Press

Hulett McCotter Residence

Congratulations to Randy and Sage! Their renovation is featured in Seattle Homes and Lifestyles, and even made the cover!  Here is a link to the article:

Victorian Revolution

CAST's new home

After ten (ten!) years in our current location we are moving to a new space in Fremont into Dave Boone’s great building @ 115c N.36th overlooking the Ship Canal.

As you can see, it is perfectly raw and we’ll be burning the midnight oil to get it into shape for the new year.

After the holidays, we’ll be having a building wide celebration in concert with D.Boone Construction, and Cascade Bicycles.

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

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:

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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!