"Tucked behind landforms and site walls, this courtyard-focused office complex provides a refuge from the noise and activity of the industrial processing yards nearby."
Source: The Plan
Image: Kevin Scott
Read MoreMiller's Guild On Floornature →
"Like a sophisticated plate-up, the architecture designed by Graham Baba Architects is also layered, bringing together cooking, woodcraft and metalwork in a 263-square-metre open space to create an all-embracing visual harmony."
Source: Floornature
Image: Lara Swimmer
Read MoreWorld Architecture News Article On Washington Fruit's Headquarters →
"Views throughout the thirty-acre complex are controlled, whether to the courtyard, the distant hills, or to the shallow private office views created between the building and the berms. Everything is curated to create a peaceful environment in which to work."
Source: World Architecture News
Image: Kevin Scott
Read MoreArtisans + Architects Write-Up on Washington Fruit →
"The architects carefully curated the landscape as well, using excavated dirt from the foundation to block views of a nearby highway and open up the more pleasing vistas in the distance. “There’s a circle of earth berms so you don’t see the horizon, but you see hills beyond – you’re not aware of the surroundings,” he says."
Source: Architects + Artisans
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Read MoreWashington Fruit in Huffington Post →
“The only precedent the owner showed us was a dilapidated barn, with very old, black wood falling off the building,” says Brett Baba, partner in Graham Baba Architects. “You could see the diagonal knee braces – the gabled shape and the weathered, angled wood were the takeaways.”
Source: Huffington Post
Image: Kevin Scott
Read MoreMeet The Minds of Graham Baba →
"Jim Graham and Brett Baba’s Seattle-based architecture practice boasts a robust portfolio of eclectic projects that evoke a refreshing, distinctly West Coast vibe. This month, the founders of Graham Baba Architects discuss finding balance, defying expectation, and what really brings a space to life."
Source: Hospitality Design
Image: Graham Baba Architects
Read MoreA Look Inside Renowned Italian Glass Artist Lino Tagliapietra’s Seattle Studio →
“Designed by Graham Baba Architects and built by Dovetail General Contractors, the 6,600-square-foot space features white oak flooring, custom blackened-steel tables and stands, and a 45-foot-long light monitor that allows Tagliapietra’s whimsical suspended pieces to hover above gallerygoers.”
Source: GRAY Magazine
Image: Benjamin Benschneider
Read MoreWashington Fruit in Contract Magazine →
Tectonic on ArchDaily →
"Tectonic, a digital experience design studio, desired an open workspace that satisfied their simple office requirements while simultaneously providing space for entertainment—a union of work and relaxation. The modest 2,738-square-foot office space is located on the fourth floor of a six-story, mixed-used building in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood."
Source: ArchDaily
Image: Rafael Soldi
Read MoreCowiche Canyon on Dexigner →
"The Kitchen is elegant yet approachable in its aesthetic, with the dining room and kitchen area all under one roof to put the preparation of food at center stage. Surrounding seating affords views of the chefs at work. Wrapped on three sides with large windows, the dining area opens to the neighborhood, visually and symbolically merging the activity inside with the neighborhood beyond."
Source: Dexigner
Image: Lara Swimmer
The Studios On Dexigner →
"Occupying two floors of the historic Carl Gould-designed Times Square Building, the project transforms a dated, street-level retail space and basement into a bustling community and arts educational center. Composed of seven rentable studios, The Studios was established to fill a city-wide void in state-of-the-art space for rehearsals, auditions, readings, recording sessions, and performances."
Source: Dexigner
Image: Lara Swimmer
Yakima Herald Article On Washington Fruit →
"Views throughout the complex are directed inward to the courtyard or upward to nearby basalt formations and the geography of distant hills, Baba said. “It’s largely about creating an inward focus for the views,” he said. “So the space, the courtyard and the buildings are wrapped with these berms and site walls. It’s ... about focusing the views and creating a great workplace for the people there.”
Source: Yakima Herald
Image: Kevin Scott
Read MoreOffice Snapshot of Cloud Room →
"The concept for Cloud Room posits that “the best office might not be an office at all.” Cloud Room provides a shared working environment and private member’s club enriched by the people who occupy it. The light-filled space creates opportunities for independence and provides people across a range of fields with the ability to connect and collaborate."
Source: Office Snapshots
Image: Lara Swimmer
Read MoreWashington Fruit Wins Architizer's A+ Popular Choice Award →
"...Entries are judged by more than 400 luminaries and thought leaders from fields as diverse as fashion, publishing, product design, real estate development, and tech. We wanted to create an awards program that reminded the world how important architecture is. What architects do shapes every space and every place where people spend their lives."
Source: Architizer
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Read MorePratt in the DJC →
"The nonprofit plans to build a 14,000-square-foot structure with offices, a reception area, and studio space for drawing, painting, printmaking, letterpress, book arts and youth programming. There would also be a new community art gallery on Jackson and a public courtyard...Graham Baba Architects will design the project and Gustafson Guthrie Nichol will be the landscape architect."
Source: The Daily Journal of Commerce
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GBA Designed PCC Heads South →
"PCC has been expanding recently, opening locations at Green Lake, Columbia City, and Bothell within the past four years. It plans to open a location in Madison Valley in 2019. PCC, the nation’s largest natural-foods retail co-op, has also been experimenting with in-store concepts, such as taquerias and more open kitchens. The Burien location will include a taqueria, along with a cafe featuring fresh-baked goods, as well as standard PCC offerings of organic produce, meat and seafood, and hot and cold food bars."
Source: The Seattle Times
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Read MoreMultiple Northwest Firms win 2017 American Architecture Awards →
"Several buildings designed by Northwest firms were among 79 that won 2017 American Architecture Awards. The awards were announced last week by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design, and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. Washington Fruit & Produce Co. Headquarters in Yakima by Graham Baba Architects was one of the winners."
Source: The Daily Journal of Commerce
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Read MoreBuilding Design & Construction Article on Washington Fruit →
"The 18-foot-tall scissored glu-lam structural columns are pulled to the outside to enable the 175-foot-long interior space to be completely column free. The interior, which is topped with 68-foot-long exposed truss girders, reaches a maximum height of 20 feet."
Source: Building Design & Construction
Image: Kevin Scott
Read MoreDJC Article On GBA Designed Klotski Building →
"...the design riffs on the idea of shifting uses. It takes its visual cue from a sliding tile puzzle, also known as a klotski, where the object is to rearrange tiles to solve the puzzle. The puzzle is expressed on the south-facing exterior of the building through the use of large, seven-foot-square perforated metal screens that slide up and down for sun shading and privacy."
Source: The Daily Journal of Commerce
Image: Graham Baba Architects
Read MoreCloud Room On Design Milk →
"Light floods the office, which is located on the 6th floor of a mixed-use building called Chophouse Row. With over 5,000 square feet of space, Cloud Room houses a large, co-working area filled with rows of tables and chairs, as well as a lounge, a glass-fronted conference room, and phone rooms."
Source: Design Milk
Image: Tim Bies
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