The Giddens School and Lake Washington Girls Middle School (LWGMS) complex is an urban educational campus located between Beacon Hill and the Central District neighborhoods of Seattle, and designed to host two private, independent schools.
Project name
Giddens School & Lake Washington Girls Middle School
Architecture firm
Graham Baba Architects
Location
Seattle, Washington, USA
Design team
Graham Baba Architects Design team: Jim Graham, Principal-in-Charge. Brett Baba, Design Collaborator. Maureen O’Leary, Senior Project Manager. Leann Crist, Project Manager. Erica Witcher, Project Architect. Caroline Brown, Staff Architect. Brian Jonas, Project Architect – exterior design. Anjali Grant design team (education and collaborating architect): Anjali Grant, Principal/Project Architect/educational collaborator. Amanda Wolfang, Architectural staff
Collaborators
Anjali Grant Design (educational collaborator and collaborating architect), Costigan Integrated (project manager), JRS Engineering (building envelope consultant), Emerald Aire (mechanical contractor), Holaday-Parks (plumbing contractor), Johnson Electric (electrical contractor), GeoEngineers (geotechnical engineer), Heffron Transportation Inc. (traffic consultant), A3 Acoustics (acoustical consultant)
Environmental & MEP
Ecotope (mechanical engineer), Rushing (electrical engineer)
Construction
Exell Pacific
Material
Wood aiding: Kebony. Metal siding: AEP Span (Mini-V-Beam and Prestige profiles). Windows: VPI Quality Windows (vinyl). Storefront: Arcadia. Roofing: Soprema. Gym flooring: Robbins Sports Surfaces Bio-Cushion Classic. Tile: Daltile. Carpeting: Shaw Contract
Typology
Educational › School
Designed by McIntosh Poris Architects, the Detroit Horse Power (DHP) Equestrian Center will provide year-round programs that offer safe and enriching environments for under-resourced youth populations.
Written by
Julie D. Taylor, Hon. AIA, Taylor & Company
Photography
McIntosh Poris Architects
lanned and built in the early 1970’s, Black Butte Ranch sits the base of The Three Sisters mountains in the Oregon’s Central Cascades, the gateway to Oregon’s high desert from the Central Willamette Valley.
Project name
Black Butte Ranch Lodge
Architecture firm
Hacker Architects
Location
Sisters, Oregon, USA
Photography
Jeremy Bittermann
Design team
Design Principal: Corey Martin. Project Manager: Nick Hodges. Project Architect: Scott Mannhard and Brendan Hart. Architectural Design Team: John Dalit, Jake Freauff, Matthew Sugarbaker, Charles Dorn. Interior Design Principal: Jennie Fowler. Interior Designer: Mayumi Nakazato.
Collaborators
Bargreen Ellingson Restaurant Supply and Design
Civil engineer
Harper Houf Peterson Righellis Inc. (HHPR)
Structural engineer
Madden & Baughman Engineering
Environmental & MEP
PAE Consulting Engineers, Listen Acoustics
Landscape
Walker Macy Landscape Architecture
Lighting
Luma Lighting Design
Construction
Kirby Nagelhout
Typology
Commercial › Lodge
The new Bigfork Library is a source of inspiration and impact for the rural community of Bigfork, serving as a bridge to connect people to resources, technology, and opportunities for lifelong education.
Project name
Bigfork Library
Architecture firm
Cushing Terrell
Location
Bigfork, Montana, USA
Photography
Chuck Collier Schmidt
Principal architect
Shawn Pauly, Elizabeth Zachman
Collaborators
Design for Freedom Research Committee, Jessica Murray, Jill Lee, Elna Albano, Jessica Earp
Interior design
Cushing Terrell (Jessica Murray)
Landscape
Cushing Terrell (Wes Baumgartner)
Civil engineer
Cushing Terrell (Dave Aube)
Structural engineer
Cushing Terrell (Caleb Erb)
Environmental & MEP
Mechanical Engineer: Cushing Terrell (Michael DeStefano, Gene Cantley). Electrical Engineer: Cushing Terrell (Deanna Schenk). Acoustical Engineer: Big Sky Acoustics (Sean Connolly)
Lighting
Cushing Terrell (Deanna Schenk)
Construction
Martel Construction
Typology
Educational › Library
Introducing the Stealth House - Specht Novak’s revolutionary perspective on city dwelling and the first of its kind home in Austin. This forward-thinking abode defies standard perceptions surrounding seclusion and exposure.
Project name
Stealth House
Architecture firm
Specht Novak
Location
Austin, Texas, USA
Photography
Leonid Furmanski
Principal architect
Scott Specht
Collaborators
Stroehman Carpentry / Dale Stroehman
Structural engineer
Steinman Luevano
Construction
Austin Smock
Typology
Residential › House
Blatto Boat is a new Floating On Water Residence (FOWR), commonly known as a houseboat, on the north end of Lake Union, constructed within the bounds of an existing boat. Constrained by the over-water footprint of the existing boat, Blatto Boat comes in at a narrow and long 12’x40’.
Location
Seattle, WA, USA
Photography
Andrew Pogue (all still images except overhead drone shot), Peter Bohler (overhead drone shot), Peter Bohler and Stanton Stephens (Blatto film shorts, Peter Bohler film editor)
Design team
Jon Gentry, AIA. Aimée O’Carroll, ARB. Matt Hunold, RA. Sara Long
Collaborators
Marine Engineer: Kraftmar; Custom Steel Hull: Snow & Company
Structural engineer
SSF Engineers
Construction
Wild Tree Woodworks
Typology
Residential › House
No matter if your home is an authentically modernist house in Preston Hollow or a Dallas somber colonial in Wilshire Heights, its historical importance is understood by Dallas moving companies. If you handle your household move carefully, engage experts, and keep preservation in mind, it’s not simply leaving your home—it’s about securing a little...
Located between Old Montauk Highway and the Atlantic Ocean, this beach house is carefully embedded into the steep, rugged bluff that defines this stretch of coastline. Designed by South African architecture studio SAOTA, the house responds to a desire to preserve the characteristic landscape.
Principal architect
Cooper Robertson
Design team
Mark Bullivant, Kerian Robertson, Alwyn de Vos, Eugene Olivier, Mark Robbins, Marinda Holdstock
Collaborators
Copy by SAOTA
Interior design
Rafael de Cardenas
Structural engineer
Tylin
Landscape
Hollander Design
Lighting
Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design
Typology
Residential › Beach House
