Partners: network
Frederick Forde Bassetti, Lee Gordon Copeland, Paul Raymond Dermanis, Donald McLeod Frothingham Jr., John Christopher Kirk, Frederick Kotter, Richard B. Metler, Smith Sumiyo Nakata, Philip Charles Norton, Daniel J.H. Reiss, Kenneth Jay Rothschild
Active 1962-1980
Firm Notes
Fred Bassetti operated his firm in Seattle, WA, following the dissolution of his partnership with John Morse in 1962. In 1962, Bassetti located his office in Room #1602 of the Tower Building, Seattle.
Bassetti had a charismatic personality and attracted architects of great skill to work for him. Others who worked for Fred Bassetti and Company included: Lee Copeland (of Weinstein Copeland Architects, Fred Kotter, Prof. Folke Nyberg (of the University of WA), Al Williams (who went on to become a WA State Senator), Paul Dermanis, landscape architect Laurie Olin, Jim Hamilton, Skip Norton, Richard Metler, and Karlis Rekevics.
Fred Bassetti and Company would become "Bassetti / Norton / Metler / Rothschild Architects" in 1980.
Norton, Metler, and Rekevics became partners in Bassetti's next firm, Bassetti, Norton, and Metler (1981-1985) and the subsequent Bassetti, Norton, Metler and Rekevics (1985-1991).
PCAD id: 1166
| Name | Date | City | State |
|---|
| Beyer Apartments, Fremont, Seattle, WA | 1978 | Seattle | WA |
| Central Washington State College (CWSC), Hitchcock Hall, Ellensburg, WA | 1965-1966 | Ellensburg | WA |
| City of Kent, City Hall, Kent, WA | 1971 | Kent | WA |
| Frey, Karl S., House, Mount Baker, Seattle, WA | 1962 | Seattle | WA |
| Frye Art Museum, First Hill, Seattle, WA | 1952 | Seattle | WA |
| Harborview Medical Center, Campus, First Hill, Seattle, WA | 1931 | Seattle | WA |
| KIRO Radio and TV Station #2, Belltown, Seattle, WA | 1965 | Seattle | WA |
| Loderi Place Apartments Project, University District, Seattle, WA | 1972 | Seattle | WA |
| Norwood Village Houses, Bellevue, WA | 1950-1951 | Bellevue | WA |
| Paccar Incorporated, Paccar Technical Center, Mount Vernon, WA | | Mount Vernon | WA |
| Seattle Aquarium, Waterfont, Seattle, WA | 1975-1976 | Seattle | WA |
| Seattle Public Schools, Dearborn Park Elementary School, Seattle, WA | 1970-1971 | Seattle | WA |
| Seattle Public Utilities District, East Pine Street Substation, Minor, Seattle, WA | 1965-1967 | Seattle | WA |
| United States Government, Department of State, U.S. Embassy, Lisbon, Portugal | 1980-1983 | Lisbon | |
| United States Government, Federal Office Building #3, Downtown, Seattle, WA | 1971-1974 | Seattle | WA |
| University of Washington, Seattle (UW), Engineering Library, Seattle, WA | 1969 | Seattle | WA |
| University of Washington, Seattle (UW), Loew, Edgar A., Hall, Seattle, WA | 1969 | Seattle | WA |
| Washington State University (WSU), Avery Hall, Pullman, WA | 1971 | Pullman | WA |
| Western Washington State College (WWSC), Ridgeway Dormitories, Bellingham, WA | 1964 | Bellingham | WA |
| Wood Block House, Mercer Island, WA | 1962 | Mercer Island | WA |
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