Bellevue Fire Station 10 Receives AIA Seattle Honor Award
AIA Seattle’s nationally-recognized Honor Awards program explores and celebrates projects designed by architects throughout the state of Washington.
"We were really impressed with how the level of detail at every scale had been thought through and executed [and with] how much care had gone into every moment and opportunity for delight had gone into every moment."
We are excited to announce that Bellevue Fire Station 10 has received an Honor Award from AIA Seattle at its annual awards ceremony. For the first time, winning projects were announced by the jury on stage at a live event, held at Town Hall Seattle and moderated by design writer Lauren Gallow. The 2026 awards jury included Billie Tsien (Studio Tsien), Omar Gandhi (Omar Gandhi Architects), and Z Smith (EskewDumezRipple).
The 26,520 square-foot, five-bay fire and EMS station, the first new fire station in Bellevue, Washington in 30 years, provides live/work accommodations for up to 14 first responders working 48-hour shifts, as well as a fire command center and Battalion Chief offices. A welcoming entry, community training room, and transparent apparatus bay establish a prominent civic presence. The entry gallery displays artifacts from the history of the Bellevue Fire Department and neighborhood, while the adjacent training room provides a flexible space for events and courses available to the public. Salmon-Safe and LEED Gold-certified, the design of Bellevue Fire Station 10 thoughtfully considered adjacent residences, operational efficiency, well-being priorities for first responders, and a commitment to rehabilitating an existing wetland on the site. The project includes a rooftop PV array, electric vehicle-ready infrastructure to support planned fleet electrification, and energy-efficient systems throughout.
Bellevue Fire Station 10 was also recently named a 2026 Station Design Award honoree from Firehouse Magazine. The 13th annual Station Design Awards showcase outstanding fire and emergency service facilities nationwide.
Congratulations to our client, the City of Bellevue, and our project team, including Cornerstone (General Contractor), TCA (Fire Station Consultant), Hargis Engineers (Mechanical and Plumbing), TFWB Engineers (Electrical Engineer), Coughlin Porter Lundeen (Civil Engineer), Swift Company (Landscape Architect), PCS Structural Solutions (Structural Engineer), Brightworks Sustainability (LEED Consultant), and Facet (Wetland Consultant), with photography by Kirk Hostetter. Learn more about the awards below.
