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The nitty-gritty.
SCENE 27. architecture
A lodge designed by Portland firm Hacker adds modern edge to a woodsy 40-year-old resort.
28. retail
Vancouver lighting star Lukas Peet branches into interior design.
30. happenings
News, events, and openings.
36. fashion
Carlo Scanagatta merges art and technology to create gallery-worthy silk scarves.
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54. Portland’s Lightning Bar Collective
42. people
58. Alinda Morris designs a kid-proof
Curator Chiyo Ishikawa explores the blurred lines between fashion and art with a blockbuster YSL exhibition. Krownlab founder Stefan Andrén is fighting to keep the manufacturing spirit alive in Portland’s Northwest Industrial neighborhood.
STYLE: RENOVATION 45. Talk about most-improved. What
scores major points for its latest eatery: a sports bar that doesn’t look like a sports bar.
yet elegant kitchen for an active family of nine.
62. sourced
Texture meets minimalism meets metals. GRAY trend-forecasts the emerging “New Nordic” style.
was once a rundown seafood shop in Vancouver’s Chinatown is now a sleek high-concept gym.
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50. Architect D’Arcy Jones carves an industry-disrupting recording studio out of a former Railtown factory.
66. A kitchen makeover in Oregon
Who doesn’t love a little glamour? Amp it up with these timeless pieces. shows the power of punchy color.
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Simon deftly updates the bathroom of a 90-year-old Seattle house.
FEATURES 70. radical traditions
Seattle designer Brian Paquette blends the charm of a historic home with his client’s love of modern minimalism and punk rock.
76. all the home’s a stage A creative homeowner and up-foranything builder layer Old Hollywood style into a tired Portland colonial.
84. the right angles
Interior designer Jenny Martin plays with geometry in a beachside house in Victoria, B.C.
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A minimalist, high-contrast kitchen in Squamish, B.C., lets the landscape take center stage.
92. workspace roundup
GRAY takes a design tour through the Northwest’s best-designed new coworking spaces. PLUS: Get the look with our handpicked products.
110. resources
Design professionals, furnishings, and suppliers featured in this issue.
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The moody master bedroom of a Portland home renovated by homeowner Britney Renner and builder Soren Clark. SEE PAGE
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The Nitty-Gritty EVERY DESIGN WRITER PRAYS FOR THAT MOMENT IN AN INTERVIEW WHEN WE KNOW WE’VE FOUND THE ESSENCE OF A STORY—the nugget that elevates it from just another pretty interiors piece
into a narrative worthy of the reader’s attention. Maybe it’s a zingy quote or an inspired design move that instantly telegraphs the subject’s ingenuity. Or maybe it’s a great anecdote—seven home-schooled kids durability-testing kitchen materials (pg. 58), say, or an architect revamping a decrepit seafood shop into a high-concept urban gym (pg. 45). If an interviewee doesn’t offer enough to hang a narrative on—and let’s be honest, designers aren’t typically known for their storytelling—we can deploy certain journalistic tricks to draw out a quirky tale or the spark of personality animating a project. My favorite tactic? Get a designer to talk about a project’s “before” state. The worse a space looked before the designer waved a magic wand, the better. Decades of junk littering the floors? Dead pigeons in the rafters? Yes, please. Running counter to writers’ agendas is a strange, instinctual designers’ instinct—many are, mysteriously, masters of abstract, distancing language. Where someone else might say “a window,” an architect might say something like (and I quote affectionately from our February 2015 issue), “The glass acts almost as a veil, separating the spaces but leaving a transparent connection between interior and exterior.” So you see why I like renovations. When you’re talking about something as tactile as a rough, raw space (or even just an outdated house stuck in the ’80s; see pg. 70), even the most intellectualizing designer will break out some refreshingly, visceral language. My all-time favorite comes courtesy of Thomas Schaer of SHED Architecture & Design, who a few years ago described a cramped, white-tiled bathroom as having a “slaughterhouse vibe” before he redid it. In this issue, we turn the spotlight on a special brand of design alchemy, the transformation of that dull “before” into the golden “after.” And in our reporting, we are guided by the knowledge that design and construction are about more than just the pretty end results—they’re about the sometimes messy, often sweaty in-between. A good renovation is about the many collaborators who were critical to its success, and all the hard work they put in. That’s a story that never gets old.
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The lakeside bistro at central Oregon’s Black Butte Ranch is part of a new two-building lodge designed by Hacker. Dark-stained cedar clads the outside, while clear-stained cedar keeps things bright inside.
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A hidden gem in central Oregon’s Willamette National Forest, Black Butte Ranch has been a popular vacation destination for more than 40 years. In addition to the majestic mountains and sweeping meadows surrounding the resort, its guests can now appreciate another form of beauty: the newly redeveloped central lodge. Designed by Portland-based architecture firm Hacker and built by Bend’s Kirby Nagelhout Construction, the complex comprises two low-slung structures housing a restaurant, outdoor pool, locker rooms,
fitness center, and children’s activity area. Knotty cedar planks clad the interior and exterior and give form and texture to the structure’s many built-in furnishings. Expansive windows and breezeways frame the distant mountains and nearby lake. Viewed from outside, the unobtrusive lodge appears almost modest, but inside, carefully considered details and material treatments—together amounting to a contemporary refresh of Northwest modernism—elevate Black Butte Ranch to a true design destination. h graymag . com
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For Livestock’s Toronto outpost, which opened in early 2016 (pictured above and top), as well as for 2014’s Vancouver flagship, designer Lukas Peet (right) created a versatile rail system that supports hanging shelving, mirrors, and apparel racks.
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The 29-year-old Vancouver-based designer welds his own prototypes, works with local finishers, and oversees every step of production, whether he’s creating a new fixture for ANDlight, the company he cofounded in 2013, or designing a retail environment. In every medium, his mission and mantra remain the same: “Reduction to the purest form, functionality, and playfulness.” Peet’s diverse training—he studied at the renowned Design Academy Eindhoven in the Netherlands, designed Nike retail concept stores for RUFproject, and creates products for companies such as Roll & Hill and Umbra—informed his holistic approach to his first solo interiors projects. Tasked with designing shops in Vancouver and Toronto for Livestock, the Canadian footwear and apparel company, he’s shaped a minimalist but memorable retail experience. Modular components—including Peet’s hanging rail system and floor tables that staff can reorient to serve as apparel racks—permit the stores to be easily reconfigured to display new products or for in-shop events. To avoid strong shadows on the product, he forwent spotlights in favor of glowing LED panels that serve as shelves, wrapping sneakers and accessories in even illumination from below. The result is a pair of gallery-like spaces that are destinations for design-seekers as much as sneakerheads. h
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Earlier this year, Tacoma Art Museum announced a major donation from the Benaroya family, including 225 works of art and nearly $14 million in funding for a new gallery space designed by Olson Kundig. “The Beauty of a Shared Passion,” on view through mid-2017, highlights works from the Benaroya Collection—and offers a peek at what’s to come from this dynamic, growing museum.
EDITORS’ CHOICE Reaching back to Seattle’s rich aerospace history, the new Brooks x Casual Industrees “Fly Casual” Fusion sneaker draws material and color inspiration from iconic plane designs of the 1990s.
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The intricate patterns splashed across Carlo Scanagatta’s silk scarves are a mix of manipulated and repeated images and hand drawings traced with a mouse.
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Art meets science in Carlo Scanagatta’s digitally rendered scarves. Written by RACHEL GALLAHER
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designer Carlo Scanagatta takes the humble accessory seriously. “You can paint or draw a picture and hang it in a museum,” he explains, “but when you put your work on a scarf, that beauty lives out in the world.” Growing up in Rovereto, a small city in northeastern Italy, Scanagatta was exposed to artistic pursuits at a young age. His grandfather owned a marble firm, his great-grandfather owned a fabric shop, and his great-uncle Mario Radice was an internationally known abstract painter. Carlo, while artistically inclined, was also fascinated by math, physics, and chemistry. Today he combines his passions by using Photoshop to create vibrant, intricate patterns that employ concepts of scientific scale and perspective. Though he initially printed his work on photographic paper, two years ago he made the leap to silk. He sends his designs to a family-owned, women-run manufacturing facility in Como—Italy’s textile capital—where they’re digitally printed onto fabric. Each design is composed of many hundreds of mousedrawn shapes and the occasional iterative image: a collection of abstract forms that resolves itself, upon close inspection, into rich, layered detail. How does he know when a piece is complete? “When I like it and my wife likes it,” he says. “If I don’t like it, I just erase it.” h
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Chiyo Ishikawa, the Seattle Art Museum curator responsible for mounting the world premiere of “Yves Saint Laurent: The Perfection of Style,” poses at the museum in a ’90s-era YSL safari suit. RIGHT: A dazzling array of jewelry from the haute couture collections.
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Curator Chiyo Ishikawa breaks the art museum mold with a trailblazing exhibition on legendary fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent. Written by RACHEL GALLAHER : Portrait by MEGUMI SHAUNA ARAI
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Seattle Art Museum’s award-winning Susan Brotman Deputy Director for Art and Curator of European Painting and Sculpture. Over her 26-year-long tenure at SAM, she’s slowly been pushing the institution in fresh directions and adding fashion exhibitions to its repertoire. First came “Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion” in 2013, and the groundbreaking “Yves Saint Laurent: The Perfection of Style” opens October 11. “The success of ‘Future Beauty,’ and the unexpectedly large and new audience it attracted, made us realize that it is viable to show fashion in the right context at museums,” Ishikawa says. “I feel that any fashion we exhibit has to be sculptural and eye-catching and capture the intersection of culture and design.” The Yves Saint Laurent show ticks all those boxes. It’s a world-premiere exhibition dedicated to the life and work of the iconic French designer, presenting YSL as an avant-garde artist who created path-breaking pieces that shocked, awed, and redefined fashion’s potential. A true prodigy, Saint Laurent started his career under the tutelage of Christian Dior, was promoted to head of House of Dior at just 21, and launched his own eponymous fashion house in 1961, at age 24. For the next three decades, Saint Laurent produced some of the most notable garments of the century, including the safari jacket, the Mondrian dress, and Le Smoking, a trendsetting tuxedo-style suit for women. GRAY caught up with Ishikawa, co-curator of the exhibition, to learn more about Yves’s atelier, how the show came together, and the dress that got away. »
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How did “The Perfection of Style” land at the Seattle Art Museum? Over the years, SAM has done a lot of work with various French institutions, and in fall 2014 a mutual contact put us in touch with the Pierre Bergé – Yves Saint Laurent Foundation in Paris. Their archive is one of the most complete collections of any couture designer in the world. Brilliantly, Yves began saving everything—sketches, garment swatches, inspiration boards—as soon as he started his own house. We flew to Paris to talk with the foundation about the possibility of an exhibition and found that we were all on the same page: we wanted to pull back the curtain and show the whole design process, the work that went into making the clothes as well as the man behind them.
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The foundation houses around 5,000 pieces of haute couture. How did you choose which ones to include in the exhibition? From the beginning, I knew that we wanted to present Yves as an artist. I looked for both groundbreaking pieces that showed him as an avant-garde thinker and designer and haute couture garments that showed the highest level of artistry, including exquisite tailoring and embroidery. We had open access to Yves’s full archive of work, which the foundation stores in a very specific manner—it’s grouped by material rather than color or date because for longevity’s sake certain materials must be kept away from each other. There was the most incredible wedding dress from 1965, a knitted wool shroud that covers the entire body and
head, with a hole for the face and slits for the arms. I wanted that dress—such a statement!—but it is too fragile to travel. Instead we chose a wedding dress from 1970, a multicolored silk velvet coat-style piece with appliqué letters forming the words “LOVE ME FOREVER” on the front and “OR NEVER” on the back. And, of course, there is a Mondrian dress, one of a collection of six A-line dresses composed of heavy black lines and blocks of primary color in an homage to Dutch painter Piet Mondrian. Another factor in our selection process was that we wanted a spectrum of hues, since our exhibition includes a series of rooms that progress by color. I worked closely with independent Parisian curator and fashion expert Florence Müller, who came up with that idea as a graphic demonstration of Yves’s chromatic range. What is the relationship between fashion and art? Certainly fashion falls under the heading of design, but can it truly be considered art? Art is a visual manifestation of someone’s ideas. Essentially it’s a marriage of the interior and exterior. That concept gets interesting when you apply it to fashion, because fashion is also a business, and it is consumed in a different way than, say, a painting. Clothes always have a practical application, but the best, most culturally significant designers bring
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CLOCKWISE FROM BOTTOM LEFT: Yves Saint Laurent at work in his Paris studio in 1976; an unconventional wedding gown from the Autumn–Winter 1970 haute couture collection; a pink bow on a haute couture evening gown, proving that bigger was better in the ’80s; garment storage at the Fondation Pierre Bergé – Yves Saint Laurent; a pantsuit from the Spring–Summer 1967 haute couture collection.
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something more to them . . . something that’s hard to pinpoint. It’s a kind of quiet brilliance, a challenge to society. This was true of Alexander McQueen, and it’s also true of Saint Laurent. Both had darkness in their pasts, and both put their personal narratives into their work. Müller talks about “the fine line between good and bad taste,” which is exemplified in YSL’s scandalous 1971 collection [inspired by the 1940s, the era of the Nazi occupation of France] and his famous 1968 evening gown, cut with a high neck and long sleeves but entirely sheer except for a ring of ostrich feathers around the hips. Why do you think there is such a fierce obsession with Yves? Why do people idolize him and his work? Yves embodied a sense of relentless creativity—a very magnetic trait. He defined modern dressing in the ’60s and ’70s, a time when women’s roles at home, at work, and on a social level were changing. He responded to those changes with his designs, and at the time some of them were intensely radical. [Le Smoking was banned from so-called respectable hotels and restaurants after its 1966 debut.] But he also defined a certain kind of elegance that didn’t rely on “traditional” feminine standards—he showed that a woman can be as beautiful in pants as in an evening gown. h
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CAPTAIN OF INDUSTRY
One man plants a flag—and builds a design community— in one of Portland’s last bastions of manufacturing. Written by STACY KENDALL
“THIS IS A KIND OF INDUSTRIAL SANCTUARY. I WANT TO HELP IT STAY THAT WAY.” —STEFAN ANDRÉN, FOUNDER, KROWNLAB
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EMBODYING THE TRUE SPIRIT OF THE NORTHWEST’S ENTREPRENEURIAL ETHOS,
industrial designer Stefan Andrén, founder of Krownlab, is on a mission to grow not only his own company, but a robust community of independent Portland designers as well. Once a senior product designer for Motorola and Nike, Andrén set out on his own in 2009 to create stylish sliding door hardware that doesn’t bust budgets. For five years, he and his small team worked out of a warehouse in Southeast Portland. As he developed his company, he watched the surrounding neighborhood evolve away from its industrial roots and become a trendy enclave of breweries and creative workspaces. “I could see the writing on the wall. The neighborhood was becoming less friendly for manufacturers, and we could be pushed out by skyrocketing rents,” says Andrén. So in 2013, he bought and refurbished a large warehouse in Portland’s Northwest Industrial neighborhood. One of the last industry-only-zoned areas close to downtown, it’s gritty, affordable, and manufacturing-friendly; trains rumble down the street delivering heavy equipment, and forklifts zip between loading docks. Ensuring that the neighborhood maintains its industrial characteristics has become a parallel passion for Andrén. To that end, he renovated his building specifically to suit other creatives— with individual open-plan offices and generous common spaces—and hand-selected tenants that suited his vision. Today eight other designfocused companies occupy the building, where Andrén is de facto mayor. “Companies all in one place, sharing knowledge, resources, and connections—it’s like an ecosystem,” he says. “I believe successes are greater when they involve collaboration. Someone might have a good bookkeeper or a tool to share. Bumping into someone can start a conversation.”
One tenant, Matthew Bietz, owner of the design studio Quartertwenty, who was enticed to move here from Krownlab’s previous building in the Southeast, says the building feels like a collective. “Most developers would section off everyone to maximize rentable space, but we all share a kitchen and conference room, and there’s great circulation inside,” says Bietz. “We often work with the building’s interior designers and architects in our own space.” Monthly happy hours don’t hurt these symbiotic relationships, either. But in a city of booming growth, gentrification’s smooth promises are ever-present, even here. The zone where Krownlab’s building sits is close to restaurants and bars, which make the location appealing. The anchor of the neighborhood, Esco Corporation, a 103-year-old foundry, recently announced that it will close its main production plant in 2017 due to decreased demand—raising the question of what will take its place. “The biggest changes in this neighborhood are yet to come,” Andrén predicts. To buffer the specter of change, he has bought the warehouse next door to his building so that he can expand when the time is right. “The most interesting and successful cities have diverse areas—not just residential and retail ones,” he says. “This is a kind of industrial sanctuary. I want to help it stay that way.” h graymag . com
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“WE TURNED AWAY FROM THE SELF-CENTRIC GYM IDEA AND TOWARD BUILDING A SPORTS TEAM–LIKE ENVIRONMENT. I WANTED TO CREATE THE FRIENDLIEST, MOST OPEN, AND LEAST INTIMIDATING STUDIO I COULD.”
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Powering through an extensive reno in Chinatown, Ply Architecture transforms a wrecked storefront into the antithesis of the typical egocentric gym. Written by NESSA PULLMAN : Photographed by ANDREW LATREILLE
ABOVE: “This place isn’t just about slimming down—
people tell me they come for the positive energy and the camaraderie,” says Keighty Gallagher, owner of Tight Club Athletics, which opened in Vancouver late last year. The house-shaped frame over the entry desk is a playful reference to the club’s former home in Gallagher’s backyard garage.
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VANCOUVER PERSONAL TRAINER Keighty Gallagher started Tight Club Athletics four years ago, holding drop-in fitness classes in a converted garage in her own Strathcona backyard. Hers was a space for like-minded active adults, and it broke away from business-as-usual gyms. “None of our classes involved looking at yourself in a mirror,” explains Gallagher. “We turned away from the self-centric gym idea and toward building a sports team–like environment.” Word of Gallagher’s club spread quickly, and by 2015, class sizes had outgrown the old space. It was time to move, but “it was crucial to me to maintain the welcoming vibe,” says Gallagher. »
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“MOST ATHLETIC STUDIOS IN THE CITY ARE STRIPPED OF ANY HOME OR COMMUNITY FEEL. WE DIDN’T WANT TO LOOK OR FEEL LIKE ANY OF THEM.” —KEIGHTY GALLAGHER, TIGHT CLUB ATHLETICS Another top priority was to stay as local as possible, so she jumped at the opportunity to lease a former dried-seafood shop in nearby Chinatown, despite its decrepit state. Boarded-up windows and trashed interiors necessitated a full-scale renovation. Gallagher had the perfect designers for the project: one of her longtime clients, Casey Burgess, and her partner, Arnold Chan, of Vancouver-based firm Ply Architecture. They quickly grasped the atmosphere she sought. “The space needed to be really comfortable and welcoming,” Burgess explains. In December 2015, Tight Club Athletics’ new space, the Field House, opened its doors. “A field house is where a team goes to collaborate, meet up, train, and socialize,” says Gallagher. “We didn’t have to be at my place—the ‘coach’s house’—anymore.” With a pale, airy entryway and an open concept throughout, the new space keeps the spirit of the first one intact. Playful wall art—such as greenery rooted in plaster sneakers—by local firm Tinto Creative adorns the community area, where members socialize before and after workouts. The floor in the main training space, designed by Gallagher’s artist boyfriend, Henry Barros, graphically references various sports fields and courts. And a house-shaped wooden installation, echoing the silhouette of Tight Club’s original garage home, encapsulates the lobby, a tribute to where it all started. h FROM TOP LEFT: The saddle stools and marble tables in the lobby are by Gamla; the storefront windows flood Tight Club with light; Gallagher’s father, a hobby woodworker, built and installed the millwork. Her boyfriend, Henry Barros, designed the floor graphics.
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AUDIO/VISUAL
Real-time social streaming. Concerts live from the recording booth. Design that’s as stellar as the sound. Is this the recording studio of the future? Written by HILLARY RIELLY : Photographed by SAMA JIM CANZIAN
JONATHAN SIMKIN WASN’T TRYING TO TURN THE TABLES ON THE RECORDING INDUSTRY when he renovated the future
home of his company, 604 Records, in Vancouver’s Railtown neighborhood. But along with architect D’Arcy Jones, he created a space that’s done just that. 604 Records is a studio that goes beyond merely capturing audio. It also creates and streams video content directly to fans everywhere, anytime—a game-changer in a world of ever-present social media. “There’s no precedent in the industry,” says Simkin. “We’re the first to offer live performance streaming, small concerts, and photo shoots that are completely integrated with the actual recording of the music.” Simkin and Jones agreed that the building, a former garment factory, had good bones when they first saw it in spring 2014. “It was solid but tired,” says Jones, who saw the potential to craft a high-tech space with a back-of-house club feel. After removing decades’ worth of clutter, Jones, along with Peregrine
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General Contracting, project manager Jennifer Watt, and Chris Potter, one of Canada’s leading acoustic consultants, carved five distinct studios out of the long and narrow space. The jewel in the crown is a live room Simkin dubbed the Cyclorama. 604’s largest and loudest studio—typically used for recording drums and piano—the Cyclorama features a stunning infinity wall that serves as a backdrop for photo shoots, music videos, and streamed live shows. Inspired by Swiss architect Valerio Olgiati’s idea that black is an extroverted color and white an introverted one, Jones balanced the two “to suit the use.” Rooms that require quiet and concentration, such as the offices and meeting areas, are white. In the lounges and staff kitchens—“spaces for chatting, brainstorming, and creating,” says Jones—everything down to the faucets is black. “The public spaces take a beating, but their toughness is familiar to most musicians. It puts everyone at ease.” »
“We needed a space conducive to the creation of art,” says Jonathan Simkin, co-founder of Vancouver’s 604 Records, who worked with architect D’Arcy Jones to shape a versatile and high-tech recording studio. OPPOSITE: The musicians’ lounge reveals the building’s raw, rough shell. LED lights illuminate the hallway; the colors can be changed depending on the mood of the artist at work.
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CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE: Built-in work stations are both functional and a touch of warmth in the simple, stark office spaces. Black is used throughout the project to signal public spaces. The Cyclorama’s white infinity wall is a striking backdrop for recording performances and creating visual content to share on social media. “The sound is so good in this space that you can feel it,” says Jones. h
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WINNING PLAY
The design group behind some of Portland’s hottest bars figured out the sports bar game. This is the story of the Century. Written by RACHEL GALLAHER : Portrait by JACOB WILLIAMSON
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Portland’s new Century Bar is located in what was formerly a mom-and-pop printing facility. The space is divided into five sections, including a stadium area with a glam bar (below), a front bar (bottom), a rooftop deck, an outdoor patio with a fire pit, and a private event area. OPPOSITE: Designer and entrepreneur John Janulis bellies up to the bar.
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TELL MOST PORTLANDERS THAT YOU’RE HEADING TO A SPORTS BAR ON SANDY BOULEVARD and they’re likely to think of cheap beer, not high design. For designer John Janulis and his team at Lightning Bar Collective, overturning this stereotype was only half the challenge he addressed with Century Bar, which opened in June. “We’ve been wanting to do a sports bar,” he notes, “but the big question has always been: How can it survive when no big games are on?” A veteran of the industry (his studio also designed and owns Portland’s Jackknife, Victoria Bar, Sweet Hereafter, and the Bye and Bye), Janulis answered his own question by creating “a space that works for everyone, whether you want to get drunk and cheer on the Timbers or enjoy a cocktail on the patio on a first date.” »
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Patrons enter through the small front room, with its quartz-andmahogany bar and garage doors that open to the patio in warm weather. On game days, the action is in the back bar, which boasts a coffered ceiling and three-tiered mahogany stadium bleachers surrounding drop-down screens. Modeled on a vintage wooden bench Janulis found in a local antique shop, the bleachers are a prime example of LBC’s design process: “We find one or two key pieces and build the rest of the space off them. This bench had such a classic, elegant look—it was the perfect jumping-off point.” With a few right moves, anyone can open a great sports bar, but it takes a deft design hand to make it equally desirable for weddings and formal events, both of which Century has hosted. “We’re not the anti-sports sports bar,” says Janulis, “but we sure don’t look typical. People who love football or hockey appreciate a well-crafted space as much as people in the field of design.” h
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“WE’RE NOT THE ANTI-SPORTS SPORTS BAR, BUT WE SURE DON’T LOOK TYPICAL. PEOPLE WHO LOVE FOOTBALL OR HOCKEY APPRECIATE A WELL-CRAFTED SPACE AS MUCH AS PEOPLE IN THE FIELD OF DESIGN.” —JOHN JANULIS, DESIGNER AND ENTREPRENEUR
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LEFT AND BELOW:
The eat-in kitchen is the command center of a Seattle home renovated by architect James Brown Wilhelm, Level Contracting, and Alinda Morris Interior Design. Here the ninemember Haney family crowds around the spacious island for meals and gathers at the Pottery Barn table for homeschooling lessons. The rough-sawn oak cabinetry from WoodWorks Cabinetry & Design resists wear, while white finishes above (safely out of reach of little hands) keep things bright.
CHILD-PROOF
Written by JAIME GILLIN : Photographed by ALEX HAYDEN
“HERE ARE THE COUNTERTOP SAMPLES—GIVE THEM TO THE KIDS TO PLAY WITH AND SEE IF THEY CAN DESTROY THEM.” That’s the
challenge interior designer Alinda Morris gave her clients Meg and Stefan Haney when they hired her to revamp the kitchen and other living spaces in their Seattle home. It’s not your typical approach to material selection, but when you’re designing interiors for a family of nine—including seven home-schooled kids—durability is no joke. Meg took the test seriously. “We attempted to beat them up, dent them, scratch them, and get everything dirty to see if it would clean easily,” she recalls. “I put the samples on the floor and made sure we walked all over them. Anything that couldn’t resist damage was dismissed.” »
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CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: As part of the renovation, the design team and builder opened up the “formerly hobbity” center of the home, as the homeowner puts it, to create a double-height dining area. The family uses the chalkboard wall every day. The cheery ladder, with yellowpainted landings, wood pallet cladding, and steel steps, leads to a rooftop patio, a favorite hangout spot for the seven Haney kids.
Those that made the cut were products that balanced good looks with proven indestructibility. In the kitchen, that meant dense red oak cabinets darkened with a chemical reaction, not a stain, so the wood won’t show chips or scratches. Floors throughout the ground floor are either concrete polymer or equally tough hardwood from Kentwood. A climbing ladder clad with weathered, pre-scuffed wood salvaged from shipping pallets leads to a rooftop patio; its steel step inserts, as well as the home’s main staircase, were designed and installed by Meg’s metalworker brother, Jonathan Jankovic. Throughout the collaborative design process, Morris steered the Haneys toward low-maintenance choices. “Meg dreamed of an allwhite kitchen,” Morris recalls. “I couldn’t bring myself to do that. It just wasn’t practical. Instead, we went white on the upper cabinets and tile but kept everything within the kids’ reach a rustic, roughsawn oak.” It was a good save, and critical to Morris’s overarching— and successful—mission: to create a home that looks as good messy as it does clean. Now that’s some design magic. h
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Timeless warmth and classic shapes, with an eye toward enduring trends, are the signatures of the best traditional design happening now. With clean lines balancing out touches of opulence, it’s a perfect fit for modern tastes. Edited by ALLISON SCHEFF 3
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MODERN HERITAGE
Written by ALLISON SCHEFF : Photographed by DAVID PAPAZIAN
DESIGNING IN A NEW, BLANK-SLATE SPACE HAS ITS APPEAL. BUT VICKI SIMON IS EVEN MORE PASSIONATE about preserving the character of the
older homes she renovates. So when a young family in Gladstone, Oregon, asked the interior designer to create a colorful kitchen in their historic home, her instinct was to work within its existing architecture, rather than swing a sledgehammer to force open the layout. With a clever reimagining of the space, the home feels lighter, brighter, and ideally suited to its energetic inhabitants. Simon cleverly arranged the kitchen’s functional elements in one zone, fitting the range, hood, sink, and dishwasher into just 8 linear feet. She deftly condensed storage and small appliances into a built-in wall unit on the far side of an original archway, using exposed brass hinges and moldings that mimic the original cabinetry. The freestanding, butcher block–topped island, built by Urban Industrial NW, doubles as a prep area and a dining surface and can be moved easily to fit the needs of the day. As for that happy, apple-y paint? Simon’s clients wanted color in their kitchen, and she was delighted to oblige. “I chose green because the color is very similar to the trim in my parents’ kitchen,” the homeowner says. “The color ties in nicely with the funny little character of the house. It certainly has a personality.” h
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CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: In a shallow space near the entry of a Gladstone, Oregon, kitchen designed by Vicki Simon Interior Design, cabinetry built by Maple Key holds dishes, pantry items, and a coffee station. The marble countertop peeks out even when the doors are shut. The cheerful color is Yellow Green by Benjamin Moore. The refrigerator is snugged perfectly into the nook that previously held the range.
Simon tucked the range, hood, sink, and dishwasher into a spot formerly occupied solely by dish storage. The floating custom island, with a butcher-block top, does double duty as a work station and dining table. Stone tile in a herringbone pattern extends the backsplash all the way up the walls, adding a sense of scale. The brass fixtures are from Schoolhouse Electric.
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Written by ALLISON SCHEFF : Photographed by JOHN GRANEN
WHEN THEIR HISTORIC 1924 HOME IN SEATTLE CAME DUE FOR A REFRESH, a family of five called on
A ball-foot brass washstand by Palmer, with a custom train rack, perches atop New Ravenna Newman stone mosaic tiles in a Seattle bathroom renovated by Marianne Simon Design. The glass enclosure in the adjoining shower keeps sightlines clear. The wall tiles, faucets, glass shelves, and shower fittings are all by Waterworks.
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interior designer Marianne Simon. Her mission in the bath shown here—used by the homeowners’ three sons— was to create a space that “not only looks classic and timeless but is handsome and functional,” she says. She maximized every inch of the 45-square-foot room, fitting a brass washstand by Palmer, two Bates sinks, and three RH medicine cabinets into a single corner. The metal and mirrored surfaces produce the illusion of more space, as does the small-format wall tile in a bright, pale palette and the transparent glass shower door and shelves. The finishes exude warmth and luxury, but they’re eminently practical, in deference to the boys who use the space every day. This is timeless design: a kids’ bathroom that’s simultaneously elegant, hardwearing, and all grown up. h
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radical traditions A DESIGNER AND A HOMEOWNER ARE RIGHT IN TUNE—BOTH IN THEIR LOVE OF PUNK ROCK AND IN THEIR GOAL OF RESCUING A HISTORIC SEATTLE COTTAGE FROM ’80S DESIGN PURGATORY. Written by RACHEL EGGERS : Photographed by ALEX HAYDEN
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Designer Brian Paquette drew on his art-school education while curating pieces for a home he redesigned in Seattle’s Magnolia neighborhood. A dreamy yet haunting Megumi Shauna Arai photograph hangs above the Paquette-designed mohair sofa in the living room. Lighting throughout the room is by Apparatus, Workstead, and Arteriors, and the set of chairs is from Lawson-Fenning. graymag . com
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BELOW LEFT: Constructed in 1932, the whitewashed brick home had a natural coziness that Paquette didn’t want to lose. BELOW RIGHT: The original kitchen fixtures had to go, but Paquette retained the copper hood and repainted the cabinets in Down Pipe by Farrow & Ball.
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family retreat in which he could still comfortably entertain. He’d seen Paquette’s work in an acquaintance’s living room and admired its thoughtful arrangement. He and the designer met and clicked right away, bonding over their shared love of music (they still go to punk shows together). The design challenge, says Paquette, was to modernize the home while embracing its distinctive details. He kept the arched entryways, original doorknobs, and narrow leaded-glass windows intact and refinished the fir floors. The kitchen he gutted save for the original cabinets, now painted a dark gray-blue, and the richly patinaed copper hood. In the main bathroom, he replaced a giant jet tub with a glass-walled shower and covered the floors and walls in hexagon-tiled marble. But he left the original mirror, streaked with desilvering, alone. “I never try to bulldoze over the past,” says Paquette. “It’s fun to find ways to incorporate elements from all periods of a home’s life.” When it came to selecting new items, Paquette chose an assemblage of objects that feel as if they were gathered organically over a lifetime of changes, moves, and travel. »
“My work is either a study in neutrals and textures or it looks like a clown exploded. I don’t like anything in the middle.” —BRIAN PAQUETTE, DESIGNER
Original details—the arched entry, the leaded-glass windows— are juxtaposed against Paquette’s modern additions: custom neutral ombré curtains by Zak+Fox, a Lindsey Adelman chandelier, and a glossy black dining room table and Italian-vibe chairs with cocoa butter–colored leather padding, custom-made by Nickey Kehoe. The wallpaper is from Paquette’s 2015 collection for Studio Four NYC; its hand-drawn design was inspired by the pattern of a crumbling tile floor in a café in Nantes, France. graymag . com
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But in fact, Ebel previewed the items only in photos; Paquette says his client didn’t “see in person or sit in anything before it arrived. I mean, that takes a lot of trust.” Paquette specializes in this full-service design process—perfect for busy creatives like Ebel—and he doesn’t show clients endless swatches or work piece by piece. He reveals the full vision all at once. That vision came together as he outfitted Ebel’s home, channeling the client’s aesthetics and recalling their conversations about music, life, and art. “The Megumi Shauna Arai photo in the living room was the first ‘ah-ha!’ moment in the house,” says Paquette. “It’s aesthetically pleasing, of course, but the story behind the photo is actually about loss and moving on.” Paquette also chose a piece by Joe Rudko, whose artwork for
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Death Cab for Cutie’s 2015 album Kintsugi he and Ebel both admired. “In fact,” says Paquette, “the first concert Brandon and I saw together was Death Cab, at the Crocodile.” The predominant mood of the house is restraint. Paquette’s design philosophy eschews a clutter of objects and makes what is included—Roman blinds by Edit made of colorful hand-painted fabric for the girls’ room; a vintage-inspired Thomas O’Brien light in the powder room; hand-selected Heath Ceramics dishes in the kitchen—stand out all the more. “I’m interested in design down to the smallest detail,” says Paquette. “I’ll even pick out a client’s soap and hand towels.” The result: rooms that feel lived in, utterly unfussy, and yet obviously cared for. Like the best version of yourself. h
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The kids’ rooms get the same luxe treatment as the rest of the home— with custom-made headboards and original artwork—but the West Elm midcentury-style dressers nod to the practical. The various patterns of the Roman blinds throughout the home—with textiles by Edit, Lindsay Alker, Zak+Fox, and Clarence House—are seen again in cushions scattered around the rooms. “I like a lot of pattern,” says Paquette. “I was inspired by decorators like David Hicks.” OPPOSITE: The master bedroom is a symphony of earthy textures: a sage velvet “shelter” headboard by Cisco Home, grass-cloth wallpaper, and graphic textiles. “Here I wanted everything warm and soothing—just tone on tone on tone,” says Paquette. He custom designed the nightstand; the custom rug is by the Rug Company, and the chair is from Cisco Home.
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THIS PAGE AND OPPOSITE: Tailored but with a relaxed atmosphere, the living room in a renovated Portland home invites visions of sparkling cocktail parties and intimate gatherings. Homeowner and stylist-designer Britney Renner has an affinity for mixing neutrals and metals and peppering surfaces with intriguing artistic bibelots, and it’s on full display in this room. The tan leather daybed is from CB2, the rug is from West Elm, and the coffee table is from Crate and Barrel. The arched bookshelves and charcoal daybed are from Four Hands. The formerly fusty fireplace got a sleek makeover with Carrera marble from Pental Granite & Marble, a vintage horse bridle–patterned fireplace screen, and a sunburst mirror from Abbyson Living.
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A set designer and an adventurous builder take an unscripted approach to a Portland remodel—and turn out refined interiors worth a standing ovation. Written by STACY KENDALL : Photographed by GEORGE BARBERIS
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her the confidence to tackle the project herself. They worked together in an unusually casual and off-the-cuff way. Britney sketched out her ideas; Clark gave feedback and made them happen. “Adam and Britney were very communicative,” says Clark. “It was an organic process.” Over the course of a year, the 3,500-square-foot house took shape as Clark’s team combined two upstairs bedrooms into a master bedroom and removed a wall in the kitchen to open it to the family room. Meanwhile, Britney layered in an elegant mix of custom woodworking, metal finishes, dark paint, and dramatic artwork. The feedback from guests has been so overwhelmingly positive that the Renners plan to launch their own interiors company, House of Jude. Still, a stylist’s change-it-up habits die hard, even in one’s permanent home. “Every single day I move something around, however small,” Britney says. “It’s always a work in progress.” » graymag . com
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“I’m a firm believer in the 80/20 rule of interior design,” says Britney. “You have to go 80 percent modern and 20 percent traditional—or vice versa—to make a room work. Too much similarity is boring.” To that end, she swathed her formal dining room in the soft glow of Scalamandré’s Gold Moiré wallpaper, which contrasts with the midcentury stylings of the modern Industry West chairs. OPPOSITE: A Brutalist-inspired sideboard by Noir adds edgy texture. The white marble lamp is from West Elm, and the sunburst mirror is by DwellStudio. »
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The Renners’ showstopper of a kitchen features suspended brass-finish open shelving, cabinets painted in Farrow & Ball’s Lamp Room Grey and Black Blue, and an expansive PentalQuartz Calacatta island with a waterfall edge. The brass hardware is from Schoolhouse Electric. »
“I LIKE A FEW OVERSIZED PIECES IN EACH ROOM. LARGE PENDANTS OVER A KITCHEN ISLAND OR INDUSTRIAL-SIZED APPLIANCES IN A SMALL-SCALE KITCHEN CAN MAKE THINGS FEEL UNUSUAL AND INTERESTING.”
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The glamorous office features a vintage desk and, behind it, signed Robert Longo prints, a gift from Adam that pays tribute to Britney’s nostalgic love for 1980s New York, where she used to live. The diminutive room is completely paneled in stained white oak, which gives it a jewel box–like feel. The rug is from West Elm. OPPOSITE: The door of a tiny first-floor powder room opens to reveal the unexpected drama of Cole & Son’s Palm Jungle wallpaper, a selection inspired by Britney’s admiration of the iconic palm print in the Beverly Hills Hotel. The sink and faucet are by Kingston Brass. h
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interiors: Jenny Martin Design construction: Jake Grypma Custom Woodworks engineering: Stantec architectural design: Studio DB3 landscape: Jonathan Craggs Garden Design millwork: Windebank Woodwork + Design cabinetry: Jason Good Custom Cabinets
A Victoria, British Columbia, home with interiors by Jenny Martin Design pairs industrial-inspired aesthetics with rustic influences drawn from the house’s Cadboro Bay site. Stainless-steel railings complement a fan-shaped system of exposed steel I-beams and fir trusses. A sliding glass wall system from Westek Windows & Doors recesses completely, connecting the living area to the patio. Martin commissioned custom noise-baffling panels from Acoustics West to mitigate sound bouncing off the home’s many hard surfaces. The sofa is from Flexform and the chair and ottoman are from B&B Italia.
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THIS PAGE AND OPPOSITE: The homeowners love to entertain, so Martin planned the kitchen with professional fixtures and plenty of space for prep and gatherings. The open-plan area features Hakwood floors, a BlueStar range, a Miele fridge and dishwasher, Caesarstone quartz countertops, and lacquered millwork by Windebank Woodwork + Design. A stainless-steel column in the center of the island conceals the sink’s plumbing, and the entire kitchen is illuminated by Niche Modern pendant lights, Tech Lighting cable lights, and Russell Lighting sconces.
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Hakwood European oak floors extend from one of the home’s two master bedrooms to its en-suite bathroom. The dual vanity sink and soaking tub are from Wetstyle’s Cube collection, outfitted with Aquabrass hardware. A Japanese-style platform bed, designed by Martin and built by Jason Good Custom Cabinets, furthers the Asian aesthetic. The foliage of oak and arbutus trees surrounding the house offers privacy. h
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Written by ALLISON SCHEFF : Photographed by PAUL GRDINA
WHEN ARCHITECTS BECOME THEIR OWN CLIENTS,
Minimalist design in a Squamish, British Columbia, kitchen puts the focus squarely on the unobstructed views of Stawamus Chief mountain. Cabinetry and pulls are from Ikea, the dining room table and chairs are from Country Furniture, and the pendants are from EQ3 and Bocci.
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they can fully express their personal tastes and proclivities. Witness the home that Andreas Kaminski and Jayne Song of AKA Architecture + Design created for themselves in Squamish, British Columbia. Here the couple’s high-contrast, minimalist kitchen showcases their firm’s guiding principles: clean lines, spare design choices, and an embrace of each home’s unique natural environment. Wherever possible, the design is streamlined; the kitchen’s exhaust fan is hidden in a row of white Ikea cabinets, cabinet pulls are subtle tabs, and a frosted glass window serves as a backsplash. White Caesarstone quartz countertops around the kitchen’s perimeter contrast with the dark window frames, while the island’s light-gray countertop creates an easy gradation between the strong black and white tones. Large windows grant unobstructed views of the Stawamus Chief, a granite dome in the Coast Mountains. The expanse of glass and the serene design exert a magnetic pull on the home’s inhabitants. “We often gather in the kitchen to observe birds, beavers, bears, and other wildlife,” says Song. “We’ve enjoyed front-row seats to double rainbows, spectacular thunderstorms, and many peaceful evenings.” h
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The Northwest’s best-designed coworking spaces reflect the shifting zeitgeist.
DID YOU GET THE MEMO? The way we work is changing, and where we work is, too. Rising numbers of creative entrepreneurs and freelancers, along with advances in seamless mobile technology and team communication apps, have sparked interest in nontraditional office settings, particularly coworking spaces. Just as bigger, more established companies have embraced design as a critical tool for employee recruitment and retention—people want to work in memorable, functional, well-considered spaces—shared workspaces, too, have stepped up their design game to attract discerning solopreneurs and startups. From boosting productivity to fostering creative collaboration, the best new workspaces prove that good design is good business. Here we present six of the Northwest’s unique new coworking spaces—all as culturally compelling as they are aesthetically appealing—plus companion product roundups that capture the fun, future-focused spirit of their interiors. »
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CHRIS EDEN WITH EDEN PHOTOGRAPHY
At Seattle’s Coterie Worklounge, an elegant shared workspace in a former bank, a variety of private nooks and meeting spaces are available to members on a first-come, firstserved basis.
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“COWORKING SPACES ARE POPULAR BECAUSE THEY ALLOW INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS TO GET HEAD-DOWN TIME WITHOUT FEELING ISOLATED. PEOPLE CRAVE THAT ‘ALONE TOGETHER’ EXPERIENCE.” —JOSLYN BALZARINI, INTERIOR DESIGNER, B+H ARCHITECTS
COTERIE WORKLOUNGE DISTINGUISHING DESIGN: Carved out of a former bank in the heart of downtown Seattle, Coterie Worklounge is a grown-up version of your typical millennial coworking space. Founded by Seattle entrepreneurs Leah Richmond and Su-Zette Sparks, the 11,516-square-foot, two-level establishment exudes a comfortable yet elegant feel. Picture a grand residence with a sweeping staircase, clusters of leather furniture, an ornate chandelier over the in-house bar, and coffered ceiling beams painted French gray. Now picture it filled with businesspeople bent over their laptops. Coterie has no reserved desks or offices, so there’s a communal vibe and plenty of opportunities to meet—and be inspired by— other members working across a variety of creative fields. »
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DESIGNED BY: B+H Architects; built by My-Way Construction
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THE CLOUD ROOM DESIGNED BY: Graham Baba Architects with interiors by Dunn + Hobbes
Cloud Studios
One floor below, the new Cloud Studios, designed by Best Practice Architecture, offers Cloud Room members a podcast recording studio and seven band practice rooms with raw, punky interiors that reference the building’s 30-year history as a mecca for Seattle bands.
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DISTINGUISHING DESIGN: The brainchild of local developer Liz Dunn of Dunn + Hobbes, the Cloud Room—set in a loft-like space in Capitol Hill’s Chophouse Row building—has become a perch for many Seattle creatives (GRAY staff included). Atypical workspace features, such as a BBQ and firepit on the deck and a white baby grand piano in the lounge, mark an environment that’s as conducive to play as it is to work. A section of reserved desks offers fixed addresses for members while communal tables and lounge areas allow for a musical-chair approach to the workday. Sprinkled amid the West Elm and Herman Miller furniture are locally sourced accents, including wallpaper by Brian Paquette and Disc Scraplights by Graypants. A diverse member roster fosters a cross-disciplinary, friendly mood; here, you’re as likely to sit next to a choreographer as a computer programmer. »
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“OUR OPEN PLAN WAS A DELIBERATE DECISION. THE AVIARY IS ABOUT COMMUNITY, WHICH DOESN’T HAPPEN BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.” —ANDREA MCLEAN, COFOUNDER AND INTERIOR DESIGNER
THE AVIARY
DISTINGUISHING DESIGN: McLean and Cheung Boyland met 13 years ago in architecture school. Working in open studios as students—“intense and stressful, yet inspirational and social,” says McLean of those years—informed their approach to the Aviary. The 1,800-square-foot space, a former art gallery on a burgeoning East Vancouver block, is designed explicitly to lure creatives with its open plan and thoughtful perks. Unique amenities include ample pin-up space for mood boarding and project overviews, rolls of tracing paper in the meeting room, a reading lounge with design books and periodicals, and a design and resource library complete with the latest material samples, including stone, tile, and wood. To promote socializing and collaboration, the Aviary hosts workshops dedicated to jewelry-making, calligraphy, and other artistic pursuits. The street-level gallery window displays members’ work; a recent exhibit featured artist Zoë Pawlak, woodworker Jeff Martin, and lighting designer Matthew McCormick. »
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DESIGNED BY: Cofounders Andrea McLean, an interior designer, and Stella Cheung Boyland, a designer trained in architecture and engineering
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KABUNI HOUSE DESIGNED BY: Ryleah Resler, Tina Dhillon, and Brooke Hatfield; built by Turner Construction DISTINGUISHING DESIGN: Vancouver’s futuristic 3,000-square-foot Kabuni House is uniquely geared towards designers, makers, architects, artists, and realtors. The open-plan office provides the latest technology (such as computers and tablets loaded with cutting-edge design software) for client and team presentations, and features the one-of-kind, holographic Dream Room, a 3D-projected space that lets you play with home furnishing products from the Kabuni app’s catalogue in a virtual setting. Entering the two-story space, guests are greeted with furniture vignettes and art installations—a chance to check out local wares IRL.
L’ATELIER DESIGNED BY: MaK Interiors; built by Fifth Element Construction DISTINGUISHING DESIGN: Amber Kingsnorth of Vancouver’s MaK Interiors forwent Gastown’s typical “darker style” in her design of L’Atelier, opting instead for a brighter look she calls “happy industrial.” Here, that means mint-hued custom lighting from Barnlight Electric, sunny yellow Bend chairs, and navy blue upholstery and accent walls. Together with a fleet of Herman Miller Sayl chairs and Steelcase file cabinets outfitted with padded tops for impromptu deskside meetings, L’Atelier aims to attract “all kinds of design-savvy entrepreneurs,” says Kingsnorth. “We wanted to create a space that they would be proud to show off and call their own.”
CENTRL OFFICE DISTINGUISHING DESIGN: “We wanted furniture you could see in your house as easily as you’d see it in an office,” says Amy Sorensen, Centrl Office’s associate community manager. To that end, modular couches and ocean-blue velvet cube chairs pepper the 22,000-square-foot space, which spans two floors of the newly renovated 1940s GE Supply Building in Portland’s Pearl District. Exposed bow trusses, polished concrete floors, custom private phone booths, and glass-and-steel “cubicles” complement the building’s industrial aesthetic. This fall, Centrl will expand to a second location on the east side, in the striking Works Partnership Architecture–designed Block 75 building. h
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1. Bianco pendants, available from Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams, Portland, mgbwhome .com. 2. Wire planters by Norm Architects, available from Design Within Reach, Seattle and Portland, dwr.com. 3. LessThanFive chair by Coalesse by Steelcase, available from OpenSquare, Seattle, open-sq.com. 4. Fern chair by Hayworth, available to the trade from Interior Office Solutions, Seattle and Portland, interioroffice solutions.com. 5. Prism lounge chair and ottoman by David Adjaye for Knoll, available from Livingspace, Vancouver, livingspace.com. 6. Centro Desk, available from Alchemy Collections, Seattle, alchemycollections.com.
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1. Urban wall clock with stand by Lemnos, available from Ă–rling & Wu, Vancouver, orling andwu.com. 2. Kaari shelf by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec for Artek, available from Inform Interiors, Seattle and Vancouver, informseattle.com and informinteriors.com. 3. Ode floor lamp by Industrial Facility for Herman Miller, available from Hive Modern, Portland, hivemodern. com. 4. Standard SR chair, ProuvĂŠ RAW Office Edition by G-Star RAW + Vitra, available from Inform Contract, Vancouver, inform contract.com. 5. Modern credenza by West Elm Workspace, available to the trade from Objekts, Seattle, objektsllc.com. 6. Desk 1017, available from EWF Modern, Portland, ewfmodern.com.
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WHY I COLLECT WHITE ARTS AND CRAFTS POTTERY By MICHAEL PRATT, COFOUNDER, PRATT & LARSON TILE Photographed by HANK DREW
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