Washington

Cascading boxes with green roofs form coastal Washington home by Prentiss Balance Wickline

July 7, 2018 Jenna McKnight 0

American firm Prentiss Balance Wickline Architects has created a dwelling in the Pacific Northwest that consists of timber-clad volumes that step down a rocky hillside. The Bailer Hill house is anchored to a boulder-strewn slope on San Juan Island, which is part of an archipelago just off the coast of Washington state. The clients – a

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Little House by MW Works sits on bluff overlooking Washington’s Puget Sound

June 12, 2018 Jenna McKnight 0

American studio MW Works has designed a compact cabin in a Washington forest with exterior walls clad in weathered cedar and blackened cement. The cabin called Little House is located in Seabeck, a waterfront village and former mill town in Washington. It sits within a forest on a bluff overlooking Hood Canal, a natural waterway

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Trout Lake Residence by Olson Kundig opens onto Washington landscape

May 26, 2018 James Brillon 0

Massive bi-folding doors allow this artist’s retreat in Washington by architecture firm Olson Kundig to open to the outdoors and accommodate large pieces of art. Situated in the rural area of Trout Lake, the compound is made up of four buildings arranged in two clusters. The clients, an artist couple, wanted studio spaces that would

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Seattle garden studio by Wittman Estes offers model for “courtyard urbanism”

April 5, 2018 Jenna McKnight 0

US firm Wittman Estes has added a studio building and a Chinese-inspired courtyard to an existing residence in a dense neighbourhood, aiming to show how to maximise an urban lot. The project, called Grasshopper Studio and Courtyard, is located on a rectangular parcel that contains a modest home dating to the 1940s. The project entailed

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Seattle garden studio by Wittman Estes offers model for “courtyard urbanism”

April 5, 2018 Jenna McKnight 0

US firm Wittman Estes has added a studio building and a Chinese-inspired courtyard to an existing residence in a dense neighbourhood, aiming to show how to maximise an urban lot. The project, called Grasshopper Studio and Courtyard, is located on a rectangular parcel that contains a modest home dating to the 1940s. The project entailed

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Foraged materials form artist’s home and studio in Washington woodland

April 1, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

Architect Les Eerkes rescued plywood cladding, kitchen cabinets and a tiny porthole window from houses set to be bulldozed for this rural cabin near the Puget Sound. Eerkes sourced the free materials and appliances to keep within the tight budget for the two-storey studio and residence, created for film director and artist Anna Hoover. The kitchen cabinets,

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BEFORE & AFTER – Hillside Mid-Century By SHED Architecture & Design

March 30, 2018 Erin 0

Photography by SHED and Rafael Soldi   SHED Architecture & Design, together with interior designer Jennie Gruss, have given a 1957 architect-designed mid-century home a fresh update for a young family in Seattle, Washington.   Photography by SHED A black front door welcomes you to the home, that features a wood ceiling and exposed beams. Photography by […]

BEFORE & AFTER – Hillside Mid-Century By SHED Architecture & Design

March 30, 2018 Erin 0

Photography by SHED and Rafael Soldi   SHED Architecture & Design, together with interior designer Jennie Gruss, have given a 1957 architect-designed mid-century home a fresh update for a young family in Seattle, Washington.   Photography by SHED A black front door welcomes you to the home, that features a wood ceiling and exposed beams. Photography by […]

BEFORE & AFTER – Hillside Mid-Century By SHED Architecture & Design

March 30, 2018 Erin 0

Photography by SHED and Rafael Soldi   SHED Architecture & Design, together with interior designer Jennie Gruss, have given a 1957 architect-designed mid-century home a fresh update for a young family in Seattle, Washington.   Photography by SHED A black front door welcomes you to the home, that features a wood ceiling and exposed beams. Photography by […]

BEFORE & AFTER – Hillside Mid-Century By SHED Architecture & Design

March 30, 2018 Erin 0

Photography by SHED and Rafael Soldi   SHED Architecture & Design, together with interior designer Jennie Gruss, have given a 1957 architect-designed mid-century home a fresh update for a young family in Seattle, Washington.   Photography by SHED A black front door welcomes you to the home, that features a wood ceiling and exposed beams. Photography by […]