Newhouse Replacement Building
Newhouse Replacement Building
Olympia, WA
Owner
Washington State Department of Enterprise Services
Architect
The Miller Hull Partnership, LLP
Structural Engineer
Lund Opsahl
General Contractor
Hoffman Construction Company
Location
Olympia, WA
Year Completed
2025
Sector
Civic / Government
DLT Profile
Acoustic
Species
Douglas Fir
A contemporary civic workplace on Washington State's historic Capitol Campus, the Newhouse Replacement Building pairs a steel frame with exposed acoustic Dowel-Laminated Timber floors.
The four-storey building houses Senate offices, public meeting rooms, educational spaces and a skylit central stair known as the Mixing Chamber. Its material palette connects the new workplace to Washington's timber heritage while salvaged stone, glass and wood preserve links to the earlier building.
DowelLam supplied approximately 42,200 square feet of acoustic DLT floor panels. The exposed timber decks incorporate acoustic inserts to control sound while contributing to the building's low-carbon, biophilic interior.
