Architecture Design Tips: Indoor/Outdoor Spaces
Connecting to the outside for year-round enjoyment. On every remodel or new house design, we work hard to configure spaces so they have a strong inside/ outside connection. We do …
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Connecting to the outside for year-round enjoyment. On every remodel or new house design, we work hard to configure spaces so they have a strong inside/ outside connection. We do …
We are thrilled to have been featured in the June 2nd Pacific NW Magazine found in the Sunday edition of the Seattle Times and online! This is a project we …
We were honored once again to work on another Paul Kirk house remodel this last year – this one in the Innis Arden neighborhood just north of Seattle. The mid-century …
Northwest Mid-Century Remodel Finishes Construction Read More »
This new backyard cottage (DADU – Detached Accessory Dwelling Unit) is recently completed. It is 800 square feet with two bedrooms and 1-1/2 baths on the lower level; the kitchen, …
Fulfilling a lifelong dream of building a home on their family’s land, our clients have recently moved in to their new home in the woods, surrounded by tall firs, fern …
Julie will be giving a seminar this Saturday, October 6th, at 1:00 at the Wallingford Historic Homes Fair! Craftsman Homes in the Modern Age: Craftsman homes were traditionally, and intentionally designed …
Dreaming about a home design project and not sure where to start? Wondering how to make the most of your budget? Curious about green design or how to plan for …
CTA Presenting at the Monthly “Ask An Architect” Seminar! Read More »
Dreaming about a home design project and not sure where to start? Wondering how to make the most of your budget? Curious about green design or how to plan for …
Tucked away behind Manitou Beach on Bainbridge Island is a large grove that has belonged to our clients’ family for several generations. As our clients move into retirement, they’re looking to build a modest …
CTA Design completed a two-phase master plan for a home in the woods in Kingston, on the Kitsap peninsula, a few summers back and we have just received photos of …
Kingston Master Plan – The Lodge House is in Construction! Read More »
Home Architecture Tips: #1 in a Series of Design Tips from a Seattle Architect. One of the big advantages of living in the Puget Sound area is that just outside …
Bringing the Outside In: Making Windows Work in Residential Architecture Read More »
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 …
Continuing in both architect and contractor mode over these past few months, construction has been moving right along. An army of carpenters and subcontractors has plied their handiwork on the house, and …
With our permits approved, we have started to dig at the Big View House site! We’ve started construction on the Big View House, but there was an intensive design process entailed …
Big View House #3: Navigating Permits and Breaking Ground! Read More »
Julie Campbell, one of the Architects at CTA Design Builders Inc., specializes in Mid-Century design and architectural history and has given lectures on this topic around the region. This series of …
Seattle Architects perform Mid-Century Magic! – Part 1 Read More »
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 …
We sometimes get asked “why design build”, or more specifically, “why architect led design build”? So we have put together a few paragraphs to explain why we think this is …
Front Porches Everyone ! We love residential architecture and we love our neighborhoods, and the two work really well together when each supports the other. It works out best because …
WHY ARCHITECT LED DESIGN BUILD ? We get questions from potential clients as to why we think our “master builder” model for residential design and construction is best. So although …
Unfortunately one of our clients had to sell their house and they were concerned that in this recession they would get far less than its real value. However, that was …