WA	1985	Seattle	WA
King County, Department of Stadium Administration, Domed Stadium, Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA	1972-1976	Seattle	WA
Marine Bancorporation, Rainier National Bank, Headquarters Building, Downtown, Seattle, WA	1972-1977	Seattle	WA
Rivergate Exhibit Facility, New Orleans, LA	1964-1968	New Orleans	LA
Seattle 1st National Bank, Incorporated, 5th Avenue Plaza Building, Downtown, Seattle, WA	1979-1981	Seattle	WA
Seattle 1st National Bank, Incorporated, Headquarters Building #3, Downtown, Seattle, WA	1966-1969	Seattle	WA
Spokane World's Fair, Federal Building, Spokane, WA	1973-1974	Spokane	WA
University of Washington, Seattle (UW), Child Development and Mental Retardation Center, Seattle, WA	1967-1969	Seattle	WA
University of Washington, Seattle (UW), Condon, John T., Hall #2, Seattle, WA	1974-1975	Seattle	WA
Washington State University (WSU), Fine Arts Center, Pullman, WA	1973	Pullman	WA

Publications

Gangnes, Arnold G., "From Indifference to Concern for the Retarded Child", AIA Journal, 56: 2, 22-26, 1971-08. "LCN Closers Advertisement, 10/1977", AIA Journal, 66: 11, 117, 1977-10. Metzger, Rainer, "Jack Christiansen Thin Shell Concrete in the Pacific Northwest", Column 5, XX: 8-11, 2006. Metzger, Rainer, "Jack Christiansen Thin Shell Concrete in the Pacific Northwest", Column 5, XX: 8-11, 2006. Boothby, Thomas, Rosson, Barry T., "Preservation of Historic Thin-Shell Concrete Structures", Journal of Architectural Engineering, 4: 1, 4-11, 1998. "Old Engineering firm has a new look", Seattle Times, D3. "Architects Engineers Organize", Seattle Times, D3, 1973-04-15.