"MASTERSPEC keeps me out of trouble."

Lee Kilbourn
Associate Partner
Zimmer Gunsul Fransca

Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership, (ZGF), based in Portland, Oregon, has over 60 years' experience in architecture, interior design, and planning/urban design for various corporate, public, and institutional clients. Their designs have graced metropolitan areas - Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, Denver, and Kansas City - as well as small farming communities and college campuses.

ZGF's services focus on looking at each location's unique qualities and creating buildings that respect, strengthen, heal, and dignify those surroundings.

ZGF has used MASTERSPEC since 1977. Associate Partner Lee Kilbourn first became familiar with MASTERSPEC after needing a section on fluid-applied water proofing: "There was no standard for this type of thing. All the manufacturers had a different opinion as to what the appropriate methods were. MASTERSPEC had the section we needed...that is how I got the partners to subscribe." Since then, Kilbourn has trusted MASTERSPEC.

Key projects include:

• Bellevue Regional Library
• National Institutes of Health - Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center
• Cornell University - Duffield Hall
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints - Conference Center
• Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
• Banfield Light Rail Transitway
• Microsoft Corporation - Redmond West Campus
• California Science Center