The A-Frame Club is a new hotel brand that takes design cues from 1970s American ski culture and the iconic A-frame cabins of that era. The first Club consists of 31 newly-constructed cabins along with a bar and restaurant in a historic saloon building in Winter Park, Colorado.
Project name
A-Frame Club
Architecture firm
Skylab Architecture
Location
Winter Park, Colorado, USA
Photography
Stephan Werk, Kylie Fitts
Design team
Jeff Kovel, Design Director. Brent Grubb, Principal in Charge. Robin Wilcox, Project Director. Conor Wood, Project Architect. Jeni Nguyen, Project Designer. Amy DeVall, Interior Designer. Nick Trapani, Visualizer/Project Designer. Eduardo Peraza Garzon, Visualizer
Built area
450 ft2 (each cabin)
Collaborators
Geotechnical Engineer: KC Hamilton Engineering, Inc
Interior design
Skylab Architecture
Environmental & MEP
Resource Engineering Group (REG)
Client
Zeppelin Development
Typology
Hospitality › Hotel
Once complete, the complex will provide over 10,000 square feet of interior space for experimentation, design, and fabrication that Skylab will share with PDX Contemporary Art. The project is expected to be completed by summer 2023.
Architecture firm
Skylab Architecture
Location
Portland, Oregon, USA
Principal architect
Jeff Kovel, Brent Grubb
Design team
Jeff Kovel, Principal, Design Architect. Brent Grubb, Principal-in-charge. Jennifer Martin, Project Architect. Nita Posada, Principal, Interior Design. Amy DeVall, Interior Design
Completion year
Summer 2023
Collaborators
2.ink Studio (landscape architecture). Humber Design Group Inc. (civil engineering). Valar Consulting Engineering (structural engineering). Jacobs (mechanical design / build). Lorentz Bruun (general contractor)
Typology
Commercial › Office Building
W San Francisco is an electric urban oasis located in the bustling heart of San Francisco’s SoMa District. Boasting 401 guest rooms including 12 suites, the hotel offers a hip and stylish downtown retreat. As part of the highly anticipated Gold Fever hotel refresh, Skylab Architecture was enlisted to design the guest rooms and major amenity spaces...
Project name
W San Francisco
Location
San Francisco, California, USA
Photography
Jason Dewey Photography; Brian Walker Lee
Design team
Jeff Kovel, Design Director. Brent Grubb, Managing Principal. Tony Tranquilli, Project Architect / Project Director. Sabrina Cheung, Project Designer / Construction Administration. Amy DeVall, Interior Designer. Eddie Peraza Garzon, Furniture Design. Julia Ahlet, Interior Designer. Nick Trapani, Project Designer.
Collaborators
Model rooms construction: Plant Construction Company; Guest rooms and corridors construction: CW Horton General Contractor, Inc.; Lighting / Electrical / Plumbing Engineers: PAE; 3D room scans: 3rd Eye Visual; ADA: Marx | Okubo; Specifications: m.thrailkill.architect.llc; Hospitality vendor: Canoe Hospitality; LEED EBOM and Sustainability Consultant: WSP; Artwork: Solidarity of Unbridled Labour; Signage: Martinelli Environmental Graphics.
Interior design
Skylab Architecture
Material
Custom-designed carpet for guest rooms and corridors: design by Skyab; fabricated by Shaw. Bed throw and pillows, TV panel artwork, bathroom wall coverings: design by Solidarity of Unbridled Labour. Bathroom wall tile: ZYX Evoke. Custom casework: design by Skylab; fabrication by Cheng Meng Furniture
Client
Keck Seng Group | North America
Typology
Hospitality, Hotel
Doug Fir is a 25,100-square-foot modern log cabin-inspired bar, restaurant, and music venue, conjuring an idealized vision of Portland’s up-and-coming potential as a global travel destination and cultural hub.
Architecture firm
Skylab Architecture
Location
Portland, Oregon, USA
Photography
Boone Speed, Basil Childers
Collaborators
Pat the Log Guy (wood/logs)
Construction
Tom Ghilarducci
Material
Wood, stainless steel, glass block, and chrome ceiling panels
Client
Burnside Entertainment Group
Typology
Hospitality › Restaurant, Bar
Civic Park, a sports complex designed to reinvigorate the community and initiate the next era of physical education, recreation, and civic connection in Eugene, Oregon. Rising from the ashes of the fire that destroyed the iconic Eugene Civic Stadium.
Architecture firm
Skylab Architecture
Location
Eugene, Oregon, USA
Photography
Stephen A. Miller
Design team
Jamin Aasum, Project Architect. Jeff Kovel, Design Director. Brent Grubb. Principal Project Manager.
Collaborators
Partner Local Architect: Robertson Sherwood Architects; Land Use Planning: TBG Architects + Planners
Interior design
Amy DeVall, Reiko Igarashi
Landscape
Cameron McCarthy Landscape Architecture
Civil engineer
KPFF Consulting Engineers
Structural engineer
KPFF Consulting Engineers
Environmental & MEP
Mechanical Engineer: Comfort Flow Heating Electrical Engineer: New Way Electric
Visualization
Stephen Miller
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Client
Eugene Civic Alliance
Flavor Paper is a bold, adaptive-reuse project transforming a four-story concrete parking garage in Brooklyn, New York into a 13,500 sf hybridized commercial and residential space.
Project name
Flavor Paper Headquarters
Architecture firm
Skylab Architecture
Location
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Principal architect
Jeff Kovel, AIA
Design team
Kent Heli, Matt Geiger, Daniel Meyers, Christopher Brown, Dannon Canterbury, Brent Grubb, Dru Ueltchi
Interior design
Kim Kovel, Cecily Ryan
Material
Flavor Paper Showroom: Floors: Terrazo with zinc inlay (custom pattern). Conference Table: Knoll Platner Dining Table w/ custom 63” top. Conference Chairs: Kartell Eros. Conference Area Pendant: Tom Dixon Mirror Ball Pendant (chrome). Wallpaper Racks: Custom by Ghilarducci Studio (polished aluminum). Showroom Coffee Table Bottom: Knoll Warren Platner Coffee Table (stainless). Showroom Side Table Bottom: Knoll Warren Platner Side Table (stainless). Entry/Stair: Poured-in-Place Concrete stairs and landings. Walls/Rail: Custom glass. Neon: Custom neon by LiteBright. Wallpaper: Sakura by Flavor Paper. Penthouse: Floors: River reclaimed cypress by the Flooring Group; limestone tile by Ann Saks. Living Room Chair: Fritz Hansen Egg Chair. Kitchen Cabinets/ Walls: Custom by Made with Kravit Ankora upholstery by Think Design.
Typology
Commercial › Office Building
The Serena Williams Building—a workplace for 2,750 occupants at more than 1 million square feet—is the largest structure at Nike World Headquarters. We led the design of all aspects of this complex building and program, including core and shell, interior design and furniture selection, and branding integration.
Project name
Serena Williams Building at Nike World Headquarters
Architecture firm
Skylab Architecture
Location
Beaverton, Oregon, USA
Photography
Jeremy Bittermann, Stephen Miller, J.P. Paull, PLACE
Design team
Jeff Kovel, Design Director. Brent Grubb, Project Manager. Susan Barnes, Project Director. Robin Wilcox, Project Director. Nita Posada, Interior Architecture Lead. Louise Foster, Project Designer
Collaborators
Sustainability Consultant: Brightworks. Specifications Consultant: M.Thrailkill. Sound: Listen Acoustics. Signage/Wayfinding: Ambrosini Design. Kitchen Consultant: HDA. Code Consultant: Code Unlimited. Building Enclosure: Facade Group.
Built area
more than 1 million ft²
Interior design
Skylab Architecture
Landscape
Place Landscape
Structural engineer
Thornton Tomasetti
Construction
Hoffman Construction
Typology
Commercial › Office Building
worked alongside 2.ink Studio and in close collaboration with Portland Parks and Recreation to create this 16-acre, hourglass-shaped park in a northeast Portland neighborhood.
Architecture firm
Skylab Architecture
Location
Portland, Oregon, USA
Photography
Stephen Miller (all still photos), Brian Dalrymple (drone photo only)
Design team
Jeff Kovel, Principal, Design Architect. Brent Grubb, Principal-in-charge. Jamin AAsum, Project Director. Eddie Peraza Garzon, Project Designer
Collaborators
Northwest Geotech, Inc. (geotechnical Engineering). Mauricio Robalino of Artpeople (artist). Ambrosini Design (graphic design). Grindline Skateparks, Inc. (skatepark consulting). Architectural Cost Consultants (cost estimating). Treecology, Inc. (arborist). DEW, Inc. (water feature consulting)
Civil engineer
3J Consulting
Structural engineer
Peterson Structural
Environmental & MEP
R&W Engineering, Inc. (mechanical engineering)
