A 14,000 square foot office remodel reimagines a century-old space in an iconic Seattle neighborhood. Substantial, a digital design studio, moved into a 100-year-old building in the heart of Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood.
Location
Seattle, Washington, USA
Principal architect
Jon Gentry, Aimée O’Carroll
Design team
Jon Gentry, Aimée O’Carroll
Construction
Crossgrain and Dolan Built
Typology
Commercial › Office Building
Easily the most challenging property Heliotrope has encountered, the developable portion of this unique west-facing waterfront property in the San Juan Islands fell within a coastal geological buffer, aquatic wildlife buffer, class II wetland buffer, and is situated less than 100 feet from an active bald eagle nest.
Project name
Lopez Lookout
Architecture firm
Heliotrope Architects
Location
Lopez Island, Washington, USA
Design team
Joe Herrin, Mazohra Thami
Interior design
Heliotrope Architects
Construction
Thomas Fragnoli Construction
Material
Wood, Metal, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
The Shop seamlessly integrates hospitality with design, event, office, and immersive retail, serving as a gathering place for the creative community at a time when culture and connection have never been more important. Part café, part boutique, and part showroom, The Shop is a venue that defies categorization. At the beating heart of the “radical h...
Project name
The Shop by Porter
Architecture firm
Graham Baba Architects
Location
Seattle, Washington, USA
Design team
Graham Baba Architects project team: Jim Graham. Lauren Strang. Taehyung Kim. Porter project team: Kathleen Selke. Kyle Haakenson. Amy Atkins. Mia Wiggin
Collaborators
Environmental Art: House of Sorcery; Acoustic Consultant: SSA Acoustics, LLP; Kitchen Equipment Consultant: CMA Restaurant Supply & Design, Inc.; Custom Metal Fabrication: Out of Round Design; Casework: Creoworks
Structural engineer
ROICH Structural
Construction
MRJ Constructors
Client
Client: Porter Owner's Representative: Splice
Typology
Hospitality › Café, Showroom
The new 6,100-square-foot Highland Park Improvement Club (HPIC) Celebration Center will provide a welcoming social focal point for community activities, and for building community connections and resilience. HPIC will offer residents a renewed sense of civic identity, reinforced by ties to history and the broader urban context.
Project name
Highland Park Improvement Club - Celebration Center
Architecture firm
Wittman Estes
Location
Seattle, Washington, USA
Design team
Matt Wittman AIA LEED AP. Jody Estes. Heather Crain AIA. Nikki Sugihara. Brandon Patterson
Collaborators
Frank Company (Structural Engineer)
Visualization
Wittman Estes
Client
Highland Park Improvement Club
Typology
Cultural Architecture
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
Backyard garage conversion transformed into a delightful, multipurpose garden studio by Mutuus Studio. The flexible workshop area transforms from garden shed to exercise room to office to playroom to outdoor gathering space.
Project name
Ella's Garden Shed
Architecture firm
Mutuus Studio
Location
Seattle, Washington, USA
Design team
Jim Friesz, Kristen Becker
Interior design
Mutuus Studio / Kristen Becker
Lighting
Mutuus Studio / Jim Friesz
Construction
Crescent Builds
Material
Windows (NanaWall SL45 Folding Systems, dark bronze anodized). Glazing (Double-glazed Low-E Insulated Tempered 60, Spacer Bar with a dark bronze finish). Lighting (School House Electric light fixtures)
Typology
Residential › Shed
This residence was shaped by the site – an open meadow surrounded by mature evergreen trees. The building is tucked up to the northern edge of the meadow allowing maximum southern light to the pavilion style main living space. A new drive is woven through the mature trees along the western edge, obscuring the home and meadow from visitors until the...
Architecture firm
Prentiss + Balance + Wickline Architects (pbwarchitects.com)
Location
Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
Photography
Andrew Pogue Photography (andrewpogue.com)
Principal architect
Tom Lenchek, Principal, PBW Architects
Design team
Shawn Kemna, Project Architect, PBW Architects
Interior design
Prentiss + Balance + Wickline Architects (pbwarchitects.com)
Structural engineer
Harriott Valentine Engineers (harriottvalentine.com)
Landscape
o Landscape - Allworth Design (http://www.allworthdesign.com/). o Garden design – Octavia Chambliss (http://www.octaviachambliss.com/)
Construction
Hobbs Home Building (https://www.hobbshomebuilding.com/)
Material
Glass, metal roof, concrete floor
Typology
Residential › House
Located in Seattle’s University District neighborhood, this five-story, thirty-unit apartment building relies on simple, economical design moves to elevate the living experience for the residents and set it apart from typical, efficient market-rate apartments. Leveraging a yin-yang visual aesthetic, the building makes the most out of a little.
Project name
15th Avenue Apartments
Architecture firm
KO Architecture
Location
Seattle, Washington, USA
Photography
Benjamin Benschneider, Lara Swimmer
Principal architect
Kevin O’Leary
Collaborators
Robert M. Pride (Geotechnical Engineer), Emerald Land Surveying (Surveyor), H. Armond Enterprises (Arborist)
Structural engineer
BTL Engineering
Typology
Residential › Apartment
