Examples of Urban Infill
[Image source: Skylab Architecture] There’s a shift happening in the built environment right now. Suburban land is becoming increasingly scarce, and rural land is being pushed to inaccessible...
View ArticleOn The Radar
The year’s wrapping up with a ton of great content we’ve been stumbling upon out there. Check out some of the latest on our radar, and as always share any of yours in the comments. DESIGNing...
View ArticleBUILD’s Guide to Non-Consumer Gifts
[Image source: Belle Clementine] Though you wouldn’t know it by the retail craze that descends upon our lives every November, most of us are already bogged down with too much stuff. However, at the...
View ArticleHow to *Really* Get Hired at an Architecture Firm (Part II)
We received an interesting email the other day. A good friend of ours was looking for a hard working, dedicated young architect to provide some horse-power and design savvy at his architecture...
View ArticleCase Study House Wrap-up, Timeline & Costs
[All photos by BUILD LLC] It seems like only a short while ago that the BUILD Case Study House was just an idea we were mulling around the office. We had identified a parcel of land in Seattle that...
View ArticleReflections + Projections
HAPPY NEW YEAR! 2012 was a great year here at the BUILD World Headquarters. Dozens of great opportunities came through the door and we’ve got an office full of projects that we’re genuinely proud of....
View ArticleArchitects in the Afterhours
[Image credit: Anne Hilton] We talk a lot about what we do at work on this blog. On occasion, we’ll dip a toe into the activities that we engage in outside the office doors. Today, we decided to add a...
View ArticleBUILD Status Report
The new year rolled in at full-speed for all of us here at BUILD, and we’re coming up for a breath of air to share what we’ve been up to the past few months. ARCHITECTing Fremont Urban Infill...
View ArticleBeing a Professional Architect is about much more than just designing nice...
There is something that has been brewing in our city for some time — we’ve been seeing peers stepping way too far over the line in pitching ‘optimism’ to potential clients. We’ve good-naturedly gone...
View ArticleIrish Modern
[Image credit: Heneghan Peng Architects] A few years back, around St. Patrick’s Day, the BUILD Blog profiled a handful of modern Irish architects. Though it’s not a tradition we adhere to each year,...
View ArticleWhen the Dog Catches the Bumper: An Interview with Jared Della Valle (Part II)
[Image Credit: nytimes.com] Last year, BUILD got to know Jared Della Valle at the Reinvention 2011 event in Phoenix, Arizona. We were astounded by his bandwidth, professional diversity and...
View ArticleThe Most Important Ingredient
[All photos by BUILD LLC] We recently completed the tenant improvement for Society Consulting in Bellevue, Washington and while the work is complete, the project isn’t done. Once the paint dries,...
View ArticleOn the Radar
With the year rolling on at full force, we’ve been bombarded with inventive, humorous, and all-around inspiring activity. Here’s the latest to hit our radar. Share what’s been hitting yours in the...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to MoMA: The Museum of Mediocre Aspirations
[Image source: The Fox is Black] Dear MoMA, We’ve had our differences over the years, no doubt. In 2008, we criticized the Home Delivery:Fabricating the Modern Dwelling exhibit and in 2011, we took...
View ArticleThe Modern List San Francisco
[Image source: Looking At Glass] We recently returned from San Francisco for our creativeLIVE project which is in full-throttle construction mode. While we were in the City by the Bay we also...
View ArticleThe Modern List Napa
[Image source: Dominus Estate] While on a recent work trip to San Francisco, we were able to play hooky and sneak up north to California’s wine country for a quick tour. Today’s post is a modern...
View ArticleSuccess is a Team Sport
[Joe Kilborne, Jason Webber, Bart Gibson] Completing a new project and getting the finished photos up on the BUILD website is always a great feeling. There’s a certain victory in crossing the finish...
View ArticleBUILD Status Report
[Photo by BUILD LLC] The year’s shaping up to be an active, interesting one at BUILD. We have multiple projects under construction, been getting a healthy dose jet-setting to job sites out of state,...
View ArticleWhat We (Should Have) Learned from the Recession
[Photo Credit: Wall Paper Dev] We don’t know about other parts of the country, but here in Seattle, in what seems to be the blink of an eye, the free-wheeling real estate times are back. The...
View ArticleTen Interviews for ARCADE
[Image Source: ARCADE] Over the course of the past few years, we’ve had the pleasure of contributing an interview series for each issue of ARCADE Magazine. We’ve sat down, both in person and over...
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