It has taken us 17 months to finally finish our own office here at the Park Modern, but that gave us a little time to focus our industrious nature on the task. Through our good buddy Chris, we were able to obtain some unused perforated metal material that was going to be scrapped from a local project. Keeping this in mind, we employed the same tricks we use to keep our client’s budgets reasonable on our own space- finding reusable or discounted materials and finding a way to turn them into elegant compositions (in our humble opinion).
Here’s the material breakdown:
1. Homasote display board attached to vertical slats
2. 1½” x 2” vertical cedar slats at varying lengths
3. Track lights concealed above cedar slats: Juno T12W Trac-Master w/ T359W w/ basic mini universal heads
4. 1 1/4” x 8” cedar slats @ 6”oc (composed of laminating (2) 5/8” slats).
5. 4” deep x 1 ¼” metal flashing “champagne” to match corrugated steel soffit
6. Corrugated, perforated steel panels (off-cuts provided from nearby large project).
7. 4’ long fluorescent lights, boxed out with flashing to match soffit
8. Conference table by SPD; solid laminated Anigre top with steel base
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9. Concrete slab floor with clear sealer
10. Maple plywood cabinets with exposed edges and clear sealed
11. 4’ long fluorescent light boxed out with cedar trim
12. 6062 “Boeing” aluminum alloy, steel plate wall hanging
13. Track lights: Juno T12W Trac-Master w/ T359W w/ basic mini universal heads
14. Orange acrylic panel mounted to wall
15. Corten steel sheet panel mounted to wall
16. Cork panel wall mounted
17. 3-Form Drift Green panel wall mounted
18. Solid fir plank, clear sealed and wall mounted
19. Chalk board panel wall mounted with inset Mockett pull for chalk holder
The construction process vid
The quick cost summary looks like this (in round numbers):
free perforated metal panels (salvaged and reused)
$350 210 lineal feet of matching edge metal (fabricated)
$225 improperly milled clear cedar material (mill unable to sell conventionally)
$1150 additional lumber, cedar, hardware and materials for ceiling assembly
$1200 additional track lighting, heads and lamps
$1250 conference table base; top was salvaged anigre laid-up by our shop, SPD
$75 homasote panels
free 6062 plate (salvaged from Boeing Surplus many years ago)
$35 acrylic panel, cut to size
$95 corten steel panel
$35 cork panel on multiply base
free 3-Form panel (salvaged)
$295 fir plank (bought from reclaimed supplier)
$85 chalk board panel
$300 general consumables
$5,095 project total
Now granted, the labor was our own. If you factor the labor in at our normal billing rates, the $5,095 balloons up to $14,000. This makes our office improvements a tidy $22/ square foot, everything included. An industrious budget by an industrious group in times that call for industrious solutions.
Cheers from your friends at BUILD
Filed under: Architecture, Industrial Architecture, Rural Architecture, Seattle, Suburban Architecture, The Modern List, The Modern List Seattle, Urban Architecture
In addition to a few recent projects here in Seattle, we’ve noticed that there are some great examples of architecture that have been around for decades and should be represented. Today’s post should bring you up to speed with the current work as well as some staples of Seattle design that we should all be familiar with. Many more on The Modern List Seattle… and as always, let us know what we missed.
Recently, the City of Seattle authorized the painting of repetitive geometrical patterns to the underside of some of the more oppressive I-5 underpasses. We got our own up here in Ravenna, and we have to admit that it makes the pedestrian experience much more pleasant. Coincidence that we named this location as one of the top candidates to turn into a legal graffiti park in an earlier post?
[Photo by BUILD LLC]
The geometrical frames also allow for some good impromptu Banksy like stenciling.
[Photo by BUILD LLC]
Four Seasons Hotel and ART restaurant, 99 Union St
[Photo courtesy of The Four Seasons]
Spring Hill Restaurant in West Seattle at 4437 California Ave SW, 206.935.1075 by Heliotrope Architects
[Photos courtesy of Spring Hill]
Remedy Teas on Capital Hill at 345 15th Avenue East, (206) 323-4832 by Adams Mohler Ghillino Architects
[Photo courtesy of Remedy Teas]
Queen Anne Residence on 8th Ave W by Eric Cobb
[Photos by BUILD LLC]
Queen Anne Residence by Olson Architects
[Photo by BUILD LLC]
Sea-Tac Airport Concourse A addition by NBBJ, landscape architect Robert Murase
[Photos by BUILD LLC]
4109 Lake Washington Blvd S. designed by Thomas Isarankura, developed and built by Ainslie-Davis Construction. The house is currently on the market and BUILD kicked the tires at the open house. We were very pleased with the overall design, detailing and amazing lot. Nice job to the develop/design/build team.
[Photo courtesy of Ainslie Davis Construction]
Seattle’s finally got itself a good place to buy European city bikes. Dutch Bike Co., 4421 Shilshole Ave NW, 206.789.1678
Molly Moon’s Ice Cream Shop, 1622 ½ N 45th St, Wallingford, 206.547.5105
[Photo by TinderBOX]
Trabant Coffee Shop downtown at 602 2nd Ave by Bo Hagood of Made LLC and Travis Latta of Lattaworks
[Photo by BUILD LLC]
Seattle Public Library Montlake Branch by Weinstein A|U
[Photos courtesy of Weinstein A|U]
Bethany Community Church at 8023 Green Lake Dr N by Miller|Hull
[Photo by BUILD LLC]
Fremont Peak Park is one of the best little secrets of the city. Located in Fremont near the zoo at 4357 Palatine Ave. N, by Haddad-Drugan. Read about the complicated process to get it realized here.
[Photos courtesy of Haddad-Drugan]
Novelty Hill Januik Winery at 14710 Woodinville-Redmond Rd NE by Mithun
[Photos courtesy of Mithun]
Seattle’s starting to feel a little more big city with the push for better transportation and real transportation maps (inspired by the New York Subway system maps).
thanks to Gavin for the tip
[Image courtesy of Puget Sound Rail]
Pifer House, 1217 Willard Ave W at Parsons Gardens by Ralph Anderson, 1970
[Photo by BUILD LLC]
Marine Sciences Building on the UW campus by Liddle & Jones, landscape by Richard Haag, 1967
[Photo by BUILD LLC]
Nuclear Reactor Building on the UW campus by The Architect Artist Group (Lovett, Streissguth, Zema, Torrence), 1960. The building was recently added to the state list of historic buildings, read more about it here.
[Photo by BUILD LLC]
Filed under: Architecture, Design, On the Radar, Seattle, Travel, Urban Architecture
On the Radar is BUILD’s every-couple-of-weeks synopsis of what we’re up to up.
SURFING
Lately our favorite gratuitous image site is suckerPUNCHdaily which asks: “when was the last time you got punched by design?”
-thanks to Ryan
If you’re looking for more data to sink your teeth into head on over to Greenlineblog, it’s full of juicy information on design, technology and sustainability.
-thanks to Brian
The A-Cero website was new to us and the BUILD jury is still out. Sexy architectural experience or overdesigned and complicated, you be the judge.
-either way, thanks to Josiah
MEETING
A couple of weeks ago we started the Northwest Architecture Meetup group and rounded up the troops at Picnic for our first event. If you live in or around Seattle and enjoy meeting design-minded peeps get yourself signed up for future soirees. Check it out here.
DRINKING
We’ve got a new favorite drink. A St. Germain is 1 shot gin, 1/2 shot St. Germain, 3 shots tonic water, throw a lime in there.
MATERIALIZING
Porcelanosa out of Spain is manufacturing large porcelain tiles textured and graphically matched with a specific wood species. The flooring material is said to be cost-effective, maintenance free and extremely durable. Typically we like materials to look like what they are but for some reason the images of Porcelanosa’s Woodtec line caught our eye. It seems like this product line could have a wide range of uses like walls, backsplashes, indoor-outdoor surfaces… Find out more here.
-thanks to Ken
EVOLVING
If you have not yet watched Annie Leonard’s Story of Stuff close down our silly little blog immediately and watch it here. Then email it to people you like. Solutions can be found here.
DIAGRAMMING
Have we been drinking too much again or did this last election exhibit better communication graphics than all other elections combined? Check out the dynamic maps, cartograms dingbats, icons and yes.. cupcakes.
IDENTIFYING
For a very thorough study in brand logo identity over time check this out.
-thanks to Angela
For a hilarious study of personal identity guidelines give Tank Studio’s Christopher Doyle a visit.
-thanks to Angela
TOURING
The California Academy of Sciences designed by Architecture God Renzo Piano opened up last month and our BUILD senior field correspondent sent us photos hot off the press.
-thanks to Alex for the photos
JetBlue’s Terminal 5 at JFK re-opened on October 22nd. The original TWA terminal by Eero Saarinen was given a $743M addition and update by Gensler and finally the elegant lines and cool lounges regain the lost romance of travel. Get yourself on a flight to Manhattan and we’ll see you in the Deep Blue Bar for St. Germains.
There’s a new player in the modern lodging game. i-escape’s website is a bit cluttered but it offers some hip hideaways and boutique hotels. Afterall, you’ve got to compare the prices on tablethotels with something.
Modern cottages and cabins are a tough find but if you’re in need of lodging in Northern California look into the Healdsburg Cottages. They’re website needs a nice modern update but the grounds look inspiring and the cottages, appropriately named Charles, Ray, George and Eileen, are little modern gems.
-thanks to ken
READING
As far as non-fiction goes around here, Malcolm Gladwell is the bomb. He just released Outliers, his latest book, on Tuesday November 18th and BUILD got a hot little copy in our hands. “An ‘Outlier’ is a scientific term to describe things or phenomena that lie outside normal experience.”
CREATING
Although Andrea Zittel has been producing art since the early 90’s we were only recently introduced to her work at MOMA. Her recent projects look at our living spaces, functional household objects and daily behaviors. She boils these items down to caricatures of habitation creating final pieces that are simple, humorous and refreshingly playful. It’s nice to check in with her work after designing big houses all day.
The Bellevue Art Museum is at the tail end of John Grade’s: Disintegration Sculpture through Landscape; a phenomenal body of work that deserves some attention. Get over to BAM, one of the few Steven Holl projects in the northwest, and check it out before the show closes on November 30th.
You most likely remember the provocative images from Chris Jordan’s “Running the Numbers” series which looks behind the curtain of our collective behavior in the U.S. His photo montages are fascinating, haunting and infectious. He recently spoke at the TED conference and if you’re a Seattle-ite get on over to Grey Gallery & Lounge on the Pike-Pine corridor and join us for the ARCADE release party on Wednesday, December 3rd which features Jordan’s “The Art of Waste”.
DEVELOPING
Despite the terrible market, nice projects continue to spring up in the northwest. Portland’s newest addition, the Clinton Condominiums, relies on close collaboration between developer, architect and builder. Hat’s off to developer Randy Rapaport who supported great design in a time when the path of least resistance is anything but. The building is filling up with great homeowners, a bakery and a yoga studio. Seattle take note – when you build sensible, timeless architecture, good peeps show up.
-thanks to Brian
Mini-malls, parking lots and big box stores seem to be the new focus of society-conscious architects willing to throw schematic ideas at real problems. Recently, “The Washington Post assembled a team of artists, architects, engineers and developers to think creatively about what to do with spaces once occupied by big box stores”… Kudos to The Washington Post. Read more about the second lives of big box stores here.
…that oughta keep you busy over the weekend
