mwworks designed a small cabin called the Little House, a 1,140-square-foot retreat nestled into the forest overlooking Hood Canal on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state. "The small footprint ultimately served as an effective tool to govern the design process," notes the architects. "Focus was placed on the essentials...extras were edited out...
Project name
Little House
Architecture firm
mwworks
Location
Seabeck, Washington, USA
Interior design
Avery Cox Design
Landscape
Johnson Southerland
Structural engineer
PCS Structural Solutions
Construction
E&H Construction
Material
Wood, Glass, Stone, Metal
Typology
Residential › House
Located on a rural site on Whidbey island, a local family sought a new home and retreat on their family farm. Out of respect for turn-of-the-century agricultural buildings on the property, the home tucks into the edge of a densely forested hillside, overlooking chicken sheds, a weathered red barn, cattle fields, and a fishing pond.
Project name
Whidbey Island Farm Retreat
Architecture firm
mwworks
Location
Whidbey Island, Washington, USA
Design team
Steve Mongillo, Drew Shawver, Eric Walter, Briony Walker, Suzanne Stefan
Structural engineer
PCS Structural Solutions
Landscape
Kenneth Philp Landscape Architects
Construction
Dovetail General Contractors
Material
Wood, stone, Glass, Metal
Typology
Residential › House
Originally built as a modest beachfront cabin in the 1960s, and subsequently modified through a series of piecemeal renovations, by the time our client acquired the house its design integrity had long ceased to exist. The forested property, however, was ideally suited to the creation of a quiet refuge with direct connections to nature.
Project name
Lakeside Residence
Architecture firm
Graham Baba Architects
Location
Mercer Island, Washington, USA
Design team
Brett Baba, design principal. Francesco Borghesi, project team. Noreen Shinohara, project team
Collaborators
Geotech Consultants (geotechnical engineer)
Interior design
Terry Hunziker
Structural engineer
Carissa Farkas
Landscape
Rich Haag and Associates / Anne James Landscape Architect
Construction
Lockhart Suver
Material
Polished concrete and stone, cirussed rift white oak wood, fumed oak floors, and blackened steel
Typology
Residential › House
Graham Baba Architects completes Cedar House in Clyde Hill, Washington. The project involved a complete renovation of a house originally designed by noted Pacific Northwest architect Ralph Anderson. Despite falling outside of the traditionally accepted definition of mid-century modern (it was originally built in the 70s), the design (including nota...
Architecture firm
Graham Baba Architects
Location
Clyde Hill, Washington, USA
Interior design
Graham Baba Architects
Construction
Dovetail General Contractors
Typology
Residential › House
Inhabiting a wave-like landform just outside Walla Walla, Alton Wines nestles itself into an existing cove that is formed by the surrounding vineyards. A long drive from the county road traces the existing vineyards which are carved into the natural terrain. The site itself is an untouched pocket amongst farm land.
Location
Walla Walla, Washington, USA
Design team
Jon Gentry, AIA. Aimée O’Carroll, ARB. Yuchen Qiu. Ashley Skidmore
Civil engineer
Knutzen Engineering
Structural engineer
J Welch Engineering
Construction
Mountain States Construction
Material
Concrete, glass, steel, wood
Designed by Seattle-based architecture firm Wittman Estes, the Yo-Ju Courtyard House is located in Clyde Hill, Washington (a suburb of Seattle). Through a series of thresholds from opaque to transparent, Yo-Ju Courtyard House, which means “secluded living” in Mandarin Chinese, embraces the future of suburban density by establishing a private experi...
Project name
Yo-Ju Courtyard House
Architecture firm
Wittman Estes
Location
Clyde Hill, Washington, USA
Principal architect
Matt Wittman
Design team
Matt Wittman AIA LEED AP, Jody Estes, Ashton Wesely
Interior design
Henrybuilt (Kitchen)
Structural engineer
Malsam Tsang Structural Engineering
Construction
DME Construction Inc.
Material
Wood, Concrete, Glass, Steel, Stone
Typology
Residential › House
Completed in 2018 by Seattle-area architecture firm Coates Design, Tumble Creek Cabin is a single-family home situated in Suncadia Resort, Cle Elum, Washington, USA. This vacation home designed to be “net-zero” lies in the beautiful Suncadia Resort in Washington State’s Cascade Mountains. The resort, located on the sunny side of the Cascades, hosts...
Project name
Tumble Creek Cabin
Architecture firm
Coates Design
Location
Suncadia Resort, Cle Elum, Washington, USA
Principal architect
Matthew Coates, Coates Design
Design team
Project Architect- Brian Schroeder, Project Team- Justin Helmbrecht, Nathan Brantley, Daniel Stewart
Collaborators
Quantum Consulting Engineers (Civil engineer)
Interior design
Melissa Anderson – All in the Details
Landscape
Patrick Lounher
Structural engineer
Quantum
Construction
Brock Smith Custom Homes
Visualization
Coates Design
Material
Wood, Concrete, Glass, Stone, Metal
Typology
Residential › House
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