Steeply sloping lots pose serious design challenges for Seattle architects. This is the 2nd article in a series where I describe how we dealt with those challenges on a home I designed on SW Manning Street in West Seattle.
Let’s recap. The lot slopes steeply down from the street (front to back) and the [...]
A lot of my work as an architect is within the City of Seattle. Almost every home I’ve designed the last few years has been affected by Seattle’s steep slope critical area regulations. Designing a home for a steeply sloping site is a lot more complex than simply working up a floor plan [...]
This is a renovation we designed a few years back in downtown Edmonds. It started off as an 800 square foot, 2 bedroom bungalow from the 1920s. It sat on a spectacular view site and was owned by a young family needing a lot more space but working on a relatively tight budget. The foundation [...]
My website has a couple of holes in that I’ve been meaning to fill. I needed to add 2 remodel projects and then add another 30 or so houses to the “See Homes Built in Your Area” section. So here’s one hole filled. This is a 2nd story addition that I designed a couple years [...]
I’m currently working on the design of a new home in West Seattle that will have a partially enclosed outdoor living space off the great room. Laura came across an excellent example of such a room in Sunset Magazine. This was added on to a home on Bainbridge Island and was designed by local [...]
I’m preparing an article on the design of front porches. It’s going to start off as a series of mini-blogs on Twitter but will be developed into a full article on the subject in the future. I found Hawk Meadow Homecraft website while searching for good examples of front porches. They are a Bellingham, WA [...]
