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Capital Hill Renovation

Location: Seattle, WA Verge Architecture and Design   At this Capitol Hill house the kitchen was completely renovated, the master bedroom received a new balcony with French doors, and the front of the house received a modern steel-framed deck. In addition, the entire crawlspace was excavated to

Blue Ridge Backyard Cottage

Location: Seattle, WA Atelier Drome Architecture: www.atelierdrome.com   This backyard cottage provides much needed additional living space. Rather than build an addition on the existing house, the homeowners preferred to preserve the house's original aesthetic by constructing a separate cottage. The separation allowed the homeowners to

Samurai Noodle

Location: Seattle, WA   When the Samurai Noodle restaurant moved into this new location in the University District, the new space needed a complete renovation: both the upper floor and lower floor were stripped down to studs. Because the renovation greatly enhanced the use of the building,

Ravenna Porch Addition

Location: Seattle, WA Verge Architecture and Design   For this Ravenna home, the homeowners decided to give their house’s mundane facade an upgrade with modern materials for a sharp new look.

Hood Cliff

Location: Olympic Pennisula, WA Wittman Estes Architecture: www.wittman-estes.com   The new cabin and bunkhouse of this forest getaway are poised on a bluff overlooking the Puget Sound. Floor-to-ceiling windows, flanked by slender steel posts, and flat eaves combine to minimize the structure and maximize the available view.

Forest House

Location: Sammamish Plateau, WA Wittman Estes Architecture: www.wittman-estes.com   This ultra-modern, 5,000 square feet house is a new take on the traditional rambler. Floor-to-ceiling windows and long cantilevered eaves allow the rambler look to be scaled up to a larger house.  The house is notched into the hillside,

Eave House

Location: Seattle, WA Atelier Drome Architecture: www.atelierdrome.com   Second Floor additions often look like a new box stacked on a old box, giving the house a very block-like appearance.  To hurtle this common pitfall, the architect designed a stepped roof with long eaves, to creating a new aesthetic

Bellevue Expansion

Location: Bellevue, WA Atelier Drome Architecture: www.atelierdrome.com   This 4,500 square feet residence emerged from the former 2,000 square feet house via expansion of the basement and the first floor, construction of a new second floor, and addition of a new sub-grade two-car garage.  All finishes were replaced,

Ballard Second Floor

Location: Seattle, WA   This Ballard home received a new second floor to better house a growing family. To support the weight of the new second floor and roof, strategically-located concrete pads were added under the existing basement concrete walls to provide foundation reinforcement.  The new second

Harbour Pointe

Location: Mukilteo, WA Wattenbarger Architects   This expansive three-story wood-framed building is a retirement and assisted living community. www.hpretire.com