CTA + AWB : Sierra Leone Update
Our Wai Community Health Clinic has finally begun! The local Sierra Leone contractor started work on the latrines as our design team restarts to complete and refine the design of …
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Gonaives Children’s Home & Teaching Farm, Gonaives, Haiti — Update
Buzz and his team from Architects Without Borders Seattle are happy to bring the Gonaives Children’s Home into our design studio to see it through completion. We are proud to do meaningful work around the globe and happy to share our “progress drawings” and sustainability concepts.
Speed Design – quick remodel advice before you buy that home (in a tight real estate market)
Even with the new reality of COVID-19, our very strong Seattle area housing market continues to be a challenge if you’re looking to buy a new home. Multiple offers, escalation …
CTA + AWB : Sierra Leone
After a bit of a delay due to some governmental and programming issues, and with additional site information gathered by Engineers Without Borders, we’re happy to report that our Architects …
CTA + AWB : Haiti Orphanage Update!
The Gonaives Children’s Home & Teaching Farm is moving right along! After some initial site clarifications, we’ve got a plan, a real old fashioned (physical) model, and a 3D digital …
CTA + AWB: HAITI
The Gonaives Children’s Home & Teaching Farm Buzz and his dedicated Architects Without Borders design team recently presented their initial concepts to our nonprofit clients Positive Action for Haiti. This …
South Seattle Shipping Container Office
Two shipping containers are getting a new life in Georgetown – as a backyard office for our busy client! This project has been a long time coming, but it didn’t …
Contemporary Washington Cabin
We’re very excited to see construction start on our latest vacation home! This family retreat sits high on a bluff looking over mountains, vast orchards and vineyards in every direction. …
Mid-Century Modern in Seattle: Tips on Transforming a Typical 60’s Rambler
As we have been remodeling so many Mid-Century Modern homes, we thought we’d highlight a few remodels that demonstrate our Mid-Century values. Owning a 60’s era homes usually means our client has an appreciation for the architectural features …
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Update on CTA’s work in Haiti
Our Architects Without Borders project, a large campus-style secondary and trade school outside of Cabaret, Haiti, is coming to a conclusion! We’ve been working for over a year to provide …
Forest Retreat House
At CTA Builds we’re pretty excited about our new “forest retreat” — this new house is situated in a large 2nd growth wooded parcel overlooking Puget Sound. We’ve designed what …
Inspiration, Empowerment & Architecture
CTA is helping Architects Without Borders design and build a school in Haiti. Follow along as we work to create a place of empowerment through design.
Before Architecture can help
Architects Without Borders: Before Architecture Can Help We’re Seattle architects working on a new school project in Haiti, in a particularly underserved community. As part of the Architects Without Borders team, we …
Lodge House
Approaching the lodge house… there’s a sense, an architecture of timelessness, something that’s been here for a while and something that will be for a while yet, a place to sit by the …
Architects Without Borders
Architects Without Borders and CTA Builds I’ve recently teamed up with “Architects Without Borders” (http://awb-seattle.org/) as a Project Manager. In this role I’m able to give back a little where …
Remodelling Older Homes – Size Matters
Remodelling Older Homes – Size Matters We often get called into a project where a homeowner’s challenge is that they don’t have the space for some necessary function – like …
Living Small by Intention
I work with a lot of clients that subscribe to the belief that bigger isn’t necessarily better. As a believer in this myself, it’s been a privilege to be featured …