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Dietz Remodel

Location: Seattle, WA Verge Architecture and Design   This remodel includes a kitchen expansion with exposed glulam ceiling beams, a custom stair composed of glulam stringers and concrete treads, and a vaulted roof for natural lighting.

Dey Residence

Location: Seattle, WA Habitecture   This second floor addition utilized manufactured 16” tall manufactured floor joists to span the full width of the existing house.  This allowed the interior of the first floor to remain untouched during construction.

Barn Trusses

This residence, styled to look like a large country barn from the exterior, features 40 feet timber trusses composed of 6x8 lumber and custom steel plate connections.

Personett Residence

Location: Seattle, WA Wendy Personett, Architect   For this project in West Seattle, an old single-story craftsman house was transformed into a two-story house, but maintained the Architectural elements of the original one-story Craftsman aesthetic. *This project was designed at a previous Structural Engineering Firm.

Iverson Residence

Location: Seattle, WA Mike Iverson, Architect   For this house, a second floor was added to gain expansive views of Lake Washington.  The east side of the second story is almost entirely all windows.  For the seismic bracing of the second story at this ‘window wall’, a unique

Suncadia Home

Location: Suncadia, WA Ben Trogdon Architects   This 6000 square feet house features exposed glulam scissor trusses, custom steel plate connectors, a concrete fireplace, and was designed to support a heavy snow load of eight feet of snow.

Stop Sign House

Location: Seattle, WA Ninebark Design Build   For this three story, 3000 square feet house, the builder utilized 4x4 posts that were recovered from the City of Seattle’s cache of old stop signs.  The stop sign posts were milled to create all of the siding, trim, decking, guardrails,

Garden House

Location: Seattle, WA Ninebark Design Build   This backyard cottage features a high, vaulted ceiling, tall window-walls, and a custom steel awning.

Portage Bay Houseboat

Location: Seattle, WA Ninebark Design Build   This houseboat features exposed glulam beams with custom steel plate connectors, a steel frame for lateral bracing, custom steel guardrails, clerestory windows, and custom steel stairs.