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CAST presenting at the NW Ecobuilding Guild’s 10X10X10

Matt Hutchins — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:16:52 +0000

September 24, 2010
6:30 pm	to	8:00 pm

I’ll be presenting the Sunset Substation Park to the NW Ecobuilding Guild at their annual “green building slam,” 10×10x10.

It’s “a high-energy introduction to ten cutting-edge sustainable building projects in and around Seattle…featuring fast-paced presentations by the region’s leading green builders and delicious food and drink.”

This marks our second year in a row presenting (last year, we showed off the Fremont Townhomes)!

Sunset Substation in Inhabitat

Matt Hutchins — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:32:13 +0000

One of my daily destinations for green design, Inhabitat, just featured our Sunset Substation Park!

Just a blurb, but there is more information on the Sunset Substation blog

AIA Seattle’s New Edge New Blood 2010 exhibit opening

Matt Hutchins — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:22:34 +0000

It was great to see a solid turnout for the opening. It was so packed I couldn’t really spend time looking at the work, amongst all the starving architects jockeying for free wine, beer and food!

AIA Seattle’s New Edge New Blood 2010 exhibit opening tonight!

Matt Hutchins — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:03:31 +0000

Come see the freshest work by a group of young architects, tonight at the AIA office downtown. We’re honored to be a part of this group!

Sunset Substation in the news

Matt Hutchins — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:14:54 +0000

In the Daily Journal of Commerce: Green Building Blog

Final Sunset Substation Park Renderings

Matt Hutchins — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:12:10 +0000

The final Feasibility Study and Community Design Report is available here

Parkour Park

Matt Hutchins — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 03:09:39 +0000

Congratulations to Parkour Visions–the City has selected them as a finalist for the ‘Holding Pattern‘ competition to help energize one of Seattle’s stalled building sites. I’m hoping we’ll have an opportunity to help them create an urban Parkour park, although temporary, here in Seattle!

CAST architecture in Seattle Homes and Lifestyles magazine

Matt Hutchins — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:30:04 +0000

capitol hill after

We just heard that one of our past projects is going to be featured in Seattle Homes and Lifestyles next year! The project was a remodel of a classic victorian on Capitol Hill. The original house was well kept, but overgrown, dark with a tiny kitchen:

capitol hill kitchen: before the remodel

before the remodel: the dining room

The walls in the dining room were forest green, but you couldn’t even really tell, because of the heavy drapes, and the 15′ hedge that was gradually consuming the site.

We took down the hedge, pulled the drapes, then started cutting into the house to open up the spaces, and connect the house to the outside world. We added an elegant back porch, perfect for grilling, using all the period details down to the last dentil. Even though we maintained the perimeter of the existing house, by using the space better, we were able to triple the kitchen’s size, and put in built-ins to maximize every corner without altering the character of the house.

capitol hill kitchen: after

capitol hill dining room: after

new bench seat following the big bay window, with concealed storage for kids'

CAST architecture selected for New Edge Exhibit at AIA Seattle

Matt Hutchins — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:35:33 +0000

July 1, 2010
5:00 pm	to	7:00 pm

We’ve been selected as one of the up and coming Seattle architecture firms shaping the future of our fair city. The exhibit will be up at AIA Seattle in July with a reception on the July 1st from 5-7 pm.

The exhibit will highlight ten or so local firms, and will be a great chance to see some fresh design thinking from around town. The AIA hasn’t published the full list of firms included yet, but when they do, I’ll link up to their websites.

Another park proposal: Parkour Park to fill in some of the urban voids left by the recession

Matt Hutchins — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:58:08 +0000

In collaboration with Parkour Visions, we put together a proposal to turn a site at 19th and Madison (currently an empty lot, that ironically Kevin in our office designed a 4 unit complex for at a prior firm before the economy tanked) into a Parkour Park. Parkour Visions, in addition to being a gym (and one of our building’s tenants), does training, classes, and preaches the Parkour gospel to the masses. If you aren’t familiar with Parkour, check this out:

video clip 1:

video clip 2:

The proposal (found here), is for a Seattle Design Commission competiton called “Holding Pattern” to create temporary uses for vacant land spread throughout the city, with the goal to activate these urban spaces. We’ll find out next week if the ParkOurPark is going to get the green light!