“Structured around the idea that design efforts must create an inclusive, dignified place, Graham Baba Architects have completed the Ballard Food Bank, a food bank that offers more than groceries and “customers” can charge phones and refill water bottles, soup and sandwiches are dished up in its Kindness Café, and its resource hub offers a place to connect with staff to navigate services and get financial assistance to prevent homelessness.”

Source: Global Design News
Photo: Lara Swimmer

“Recognizes corporate and not-for-profit workspaces between 15k and 40k square feet.”

Source: IIDA Northern Pacific
Photo: Kevin Scott

“The award recognizes design excellence in hotels, resorts, lodges, bars, wineries, breweries and restaurants.”

Source: IIDA
Photo: Ross Eckert

“Though based in the Pacific Northwest, the firm works on projects across the United States. Among the studio’s notable projects is Chophouse Row, a cultural center created from a collection of contiguous properties within a single block in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood.”

Source: Archello
Photo: Ross Eckert

“The Shop seamlessly integrates hospitality with design, event, office, and immersive retail, serving as a gathering place for the creative community at a time when culture and connection have never been more important. Part café, part boutique, and part showroom, The Shop is a venue that defies categorization. At the beating heart of the “radical hospitality” concept that inspired this utterly unique, experimental weekday space is a love for Seattle, a passion for the local design community, and a belief that design can create both experience and connection.”

Source: Amazing Architecture
Photo: Kevin Scott

“Creating an inclusive, humane and dignified place for community members often shunted into the least desirable paces in the city was this project’s first objective. The second was to ensure the new building could efficiently and safely maximize the food banks ability to meet its mission by reaching as many of those in need as possible. Designed to remove the stigma often tied to seeking help, the end result is an inviting space with a café, gardens and a resource hub. To accomplish this, the project restored a formally abandoned brownfield site.”

Source: Metal Construction News
Photo: Lara Swimmer

“Alaska Airlines sought to transform the lounge typology by providing a warm, welcoming space where all guests could find refuge – to relax, work, refuel and connect – a home-away-from-home with a sense of place deeply rooted in the Pacific Northwest. Programmatically, the lounge is conceived in four zones: Come In, an approachable entry; Help Yourself, a casual bistro; Take a Breath, a haven for peaceful relaxation; and Cut Loose, a cozy bar atmosphere. Lightly separated with an array of oak and twisted metal screens, the spaces flow together.”

Source: ArchDaily
Photo: Ross Eckert

“The complex, which consists of four buildings and is LEED Gold certified, is much more than a simple student residence, however. It’s a place to meet, talk, eat, sleep, spend free time, and learn according to a multidisciplinary program.”

Source: The Plan
Image: Mathew Millman