Next Generation Designers & Builders At the beginning of July, I had the pleasure to participate in AIA Alaska Northern Section’s first-ever architecture workshop for kids. The design problem: the perfect tree fort or clubhouse. The solutions: ten incredibly different and creative structures with ladders, hammocks, zip lines, water collection systems, off-grid alternative energy […]
Chelsey Beardsley ASID Colorado Chapter Rising Star Our student Junior Interior Designer, Chelsey Beardsley, had the amazing honor of winning the 2020-2021 Colorado chapter ASID Rising Star Award for her work on the Srisaneha Shelter Project! Chelsey joined the Bettisworth North team in 2016 as an Interior Design Intern. She was born and raised […]
A Whale Raising Exhibit This spring there occurred at the University of Alaska Museum of the North (UAMN) a whale raising. Like a historic barn raising, there was immense preparation, wide participation across many different specializations, and a well-deserved celebration at completion. Unlike a barn raising, the result was a 43-foot bowhead whale skeleton […]
Celebrating Solstice: Daylight & Design Design in Alaska seeks to find a balance amongst many unique Northern conditions and project demands. Daylight is one of those challenging Alaskan conditions that requires a thoughtful, deliberate approach to optimize daylight at the extremes of and in between summer and winter solstices. The continuum that our extreme […]
North Pole Veterinary Hospital, A Renovation and Expansion. Growing out of the space provided by their existing 1980’s facility and site layout, North Pole Veterinary Hospital approached Bettisworth North with a unique design opportunity: to identify a solution to their needs as a vet hospital to include the “Fear Free” pet model. The owners […]
Dana Nunn | Interior Design Director ASID National Honors Recipient, 2021 Medalist Award Winner The American Society of Interior Designers/ASID Medalist award recognizes members and partners who have demonstrated outstanding service to ASID, have provided significant contributions to the interior design profession as well as enriched the human experience. “My passion is designing interiors […]
Fairbanks North Star Borough (FNSB) has been working on a redesign of the Pioneer Park playground for several years. FNSB hired Bettisworth North to help them consolidate and illustrate the borough’s ideas for the redesign. The project team included representatives from the Fairbanks community, FNSB staff members, designers from Bettisworth North, and representatives from playground […]
In 2019, I traveled to Washington D.C. with fellow Alaska landscape architects, Taylor Keegan and Michele Elfers, to participate in meetings with Senator Lisa Murkowski, Congressman Don Young, and the aids to Senator Dan Sullivan. The purpose of the meetings was to encourage our representatives to support several bills moving through the House and Senate […]
For the last ten years, our principle Leah Boltz and her family have been championing inclusive play in Anchorage. We are honored to be involved with designing some of Anchorage’s new inclusive playgrounds. Thanks Boltz Family!Click here to watch the video on the Boltz Family and their work with Anchorage Parks Foundation
The newly renovated Tanana Valley Clinic is featured as the cover project in the February issue of Alaska Business Monthly as an example of how COVID-19 has affected the workspaces. We were honored to collaborate on with Martha Hanlon Architects on this healthcare. You can read the full article “Designing Spaces for Masked Faces” at […]