I came across the following ad on Craigslist recently and while I didn’t offer my services to them it seemed worth writing about in a blog about residential architecture. It touches on a number of issues that I’ve written about in the past. In particular my article on writing the project program for a remodel [...]
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 [...]
