Perched high above East Sound on Orcas Island and blessed with 270-degree views that include Victoria Island, the Coast Range, the city of Vancouver and Mount Baker, this 5,400-square-foot summer home for a young family, has a cross-shaped floorplan, oriented on the cardinal points, to mark and exploit the vast prospect it enjoys.
Project name
Hilltop Haven
Architecture firm
Heliotrope Architects
Location
Orcas Island, Washington, USA
Principal architect
Mike Mora, Jonathan Teng
Design team
Mike Mora, AIA, Principal). Jonathan Teng, AIA, Project Manager
Collaborators
Architecture firm and Interiors: Heliotrope Architects - Structural Engineer: Swenson Say Faget - Artwork: Jessica Cantlin and Deb Achak (Winston Wachter Gallery) - Whiting Tennis (Greg Kucera Gallery) - Structural Engineer: Swenson Say Faget
Visualization
Notion Workshop
Typology
Residential › House
James Lin and Owen Liu reached out to Paul Michael Davis Architects (PMDA) to help renovate their home, where they had lived for about a year. The house was odd. In 1933, when Redmond was farmland and cabins, someone built a modest rambler overlooking the Cascade Mountains.
Project name
The Dog’s Breakfast
Architecture firm
Paul Michael Davis Architects
Location
Redmon, Washington, USA
Principal architect
Paul Michael Davis
Design team
Paul Michael Davis, Principal Architect. Ryan Salas, Project Designer. Amanda Kindregan
Collaborators
Green Wall: Grow Up Greenwalls
Structural engineer
Swenson Say Faget
Construction
Inglewood Construction
Typology
Residential › House
6Acres embodies contemporary Northwest architecture through its reverence for its surroundings, embrace of naturally elegant materials, and clean structural expression.
Architecture firm
Kor Architects
Location
Redmond, Washington, USA
Principal architect
Matthew Kent, AIA, Principal
Design team
Matthew Kent, AIA, Principal. Brie Nakamuara, Project Architect. Joseph Daniele, Project Designer
Collaborators
Interior Design: Gregory Carmichael. Contractor: TOTH Construction. Civil Engineer: D.R. Strong Consulting Engineers, INC. Structural Engineer: Swenson Say Faget. Mechanical Engineer: Franklin Engineering. Geotechnical Engineer: PanGeo. Landscape: Alchemie Landscape Architecture. Lighting: Brian Hood Lighting. Acoustical Engineer: SoundSense acoustic consulting & design. Building Science Consultant: RDH
Typology
Residential › House
wa_sauna, a motor-powered, floating sauna, explores ideas of community, journey, and retreat. Following in the tradition of saunas as a place for gathering, wa_sauna provides a place for friends and the community to share a unique experience on the water. Boaters and kayakers can venture out and tie off to the surrounding deck.
Location
Seattle, Washington, USA
Principal architect
Jon Gentry AIA, Aimée O'Carroll ARB
Collaborators
Fashion shoot credits: Models: Binta Dibba, Katie Joy. Hair: Maria Espinoza. Make-up: Natalia Parker
Structural engineer
Kevin Winner, Swenson Say Faget
Material
Deck: Marine-grade plywood with clear varnish. Siding: Preservative Treated plywood w/ semi-transparent ebony stain . Roofing: Sarnatil G-410 roofing membrane. Slot Windows: 3/8” clear acrylic panels. Interior Walls and Ceiling: T&G Spruce. Interior Deck: Marine-grade plywood with clear varnish. Duckboard: Spruce. Benches: Spruce. Deck Frame: Pre-manufactured aluminum frame by Rolling Barge. Floatation: (28) 55-gallon plastic drums. Motor: Minn Kota Electric Trolling Motor, 112 lb. 36-volt. Batteries: (3) 12-volt Optimum deep-cycle marine batteries. Wood Burning Sauna Stove: Black Line Series 16 CK. Sauna Interior Kit: Finnleo. Flue Pipe: DuraVent.
Sound House is a 5,500sf single-family home on a steep slope site in Seattle’s Magnolia neighborhood. The program for the house was unique, in that it needed to house a large blended family of two adults and six children living together for the first time.
Location
Seattle, Washington, USA
Principal architect
Jon Gentry AIA, Aimée O’Carroll ARB
Design team
Ben Kruse, Yuchen Qiu
Civil engineer
J Welch Engineering
Structural engineer
Swenson Say Faget
Construction
Thomas Fragnoli Construction
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Client
Brandon & Sarah Ebel
Typology
Residential › House
The lot for this new development presented us with a couple of interesting characteristics that helped shape the house plan. The elongated property, organized along the natural slope and abutting a heavily wooded area, provides broad views of Lake Washington, unobstructed by other houses.
Project name
Carillon Woods
Architecture firm
ALCOVA architecture
Location
Washington, United States
Photography
Pietro Potestà
Principal architect
Pietro Potestà
Design team
Pietro Potestà
Collaborators
Wendy Morrison
Interior design
Pietro Potestà
Civil engineer
ALCOVA architecture
Structural engineer
Swenson Say Faget
Environmental & MEP
ALCOVA architecture
Supervision
Travis Gaylord - ALCHEMY Building Company
Visualization
ALCOVA architecture
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Corel Draw, Adobe Photoshop
Construction
ALCHEMY Building Company
Material
Exteriors - Aluminum Composite Panels (Dibond); Painted Hardie Boards; High density timber face panels (Parklex); Powder coat steel
Typology
Residential › House
Heliotrope Architects designs Suncrest, an idyllic island retreat on Orcas Island, which is part of the San Juan Islands archipelago that sits in the Salish Sea/Strait of Juan de Fuca between the USA and Canada.
Project name
Suncrest Residence
Architecture firm
Heliotrope Architects
Location
Orcas Island, Washington, USA
Photography
Sean Airhart, Benjamin Benschneider. Video by Juan Benavides/Filmatica
Interior design
Heliotrope Architects with the Owners
Structural engineer
Swenson Say Faget
Lighting
Heliotrope Architects
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel and Zinc
Typology
Residential › House
When a young couple approached Heliotrope Architects and asked them to design a home with an art studio inside, all parties sat around the table contributing ideas – some atypical.
Project name
Artist Residence
Architecture firm
Heliotrope Architects
Location
Seattle, Washington, USA
Photography
Benjamin Benschneider
Principal architect
Mike Mora
Collaborators
Energy Consultant : 360 Analytics; Geotechnical Engineer : Pan Geo Inc
Structural engineer
Swenson Say Faget
Construction
Dovetail General Contractors
Typology
Residential › House
