Eddon Boat

What Would Ed and Don Do?: The Revitalization of the Eddon Boatyard in Gig Harbor, Washington.

A grassroots movement in a small waterfront town results in the preservation of a significant piece of the community’s maritime heritage.

Paper presented by SHKS Associate, Laura Lenss at the Association for Preservation Technology conference Heritage on the Edge: Sustaining Buildings, Landscapes and Communities, Victoria, B.C. Fall 2011.

Lively engagement results in extraordinary places.

SHKS Architects finds elegance in necessity, elevating the core principles of each unique site and building project to reflect our clients' aspirations.

Through collaboration, care, craft, and discovery, we reveal architecture's inherent optimism, contributing to our local community and to the global stewardship of natural and built environments.