Résumé

Architect, Jerome Menell Company, Incorporated, Architects, New York, NY, c. 1964.

Associate, Foote, Okerlund, Zeiger and Associates, Architects, Bellevue, WA, c. 1965.

Project Designer, Naramore, Brady, Bain and Johanson (NBBJ), Architects, Seattle, WA, 1965-1968.

Principal, James J. Sanders, Architect, Seattle, WA, 1968-1976.

Project Director/Designer, The Richardson Associates (TRA), Architecture, Engineering, Planning, Interiors, Seattle, WA, 1976-1985.

Architect, Gaylord, Grainger, Libby, O'Brien-Smith (GGLO), Architecture and Interior Design, LLC, 1985- .

Principal, James J. Sanders, Architect, Seattle, WA, c. 1990. After 1993, the firm was known as "James J Sanders, Architect, FAIA."

Teaching

Assistant Professor, University of Washington, Seattle (UW), Seattle, WA, 1970. In 1970, Sanders obtained a $500 commission from the Washington State Arts Commission to operate a UW College of Architecture and Urban Planning student project to conceptualize alternative uses for the Washington State Ferry San Mateo. (See Julie Emery, Seattle Times, “Ferry may soon carry culture instead of cars on Puget Sound,” 09/08/1970, p. D13.)

Professional Activities

Member, American Institute of Architects (AIA), Seattle Chapter.

President, AIA, Seattle Chapter, 1994. According to Marga Rose Hancock: As AIA Seattle President, Sander had a had in "...overseeing organizational reform and an extensive observance of the 100th anniversary of the 1894 establishment of AIA in Seattle and Washington. Centennial programs highlighted a century of activities by local architects, a MOHAI exhibit "Blueprints: 100 Years of Seattle Architecture," and publication of Shaping Seattle Architecture: A Guide to the Architects." (See Marga.ink.com, "Jim Sanders FAIA," accessed 01/12/2021.)

Professional Awards

Fellow, American Institute of Architects (FAIA), 1993. (See AIA Seattle.org, "College of Fellows," accessed 01/12/2021.)

College

B.Arch., University of Washington, Seattle (UW), Seattle, WA, 1963. At the UW, Sanders designed a display pavilion of steel scaffolding towers and wood beams covered by polyethylene sheet roofs. The pavilion was intended to display student paintings, drawings and small craft items. A central court provided space for sculpture.

M.S., Architecture, Columbia University, New York, NY, 1964.

College Awards

Recipient, University of Washington, Seattle (UW), Seattle, WA, American Institute of Architects (AIA) Student Gold Medal, 1963. A web site with information collected by Marga Rose Hancock, former Executive Director of the AIA Seattle Chapter, said: "[Sanders]received an early award for his design of the Arts & Architecture Exhibits Pavilion at the University of Washington while a UW student." (See Marga.ink.com, "Jim Sanders FAIA," accessed 01/12/2021.)