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James O. Jonassen, FAIA

NBBJ

223 Yale Avenue

North Seattle, WA 98109

www.nbbj.com

Phone: (206) 223-5555

Fax: (206) 621-2300 

E-mail: jjonassen@nbbj.com

 

 

As Managing Partner at NBBJ, Jim Jonassen focuses on developing and

teaching the values and philosophical basis of the fi rm. He has led the

development of NBBJ’s unique studio culture. Jim has developed the national

and, ultimately, international healthcare practice, and has built NBBJ’s overall

practice in Asia. Jim is an architect with extensive experience in the design

and planning of health, laboratory, and technical facilities. Since joining NBBJ

in 1965, he has participated in the conception and design of many of NBBJ’s

most important projects and his design expertise and leadership has consistently

enabled NBBJ to win prestigious awards.

His education includes a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University

of Washington, and Masters of Science in Architecture from Columbia University.

 

 

Awards

Tau Sigma Delta, Honorary Architectural Fraternity, 1963.

Scholarship, Columbia University, 1965.

Times Magazine Future Leaders Award 1970.

Elected to College of Fellows, American Institute of Architects,

1986.

Founding Fellow, Academy of Health Care Architects, 1999.

Providence Everett Medical Center, Pavilion for Women & Children, Everett, Washington: American Council of Engineering Companies of Washington, First Place/Gold Award for Building

Technology Systems, 2003.

Swedish Cancer Institute, Seattle, Washington: AIA Seattle Chapter, Commendation Award, 2002.

Swedish Cancer Institute, Seattle, Washington: Modern Healthcare, Award of Excellence, 2002.

Swedish Medical Center, Southeast Tower, Seattle, Washington: Consumers Choice Award, Healthcare Market Guide Study, National Research Corporation, 2001.

Swedish Medical Center, Southeast Tower, Seattle, Washington: Seattle Daily Journal of commerce, Project of the Month, 2001.

Swedish Medical Center, Southeast Tower, Seattle, Washington: Modern Healthcare, Award of Merit, 2000.

Harrison Memorial Hospital, Bremerton, Washington: Modern Healthcare, Design Award.

Kangbuk Hospital, Seoul, Korea: American Society of Architectural Perspecitivists, Award of Excellence, Architecture in Perspective, 1998.

Alaska Native Medical Center, Anchorage, Alaska: AIA Alaska Chapter, Honor Award, 1997.

Alaska Native Medical Center, Anchorage, Alaska: Modern Healthcare, Design Award, 1997.

Swedish Medical Center, Southeast Wing Addition and Women & Infants Center, Seattle, Washington: AIA Seattle Chapter, Merit Award, 1997.

Swedish Medical Center, Southeast Wing Addition and Women & Infants Center, Seattle, Washington: International Interior Design Association (IIDA), Design Award, 1997.

Swedish Medical Center, Southeast Wing Addition and Women & Infants Center, Seattle, Washington: Modern Healthcare Design Awards, Honorable Mention, 1997.

Harrison Memorial Hospital, Bremerton, Washington: Illumination Design, Award of Merit, Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, 1996.

University of Washington, Ambulatory Care Center (4225 Roosevelt), Seattle, Washington: AIA Health Facilities Review, Design Award, 1995.

Central Washington Hospital Additions, Wenatchee, Washington: AIA Health Facilities Review, 1993.

Children’s Hospital and Health Center, Patient Care Pavilion, San Diego, California: Modern Healthcare, Design Healthcare Award, 1993.

Children’s Hospital and Health Cetner, Patient Care Pavilion, San Diego, California: Illumination Design Award, Illumination Engineering Society of North America, 1993.

Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Women’s Center, Pomona, California: AIA Health Facilities Review, 1993.

University of Arizona Medical Center, East Parking Structure, Tucson, Arizona: AIA Southern Arizona Chapter, Citation Award, 1992.

David Grant Medical Center, Travis Air Force Base, Fairfi eld, California: US Secretary of Defense, Excellence in Design Award, 1991.

Providence Medical Center, East Wing Addition, Seattle, Washington: AIA Seattle Chapter, Merit Award, 1991.

Virginia Mason Medical Center, North Campus Pavilion, Seattle, Washington: Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, Edwin F. Guth Memorial Award of Merit, 1990.

David Grant Medical Center, Travis Air Force Base, Fairfi eld, California: US Air Force, Type I Honor Award, 1989.

David Grant Medical Center, Travis Air Force Base, Fairfi eld, California: Secretary of Defense, Special Citation, 1988.

University of Washington Medical Center, 4225 Roosevelt Building, Seattle, Washington: Associted General Contractors, Award for Excellence in Construction, 1988.

University of Washington Medical Center, 4225 Roosevelt Building, Seattle, Washington: AIA Seattle Chapter, People’s Choice Award, 1988.

 

 

Education

Bachelor of Architecture, 9164 University of Washington, Seattle

Master of Science Architecture, 1965 Columbia University

 

 

Registration

Washington, Colorado, North Carolina

Maine, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, Nevada,

Ohio, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Illinois,

Florida, Alaska, South Dakota, Texas,

North Dakota, Missouri, Louisiana,

Alabama, Georgia, Nebraska, Wisconsin,

Kansas, Massachusetts, Arkansas,

Delaware, District of Columbia, New

Hampshire, New York, Vermont, Puerto

Rico, Rhode Island, Texas

James O. Jonassen, FAIA, MRAIC, NCARB

 

 

Managing Partner

Providence Medical Center, Downtown, Seattle, Washington: AIAHealth Facilities Review, 1988.

David Grant Medical Center, Travis Air Force Base, Fairfi eld, California: AIA Health Facilities Review, 1986.

Scottsdale Memorial Hospital North, Scottsdale, Arizona: Modern Healthcare, Design Award, 1986.

Scottsdale Memorial Hospital North, Scottsdale, Arizona: AIA Health Facilities Review, 1986.

David Grant Medical Center, Travis Air Force Base, Fairfi eld, California: US Air Force, Concept Design Excellence, Honor Award, 1984.

First Hill Hospitals Merger Pavilion, Seattle, Washington: American Consulting Engineers Council, National Award for Energy Conservation, 1980. Arnold Medical Pavilion, Seattle, Washington: Washington Aggregates & Concrete Association, Grand Award Winner, 1978.

Children’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phase I Addition, La Jolla, California: AIA Seattle Chapter, Citation Award. Children’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phase I Addition,

Seattle, Washington: AIA Seattle Chapter, Honor Award, 1977.

Sitka Community Hospital, Schematic Design, Sitka, Alaska: Environmental Monthly Magazine, Anual Environmental Award, Land Use Category, 1973.

Battelle Memorial Institute, Pacifi c Northwest Labs, Northwest

Research Center, Richland, Washington: Prestressed Concrete Institute, National Design Award, 1970.

Battelle Memorial Institute, Pacifi c Northwest Labs, Northwest Research Center, Richland, Washington: Industrial Research & Development Magazine, Laboratory of the Year, 1968.

 

 

Publications

“Health Facility Flexibility and Humanity: The Next Steps”, International Hospital Congress, June 1999

The Transition from Illness to Wellness Health Care, Hospital Authority Newsletter, June 1996

Design Strategies to Assist Healing, AsianHospital, March/April 1995

New Directions for Health Facilities--A Value-Driven View, Journal of Healthcare Design, August 1995

Health Care Architecture, Designs for the Future, forward for book by Lynn Nesmith, Rockford Publishing, Inc., 1995

Design Strategies to Assist Healing, Hospital Management International, 1995

Healing by Design, Improving Health Care Through Architecture, Horizon Air Magazine, January 1994

High Quality Health Focus Could Cure Ills of System, Health Care Strategic Management, Vol. 9, No. 4, April 1991

The Future of Healthcare Architecture, Healthcare Strategic Management, No. 7, Vol. 5, July 1987

Hospital-Based Ambulatory Surgery: Two Case Studies, Ambulatory Surgery: Developing and Managing Successful Programs, Linda A. Burns, 1984, pp. 83-105

The Current State of Surgical Suite Design in the U.S.,Institute of Architects Committee on Architecture, Health Committee Newsletter, September 1980

Life Cycle Cost--One Way to Help Get the Best Buy, Hospital Forum, July/August1979

Life Cycle Cost: Using it in Practice, American Institute of Architects Journal (Book Review), March 1979

Adaptation of an Urban Site, Journal of the American Hospital Association, February 1974

Hospital Shared Facilities and the Area Industrial Zone, Journal of the American Hospital Association, January 1971

Speaking Engagements Architecture that transforms: three Case Studies, University of

Hawaii, Honolulu, April 2004

Emerging Health Facility Concepts in a Global Economy; 7th Annual Internationsl Summit on Public/Private Partnerships for Health Gain, Miami, December 8, 2002

A Value Driven Practice, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, April 2002

Integration of Art in Archiecture for Healthcare in Swedish Medical Center, The Society for the Arts in Healthcare Annual Conference, Seattle, April 20, 2001

Status of Architecture for Healthcare: An American Perspective, Medical Environment Seminar at Kotobuki Corporation, Tokyo, July 17, 2001

Health Facility Flexibility and Humanity: An Agenda for the 21st Century, The 2nd International Conference on Health and Design, Stockholm, June 21, 2000

Health Facility Flexibility and Humanity: The Next Steps, International Hospital Congress, Architectural Forum, International Union of Architects, Copenhagen, June 1, 1999

10 Views of the Future & What This Means to You, CECW (Consulting Engineers Council of Washington), April 17, 1998

Participant, 1998 Global Summit on Engineering and Infrastructure, Bentley Systems, Inc., Philadelphia, October 14, 1998

The Architecture of American Health Care, International Hospital Federation/Hospital Council of Southern California, Speaker/Presenter, February15, 1995

Innovations in New Health Care Building Forms, Seventh Symposium on Healthcare Design, New York, New York, November 1994

Design Strategies to Assist Healing, International Hospital Federation Pan-Regional Conference, Yokohama, Japan, October 1994

Healthcare - Cradle to Grave, Panelist and Moderator, AIA Design for Pacifi c Cultures, Seattle, Washington, August 1994

Health Care on a Budget -- New Models in the United States, Planning Cost-Effective Health Care Facilities to Meet Health Needs, University of Wisconsin-Madison, April 1994

Seamless Health Care - An IntegratedHealth Care Delivery System, Academy of Architecture for Health Fall Symposium, San Diego, California, November 1993

Health Care on a Budget; New Models in the United States, UIAPHG/AIA-CAH/RAIC-AHC Combined Conference, Chicago, Illinois, June 1993

A Large Firms View of International Markets, American Institute of Architects International Committee, October 1992

High Quality Health Focus Could Cure Ills of System, Health Care Strategic Management, April 1991

Lifeworks in Health Care Architecture, Lecture at University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, September 1991

The Future of Health Care Architecture in the U.S.A., Meiji University, June 1991 and Nagoya University School of Medicine, July 1991

The Future of American Health Facilities, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan, September 1990; Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, September 1990

New Medical Technology Trends, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, July 1989

An Architecture for Health Check-Up, American Institute of

Architects, Committee on Architecture for Health Symposium, May1988

The Architect as Manager: Managing the Practice, University of Kansas, School of Architecture and Urban Design Seminar, November 1987

Health Care Architecture: Is There a Future? American Institute

of Architects/Committee on Architecture for Health National

Symposium, November 1986

The Future of Health Care Architecture, Health Insights, Inc., April 1986

Health Care Architecture: A Society, an Industry, and a Profession in Transition, New England Hospital Assembly, March 1986

A CEOs Perspective on CADD, AE Systems 85, June 1985 How to Use CADD in Marketing, presented at AE Systems 85, June 1985

Hospital Architecture in America, Symposium on the American Healthcare System, Zhongshan Medical College, Guangdong, Peoples Republic of China, November 1985

Analysis of Five Approaches to Space Forecasting, (A Discussion

of Space Planning for Health Facilities), American Hospital Association and the Hospital Management Systems Society, June 1984

St. Marys Hospital Surgical Suite Project, Construction Management Delivery Systems for Hospital Facilities – Five Case Studies, AGC/Purdue University National Symposium, May

1983

Case Study - St. Vincent Hospital and Medical Center/Medical Offi ce Building, Planning and Design of Ambulatory Care Facilities, American Hospital Association, November1981

Physical and Functional Evaluation, Space Programming, Hospital Financial Management Association, Oregon Chapter, January1980

Cost Conservation and Capitalization, Region 6 Health Planning Association 9th Annual Meeting, March 1980

Health Facility Design for Cost Containment, American Hospital Association, August 1979

The Increasing Responsibilities of the Architect in Early Programming, Planning, and Health Systems Agency Submittals as well as the Demand by the Federal Government for Cost

Containment, Texas Hospital Association, June 1979

Life Cycle Cost: Myth or Reality? Association of Western Hospitals, Architects Section, May 1979

Architects View Hospital Cost Containment, American Institute of Architects, Committee on Architecture for Health, Chairman of authoring task force, October 1977 Cost Containment and Life Cycle Cost, University of Wisconsin, Department of Engineering and Applied Science, October 1977

Case Study: The Heath Professional Building, American Institute of Architects/American Hospital Association, Seminar on Medical Offi ce Buildings, July 1974

Health Facility Programming and Planning, Health Services Administration and Planning, University of Washington, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, March 1973, March

1974

Scheduling the Hospital Construction Project, Washington State Hospital Purchasing Directors Association, 1973

People, Change and Space Design, Pacifi c Northwest Section, Forest Products Research Society, April 1972

Hospital Shared Services in Europe, Symposium on Health Care Management for the Seventies, March 1971

Hospital Project Capital Costs, Symposium on Health Care Management for the Seventies, 1971

Evaluation of Existing Conditions in the Planning Process, Association of Western Hospitals, Architects Section, April 1970

Civic and Professional Organizations Health Facilities Research Education Planning Board, Vice Chair, 1994

Health Insights, Corporate Member, 1985-Present, Chairman 2004-2005

School Zone Institute, Board of Directors, 1988-1996

Architecture and Children Northwest, 1987-1992; President, 1991-1992

American Institute of Architects, Fellow, 1986-Present (YEAR)

American Institute of Architects, Seattle Chapter, Member, 1968-Present

American Institute of Architects, Seattle Chapter Fellows Nominating Committee, 1990-1992

American Institute of Architects, Seattle Chapter, Foundation Board, 1986

American Institute of Architects, National Committee on Architecture for Health, Member, 1976-1998; Steering Committee, 1977 and 1983-1984; Chairman of Cost Containment Task Force, 1977-1978; Vice Chairman, 1985; Chairman, 1986

American Institute of Architects, National Committee on Architecture for Commerce and Industry, 1971-1973; Steering Committee Member, 1973

American Institute of Architects, National Life Cycle Cost Task Force, Member, 1977

International Union of Architects Public Health Group, 1987- 2001

Health Facilities Research and Education Program of the American Institute of Architects and the American Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Board of

Directors, 1991-1994; Vice-Chair, 1994

American Architectural Research Foundation, American Association of Collegiate School of Architecture, Member, 1987- 1988.

Large Firm Roundtable of the AIA, member 1990-2004; Steering Group 2005

Health Insights Foundation, Member 1986-present; Chairman 2005-

New Century Health, Founding Member, 1982

Seattle Architectural Foundation Board 1999-2004

Swedish Medical Center Foundation Board, 1998-2004

 

 

Design Juries

AIA-CAH AMSCO Student Design Charrette, Jury Chairman, Minneapolis 1989; Charleston, 1990

Nebraska Chapter AIA Honor Awards,Jury Chairman 1991

AIA/New England Honor Awards Program, Jury Member, 1994

AIA/Business Week Awards, Jury Member, 2002

 

 

Research

U.S. Army Modular Dental Clinic System Study (established prototype for implementation of team dentistry for the US Army, over 25 of prototype design built to call) 1977-78 USDHEW Life Cycle Cost System (established published methodology for application of Life Cycle Cost in health facility decision making)1970’s

Shared Services in European Health Facilities (analyzed European models of shared food service, laboratories, pharmacies, and central sterile supply for applicabilities to U.S.

Health Care System)1969

Medical Office Buildings in Hospital Settings (reviewed US models of integrating MOBs with hospital campus to develop optimization technique) 1971-73

The Healthcare Mall: one stop shopping for health (study of a vertically integrated single site approach to care delivery based on the internally focused mall approach)1975-76

Optimization of vertically integrated health systems: The Good Health System 1989-1992

The science (evidence) behind environmental infl uences on wellness, healing, and performance (a survey of documented studies in the effects of various environmental conditionssuch as sound, light & daylight, color, texture, art, form, view, choice and control on human performance and health) 1991-1994

A building typology for changing needs: The Autogenesic Approach (development of an alternative way of assembling permanent infrastructure and temporal space fi elds to yeild a low cost high adabtability, high human performance environment)1999-2004