The Grant County Fire District had been struggling to balance cost and program of a new station with a prior design team. Our team (Architects West/Perlman Architects) assisted them in refining the program, reorganizing internal response routing for greater efficiency, and providing the same function...
This project is the fourth collaboration between Architects West and Perlman Architects. The scope of work began with review of initial programming and feasibility studies done previously by another firm. That study established the project to be approximately 24,000 sf, well above the available funding....
Station 75 expands the Richland Fire Department’s coverage in the PNNL and Port of Benton area, and will house new personnel. Designed around the Station 74 prototype, 75 is slightly downsized and includes a police substation. The design aesthetic reflects the mid-century architectural history of...
Richland Fire Station 73 replaced an existing undersized and outdated station. Designed around the Station 74 prototype, Station 73 is slightly downsized and includes a police substation. The site design was intensive, as the irregular parcel sits at a prominent intersection, and is crowded with...
Richland Fire Station No. 74 is a 11,640 sf career fire station for the City of Richland. The design was developed from a prototype program and refined for the specific needs of the department. The project delivery is design/build, and involved close collaboration with the...
This new 9,500 sf station replaced an existing 1970’s vintage “pole building” station in which numerous safety hazards and code compliance issues had been identified. The new station was made possible by a federal A.R.R.A. grant with matching local funds. As a result, the station...
