CAST architecture has three projects featured in Taunton’s new book on kitchen design. Thanks to Elizabeth and Clay, Bill and Natasha, and Ken and Marilyn for being great clients! Bon appetit!
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The Saratoga residence is moving along-soon we’ll have the exterior wrapped up, and the arcade complete! The interior walnut cabinetry and floating stair treads/glass rail should be installed soon!
The kitchen, in the foreground, is going to feature a 14′ long double loaded island, packed with functionality. Tucked under the stairs, we’ll have a nerve center for all the household computing and controls. There is a private, ornamental garden beyond the dining room’s window wall.
We finally have finished our plywood box wall! The light catches the plywood grain a little differently, highlighting the alternating orientation.
Custom steel stairs to the mezzanine pinned off the concrete, are the next undertaking.
The depth of the boxes are modulated to create niches for models, samples and audiovisual equipment.
CAST had a great 2012–a mixed use studio, our first prefab houses, a pioneering urban farm, some great residential projects and a fabulous cabin in Mazama are just some of the many projects that we worked on this past year.
Canal Street Studio, a mixed use building, is almost dried in and the interior is starting to take shape. Looking good!
The second modular home at 100th Street is getting installed today! Just how much is done offsite in the factory? As much as possible! 
Construction on the Saratoga Residence is proceeding very well, and the overall massing is taking shape. We should have the rest of the steel installed in the next couple of weeks, then all the back up framing can be removed an we’ll really be able to show off the open plan, but for now here is a view of the future garden in foreground and mudroom:
I am building a little painting studio in my backyard, and wanted to try out ‘shou-sugi-ban,’ a traditional japanese technique of burning the wood siding to create a thin charcoal layer to protect the wood, in lieu of staining/painting.
I tied three boards together in a triangle with baling wire, and stood the bundles on a small fire. The fire wicks up the inside of the bundle after about a minute, with flames coming out of the top after about two minutes. I then flipped the bundle, burnt from the other end for another 30-45 seconds. Read the rest of this entry »
If you are interested in urban agriculture and would like to share your ideas to shape the Rainier Beach Urban Farm, please join us Saturday, July 28th from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm for an open event to discuss the project! Stay for the community picnic or just get your hands dirty during the drop-in work party every Saturday from 10 am to 3 pm.
We’ve been working on a house on the shores of Lake Washington near Seward Park. It will feature some fantastic window walls, plenty of outdoor living space, and an interior bridge over the living room/entry to connect the dual suites upstairs. More to come!…