Residential Architect Magazine: Washington Architects

The Next Files: Alley Man

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:18:59 EST

Daniel Toole, Assoc. AIA, has written a book, Tight Urbanism, that looks at the use of alleys in urban design.

Hammer & Hand survived the recession and doubled in size

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 04:27:24 EST

Daniel Thomas and Sam Hagerman succeed by putting their employees first.

Hammer & Hand survived the recession and doubled in size

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 05:37:23 EST

Daniel Thomas and Sam Hagerman succeed by putting their employees first.

The Global Studio builds public service architecture into a sustainable business model.

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 11:00:41 EST

The Seattle-based firm delivers architectural expertise to underserved communities at home and abroad.

Profile: Nils Finne, AIA

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 10:04:35 EST

Nils Finne, AIA, has long exemplified the highly skilled regional practitioner. Based in Seattle, he draws on Asian, Scandinavian, and mid-century modernist influences in work that distills the environmental and cultural currents of the contemporary Pacific Northwest.

ra50: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 05:17:57 EST

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson explores the nuances of place, people, and how things are made.

ra50: Cutler Anderson Architects

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 05:38:02 EST

Cutler Anderson has mastered the art of timeless design.

ra50: Miller Hull Partnership

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:32:23 EST

Miller Hull's concern for the environment anticipated by decades the profession's current interest in sustainability.

ra50: Mithun

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:31:55 EST

Mithun designs regionally appropriate homes witha sustainable twist.

ra50: Olson Kundig Architects

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:11:17 EST

Olson Kundig’s houses move comfortably between art, nature, and architecture.

top firm: the miller|hull partnership

Wed, 6 Jun 2012 02:54:50 EST

No region of the United States has a stronger, more deeply rooted, or more characteristically regional modernist architecture than the Pacific Northwest.

jay janette, aia, and david goldberg, aia

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:15:40 EST

Seattle-based Mithun always considered itself a regional firm with a strong focus on residential planning and design work, but in 2008 the collective opened a San Francisco office in a move forward as a more diverse and, it hopes, recession-proof company.

a clear logic

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:23:32 EST

Eric Cobb's focus is on structure, simplicity, and surprise. His houses respond to the topology of the land while engaging it lightly. They're often thrust over a steep slope or wetland and rotated toward a chosen view—and not always the predictable one. Materials are abstract, durable, readily available, and exposed for what they are. Cobb routinely urges clients to invest more in the bones of the structure and less on extravagant finishes.

change agent

Wed, 6 Apr 2011 02:58:57 EST

Chapin knows that the loose edges of towns, with their mind-numbing mazes of streets, cannot be improved simply by sending out talented architects. Innovative solutions must come from better planning.

northern lights

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 04:54:52 EST

After nearly four decades of practice, Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects is in the enviable, if well-deserved, position of being a star firm. The partners are at the top of their game, humming along from one plum project to the next. The firm possesses a nationally ranging portfolio of houses for people who pay a premium for its inventive, highly crafted work.

top firm: pyatok architects

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:11:57 EST

It is not unusual for architect Michael Pyatok's subsidized-housing projects to be mistaken for upscale condos.

top firm: mithun

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:12:22 EST

In a genre where the majority of large architecture firms might do a couple of custom homes or an apartment building per year, MITHUN has built a national reputation for well-designed, regionally appropriate residential work.