Thoughts on Designing a Vacation Home
We always love the opportunity to work with clients to design a new vacation home! The landscape is always the driver of the design – be it a cabin in …
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CTA Presenting at the Monthly “Ask An Architect” Seminar!
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 …
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Using Houzz to Your Advantage: Make Sense of Your Inspirational Images
Embarking on a remodel or new house effort is an incredibly exciting experience! Getting started usually begins with visual images, and with the barrage of photographs everywhere around us, collecting …
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Mid-Century Hawthorne Hills Addition
We’re seeing exciting progress on the Phase 2 remodel of a mid-century Seattle rambler! Phase 1 involved minor main floor plan and finish updates to create better entry flow and …
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. …
The Bainbridge Farmhouse: Construction Photos
Our last post on the Bainbridge Island House was an early look at our ideas for the farm house-inspired home. Just under a year later, we have our first pictures of …
CTA Collaborates on Sierra Leone Health Clinic with Architects Without Borders
Engineers Without Borders has asked Architects Without Borders – Seattle to design a new health care facility in Sierra Leone specializing in services for women and children. In this effort, Buzz has assembled …
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CTA’s Second Story Additions
As the market keeps getting hotter, many Seattleites are investing in their homes, and one of the biggest investments one can make in their home is a second story addition. …
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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Kingston Master Plan – The Lodge House is in Construction!
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 …
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Bringing the Outside In: Making Windows Work in Residential Architecture
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 …
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Big View House #5: Design-Build to the Finish!
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 …
Sunny & Cold Means Warm Inside
We’ve been fortunate to have had a blast of artic cold and sunny weather here in Seattle — it’s demonstrated to even the most non believer of non believers the …
To remodel, move, or build new?
A question we commonly get from clients is asking whether they should remodel or add on, build anew, or move. While we’re architects and builders and not real estate agents, …
Getting What You Really Want … Master Planning
Often, we think about adding a room, expanding our kitchen, or reconfiguring the spaces in our home by removing a few walls here and there. We may call a contractor …