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CAST architecture has three projects featured in Taunton's new book on kitchen design. Thanks to Elizabeth and Clay, Bill and Natasha, and Ken and Marilyn for being great clients! Bon appetit!
Great News--We won the 2012 BEST SMALL HOUSE AWARD from Fine Homebuilding magazine. They did a very nice video (link) with interviews of our awesome clients. The Widner's DADU has been covering in our blog before (here and here).
The Widner Cottage is going to be open to the public twice this summer for tours:
First, the Phinney Neighborhood Association's Home and Garden Tour will roll through on June 12th, from 11-4 pm (see link).
Second, the Cottage will be featured as the AIA Seattle's Open House on July 17th from noon to 3 pm. Â More information here. Â As part of the tour, the house will be published in Seattle Magazine, in the Northwest Home section in July.
CAST architecture was featured in a couple of articles in the latest Forum magazine (published by AIA Seattle):
Sunset Substation Park was highlighted in an article, Ideas Toward a Renewable City, by Kate Cudney and Tom Mulica.
In a second article, New Edge/New Blood: Â Refreshing reminders from ten young firms on keeping your competitive edge, by David Spiker, I talk about our use of blogging as a tool to highlight recent work and causes such as Backyard Cottages and reforming the Multifamily code. Â Hopefully it is giving people a broader understanding, beyond the glossy portfolio, of the values that drive our designs.
Congratulations to Randy and Sage! Their renovation is featured in Seattle Homes and Lifestyles, and even made the cover! Â Here is a link to the article:
After ten (ten!) years in our current location we are moving to a new space in Fremont into Dave Boone's great building @Â 115c N.36th overlooking the Ship Canal.
As you can see, it is perfectly raw and we'll be burning the midnight oil to get it into shape for the new year.
After the holidays, we'll be having a building wide celebration in concert with D.Boone Construction, and Cascade Bicycles.
John Peterson, of Public Architecture, is coming to town on October 20th to give a talk on how pro bono design is making a difference. Â His firm has been behind a national effort, call the One Percent, to mobilize architects to donate 1% of their time per year toward pro bono causes.
Recently they've published a book called the Power of Pro Bono detailing 40 project nation wide where architects have donated their time toward great causes. CAST architecture's first pro bono project, the Interbay P-Patch is featured in the book.
We joined up with the One Percent several years ago after finishing the first project for the P-Patch, and have since completed several, with more on the way. I heartily recommend public service as an excellent way for architects to use their unique skill set to improve the community. Â Plus, personally, it feels great to know that you've made a difference in the lives of some of your neighbors.
Here are the details for the talk:
Wednesday, 10/20
Pan Pacific Hotel
2125 Terry Avenue, Lakefront Room
Cocktails start at 5:30, the talk starts at 6:15, with dessert and coffee afterwards.
One of my daily destinations for green design, Inhabitat, just featured our Sunset Substation Park! Just a blurb, but there is more information on the Sunset Substation blog
It was great to see a solid turnout for the opening. It was so packed I couldn't really spend time looking at the work, amongst all the starving architects jockeying for free wine, beer and food!
In the Daily Journal of Commerce: Green Building Blog