"The scissor columns comprise two Douglas fir glulam members angled at different directions—one lists inward toward building and the other stands perpendicular to the roof slope. Delicately crossing each other before tying into twin steel posts, the columns anchor into concrete piers."
Source: Architect Magazine
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Read More"Part arts initiative and part residential development, 325 Westlake merges old and new structures to create a building that preserves the character of the existing building and the site, while ensuring its continued usefulness."
Source: AIA Seattle
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"The Hangar is a civic building with a 1,000-square-foot cafe operated by Diva Espresso and rentable community spaces with integrated storage. The building has a prominent canopy, porch-like stoop, an operable window wall, geothermal heating and a green roof."
Source: Daily Journal of Commerce
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Read More"Both tenants and customers are attracted by the funky charm of these spaces, as well as the shops, bars and restaurants that fill them. Jim Graham said the projects work because the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. They also provide an antidote to the vanilla spaces big chain outlets tend to occupy. There are buildings, such as Melrose Market, that have a charm “that we don't want to bulldoze over,” he said. “Those buildings just need a little bit of care and thought to become something special, and Graham Baba has shown an ability to do so.”
Source: The Daily Journal of Commerce
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Read More"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
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Read More"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
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Read More"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 More“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
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Read More"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
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Read More“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
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Read More"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
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Read More"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
"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
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"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
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Read More"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
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Read More"...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
Image: Kevin Scott
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