Ninebark’s “garden pavilion” that I wrote about last Fall was featured this week on Dwell.com. I have a feeling that you’ll be reading more about Ninebark Design Build in the near future…
Ice Cube Celebrates The Eames
December 8th, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink
Did you know that Ice Cube studied architectural drafting before he became a rapper? Neither did I….
VA Hospital for HDR Architecture
November 22nd, 2011 § 1 comment § permalink
The VA Hospital of Seattle opened it’s brand new Emergency Department last month. Designed by HDR Architecture the new ED is pretty high tech inside and out.
Of particular awesomeness is the sweeping front elevation: a wall of thick glass containing hundreds of LED lights that can all be independently controlled. By day the glass is a calm light blue color, but come nightfall the entire front facade can display any color in any pattern one chooses (that would be the one who knows how to work all the buttons and dials on the control panel of course).
Umpqua Bank for Ditroen
November 15th, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink
I recently photographed the new Umpqua Bank flagship location on Queen Anne. The interiors of the newly remodeled Umpqua Bank locations are the result of a collaboration between Ditroen and the Miller Hull Partnership and are very cool and “un-bank-like,” with free wi-fi laptop tables, kid friendly play/hangout areas, and a coffee and snack station. The Queen Anne location even has a projection screen hooked up to a Wii!
California Dreamin’
November 11th, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink
View from my seat as I bid farewell to sunny SoCal. Spent some time this week in Newport Beach photographing a new residential project for Graham Architecture.
Dwell Magazine – November 2011
October 12th, 2011 § 2 comments § permalink
I’ve got a few photos in the new November 2011 issue of Dwell Magazine’s “Houses We Love” section. The project featured is the Ryan Mankoski designed floating home that I photographed almost two years ago.
Ninebark Design/Build has been busy doing some pretty cool stuff since. This past summer I met up with Ryan again to photograph this copper-clad detached studio:
Website Portfolio Update
October 10th, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink
I’ve finally got around to uploading some more images to my website. Most of the images are from relatively recent projects but a few are from projects that I photographed over two years ago but have been kept in the dark due to publication embargoes. I’ve added a bunch to the “residential” section of the website and a few to the “commercial” section as well. Winter weather (ie: rain) is in full effect here in Seattle but I’ve still got a small handful of very cool projects coming up before the year is out (some located in warmer/sunnier climes) so hopefully I can add a few more to the site before the New Year.
I was experimenting with other images for the front splash page of the website but I have gotten so much positive feedback regarding the floating home image that it will stay up on the front for now. It’s definitely one of my fav’s….
New Old Digs for Rice Fergus Miller
September 14th, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink
Rice Fergus Miller had me ferry out to the peninsula recently to round out the photography of their newly renovated headquarters for the upcoming 2011 AIA Awards. Not only did they take a Sears automotive warehouse that had been abandoned for 30 years and turn in to a tricked out new workplace, but they did it all to LEED Platinum standards.
75% of the existing structure was reused and the building is insulated so well that if the outside air temperature is between 60 and 75 degrees no active heating or cooling of the space is needed. Check out the 15′ Big Ass Fan that manages air circulation within the space.
The DMZ
September 3rd, 2011 § 2 comments § permalink
View of the Joint Security Area of the Korean Demilitarized Zone from Dora Outpost. Look closely and you’ll see the flags of both North and South Korea flying on opposite ends of the zone.
View after being yelled at for taking photographs beyond the designated line.
Ahn-Young! from Seoul
August 30th, 2011 § 1 comment § permalink
I’m in Seoul, South Korea all this week photographing a very awesome project. We’ve been pretty busy with the project but hope to get some time to check out the city a bit. Lots of interesting buildings here.