Location: Eastlake, Seattle
Architect: Lemons Architecture & Urban Growth
Structural Engineer: Malsam Tsang Structural Engineering
Civil Engineer: Davido Consulting Group
Landscape Architect: Root of Design
Client: Private Owner & Builder
Location: West Seattle
Architect: Lemons Architecture & Urban Growth
Interdisciplinary & Engineering Group per Architect
Client: Private Owner
Location: Eastlake, Seattle
Architect: Lemons Architecture & Urban Growth
Structural Engineer: Malsam Tsang Structural Engineering
Civil Engineer: Davido Consulting Group
Landscape Architect: Root of Design
Client: Private Owner
Location: Eastgate Park, Bellevue
Architect: Lemons Architecture & Urban Growth
Interdisciplinary & Engineering Group per Architect
Client: Private Owner
Location: West Seattle
Architect: Lemons Architecture & Urban Growth
Interdisciplinary & Engineering Group per Architect
Client: Private Owner
The 19th Ave Rowhouses are located on a great corner lot a few blocks up from Rainier Ave in Seattle. These 5 sustainable rowhouses were created using very affordable materials w/ a high level of execution and teamwork for construction and detailing. 2x6 stained and sealed light wood framing members are integrated as a solar exoskeleton on the enclosure assembly. These vertical fins provide shade at the primary levels for spending time during the day, and then they really glow and come to life in the evening along both street facades. Large energy efficient sliders open up at both levels between the fins to inhabit this exterior enclosure and screening. Aside from these fins that act as an extension of the structural system, the rest of the building is painted cementitious panel and careful attention was paid to scale and language to ensure quality, consistency, and durability. Tall polychromatic entry doors create a distinguished element for each entry w/ their adjacent custom fabricated metal signage, sconces, steps, and corten steel bio planters. Thin metal overhangs are also provided atop the rear windows to create additional shade, waterproofing, and express the architectural character.
Location: North Beacon Hill, Seattle
Architect: Lemons Architecture & Urban Growth
Structural Engineer: Carissa Farkas Structural Engineering
Civil Engineer: Davido Consulting Group
Client: Private Owner & Builder
Location: Ballard, Seattle
Architect: Lemons Architecture & Urban Growth
Structural Engineer: Malsam Tsang Structural Engineering
Civil Engineer: Davido Consulting Group
Landscape Architect: Root of Design
Client: Private Owner & Builder
Location: North Seattle
Architect: Lemons Architecture & Urban Growth
Structural Engineer: Malsam Tsang Structural Engineering
Civil Engineer: Davido Consulting Group
Landscape Architect: Root of Design
Client: Private Owner & Builder
Location: Rainier Beach, Seattle
Architect: Lemons Architecture & Urban Growth
Interdisciplinary & Engineering Group per Architect
Client: Private Owner
Location: West Seattle
Architect of Record Team: Lemons Architecture & Urban Growth, Rhodes Architecture (In Construction: Rhodes Architecture)
Design Architect: Miller Hull Partnership
Structural Engineer: Swenson Say Fagét
Civil Engineer: Magnusson Klemencic Associates
General Contractor Preconstruction: Exxel Pacific
General Contractor Construction: Chinn
MEP Engineer: Coffman Engineers
Landscape Architect: GCH Landscape
Geotechnical Engineer: Hart Crowser
Energy Consultant: 360 Analytics
Building Envelope: RDH Building Sciences
Client: Private Owner
Location: Ballard, Seattle
Architect: Lemons Architecture & Urban Growth
Structural Engineer: Malsam Tsang Structural Engineering
Civil Engineer: Davido Consulting Group
Landscape Architect: Root of Design
Client: Private Owner & Builder
Fremont Urban Mixed-Use is a building we designed on the main street of Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood. This building contains 38 residential units ranging in size from large studios to efficient 1 and 2BR apartments. It also includes a below-grade garage for 8 car parking stalls and many bike parking stalls. This building replaced a surface parking lot and small commercial space sold by the previous owner. Its ground level is now anchored by a larger commercial space intended to become a restaurant or other similar use w/ large sliders that open onto the street frontage of 36th Ave.
The building itself is first broken into a 3-story massing at the street level for scale. Units facing 36th have a pleated facade and fold along their living areas at levels 2 and 3, providing balcony and corner window conditions which allow light on 2-sides for these units floating above the highly glazed restaurant space. Expressing a vertically compatible scale of 10’ - 30’ at the primary street edge really helps this building fit in better w/ the block and adjacent buildings as they slowly densify and the city grows. The rear units offer private patios and gardens w/ a generous zone transition setback from the townhouses located to the North of the site and their parking court. Rooftop decks face skyline views along w/ the Fremont Canal and create a residential plaza for tenants including solar arrays and urban agriculture.
Location: Fremont, Seattle
Architect: Lemons Architecture & Urban Growth
Structural Engineer: Malsam Tsang Structural Engineering
Civil Engineer: Davido Consulting Group
Geotechnical Engineer: The Galli Group
Landscape Architect: Andrews Landscape Architects
MEP Engineers: Solarc and Stantec
Client: Private Owner & Builder
Location: Eastlake, Seattle
Architect: Lemons Architecture & Urban Growth
Structural Engineer: Malsam Tsang Structural Engineering
Civil Engineer: Davido Consulting Group
Landscape Architect: Root of Design
Client: Private Owner & Builder
55° Live & Work Community is a project we designed that is located at the terminus of the West Seattle Bridge. These 3 steel volumes weave down the wooded hillside and each turn 55° directly towards the downtown skyline views beyond. Roof decks for solar and urban agriculture. Master bedroom glazing overhead to see the stars.
Location: West Seattle
Architect: Lemons Architecture & Urban Growth
Structural Engineer: Fossatti Pawlak Structural Engineers
Civil Engineer: Davido Consulting Group
Landscape Architect: Root of Design
Client: Private Owner & Builder
Location: Totem Lake, Kirkland
Architect: Lemons Architecture & Urban Growth
Civil Engineer: Davido Consulting Group
Landscape Architect: Root of Design
Client: Private Owner
Location: Westlake, Seattle
Architect: Lemons Architecture & Urban Growth
Structural Engineer: Malsam Tsang Structural Engineering
Civil Engineer: Davido Consulting Group
Landscape Architect: Root of Design
Client: Private Owner & Builder
Location: Wallingford, Seattle
Architect: Lemons Architecture & Urban Growth
Structural Engineer: Malsam Tsang Structural Engineering
Civil Engineer: PBG Civil Engineering
Landscape Architect: Root of Design
Client: Private Owner & Builder
Location: West Seattle
Architect: Lemons Architecture & Urban Growth
Structural Engineer: Malsam Tsang Structural Engineering
Civil Engineer: Davido Consulting Group
Landscape Architect: Root of Design
Client: Private Owner & Builder
Location: North Queen Anne, Seattle
Architect: Lemons Architecture & Urban Growth
Structural Engineer: Malsam Tsang Structural Engineering
Civil Engineer: Davido Consulting Group
Landscape Architect: Root of Design
Client: Private Owner & Builder
The Fremont Green T.O.D. project we designed is 5-stories and 2 buildings for a narrow urban infill site in the middle of Seattle’s Fremont. There are 14-units here ranging in size from hotel-style SEDU’s to 1 and 2BR apartments. The project’s Doug Fir cladding was custom-milled from the salvage and deconstruction of the previous building on site which had burned in a fire.
The corners of these new buildings face skyline and water views and express contrasting balconies to dissolve their edges and open outwards in both directions. A butterfly mural by a local graffiti artist wraps the site’s courtyard and shoring walls and these buildings are also 4-star Built Green.
Location: Fremont, Seattle
Architect: Lemons Architecture & Urban Growth
Structural Engineer: Malsam Tsang Structural Engineering
Civil Engineer: Davido Consulting Group
Landscape Architect: Root of Design
Client: Private Owner
Location: Portage Bay, Seattle
Architect: Lemons Architecture & Urban Growth
Structural Engineer: Malsam Tsang Structural Engineering
Civil Engineer: Davido Consulting Group
Geotechnical Engineer: Pangeo
Landscape Architect: Root of Design
Client: Private Owner & Builder
Snohetta
HOOM started years before it began with architectural research in the Netherlands and working for a Dutch architect who designed my favorite library. Amsterdam’s Steigereiland is home to beautiful and uniquely designed rowhouse communities and we hoped to create one here in the NW someday. To kickoff this project when the site was found by the owner, we visited and studied these communities in-person to bring some new inspiration and ideas back home to Seattle for these buildings.
We designed these 2 buildings and 8 townhouse units to interlock together and occupy the base of a heavily wooded and 40% steep slope site by Seattle’s Beacon Hill. Interlocking and jogging their partition walls allowed for the units to be much larger on one side than the other for light, living spaces, and views. An ECA variance to develop at the toe of the slope was granted by the city to minimally disturb the site and concurrently revegetate the hillside. Parking is required for the site, so a secure parking garage is located beneath the the upper units and shared resident decks.
Each residence was created uniquely and they express different materials, fenestration, and colors according to the unit, site, views, composition, privacy, and layout. These buildings were also able to use more affordable building materials while still allowing for strong expressions of brick, steel, concrete, wood, and metal at key areas. Residents have also taken the next step for these individual unit expressions with their unique vibrant gardens and outdoor space items. For many of them, this has become a community for both working remotely and living as these spaces continue to evolve. To see this architectural dream come to life start to finish has been a real adventure and we are very happy to have been a part of that process w/ a great team from conception to completion.
Location: North Beacon Hill, Seattle
Architect: Lemons Architecture & Urban Growth
Structural Engineer: Malsam Tsang Structural Engineering
Civil and Shoring Engineer: Davido Consulting Group
Landscape Architect: Root of Design
Geotechnical Engineer: Pangeo Inc
Client: Private Owner & Builder
Bellevue Skyline Condos is a project we designed overlooking downtown Bellevue when our architecture studio first began. The site is located atop a critical area steep slope, all units are modular, and units open towards a site view corridor of the nearby Bellevue Towers project. Timber faced resin panels warm up all facades. A combination of sloping roofs and terraced PV/vegetated roof decks really help this project nestle into the hillside w/ the adjacent homes and multi-family architecture here. We love how this project has grown into the hillside over the years and love seeing it while driving downtown on the Eastside.
Location: Bellevue
Architect: Lemons Architecture & Urban Growth
Structural Engineer: Malsam Tsang Structural
Civil Engineer: Davido Consulting Group
Landscape Architect: Root of Design
Client: Private Owner & Builder
Location: Green Lake, Seattle
Architect: Lemons Architecture & Urban Growth
Structural Engineer: Malsam Tsang Structural Engineering
Civil Engineer: Davido Consulting Group
Landscape Architect: Root of Design
Client: Private Owner & Builder
Location: Bellevue
Architect: Lemons Architecture & Urban Growth
Structural Engineer: Malsam Tsang Structural Engineering
Civil Engineer: Davido Consulting Group
Landscape Architect: Root of Design
Client: Private Owner & Builder
Dravus is a single family residence plus a detatched accessory dwelling unit that we designed for a unique sloping corner lot in Seattle’s Interbay. Its interlocking building form is driven by scale, program, and the adjacent existing trees. Parking is accessed from the alley at the low side of the site to preserve both street facades and landscape. An angled sill, wall, and soffit connect together to articulate the interlocking upper massing volumes and provide eaves below. Fenestration and cedar cladding is offset between the levels to lift the other residential spaces above the primary living level and create additional movement along both street edges. The primary living level has an attached covered outdoor space and flex room facing its West and South views. The upper roof deck offers urban agriculture, solar catchment arrays, and great outdoor space w/ many views beyond. The detached accessory dwelling unit on-site is flexibly and modularly designed so it can adapt to a resident’s current and future needs including remote working, fabrication, a guest house, office, Airbnb setup, yoga/fitness space, or other potential uses these people might need for futureproofing.
Location: Interbay, Seattle
Architect: Lemons Architecture & Urban Growth
Structural Engineer: Malsam Tsang Structural Engineering
Civil Engineer: PBG Civil Engineering
Client: Private Owner & Builder
Location: Central District, Seattle
Architect: Lemons Architecture & Urban Growth
Structural Engineer: Malsam Tsang Structural Engineering
Civil Engineer: Davido Consulting Group
Landscape Architect: Root of Design
Client: Private Owner & Builder
Location: Beacon Hill, Seattle
Architect: Lemons Architecture & Urban Growth
Structural Engineer: Malsam Tsang Structural Engineering
Civil Engineer: Davido Consulting Group
Landscape Architect: Root of Design
MEP Engineer: Coffman Engineers
Geotechnical Engineer: Pangeo
General Contractor: Schuchart
Client: Private Owner
Location: Portage Bay, Seattle
Architect: Lemons Architecture & Urban Growth
Structural Engineer: Malsam Tsang Structural Engineering
Civil Engineer: Davido Consulting Group
Geotechnical Engineer: Pangeo
Landscape Architect: Root of Design
Client: Private Owner & Builder
Location: Capitol Hill, Seattle
Architect: Lemons Architecture & Urban Growth
Structural Engineer: Malsam Tsang Structural Engineering
Civil Engineer: Davido Consulting Group
Landscape Architect: Root of Design
Client: Private Owner & Builder
Location: Madison Park, Seattle
Architect: Lemons Architecture & Urban Growth
Structural Engineer: Malsam Tsang Structural Engineering
Civil Engineer: Davido Consulting Group
Landscape Architect: Root of Design
Client: Private Owner & Builder
Location: West Seattle
Architect: Lemons Architecture & Urban Growth
Structural Engineer: Malsam Tsang Structural Engineering
Civil Engineer: Davido Consulting Group
Landscape Architect: Root of Design
Client: Private Owner & Builder
Location: Madison Park, Seattle
Architect: Lemons Architecture & Urban Growth
Structural Engineer: Malsam Tsang Structural Engineering
Civil Engineer: Davido Consulting Group
Landscape Architect: Root of Design
Client: Private Owner & Builder
Location: Lake City, Seattle
Architect: Lemons Architecture & Urban Growth
Structural Engineer: Malsam Tsang Structural Engineering
Civil Engineer: Davido Consulting Group
Landscape Architect: Root of Design
Client: Private Owner & Builder
Location: West Seattle
Architect: Lemons Architecture & Urban Growth
Structural Engineer: Malsam Tsang Structural Engineering
Civil Engineer: Davido Consulting Group
Landscape Architect: Root of Design
Client: Private Owner & Builder
Location: Juanita Beach Park, Kirkland
Architect: Lemons Architecture & Urban Growth
Civil Engineer: Davido Consulting Group
Landscape Architect: Root of Design
Client: Private Owner
Location: Magnuson Park, Seattle
Architect: Lemons Architecture & Urban Growth
Structural Engineer: Malsam Tsang Structural Engineering
Civil Engineer: Davido Consulting Group
Landscape Architect: Root of Design
Client: Private Owner & Builder
Location: Ballard, Seattle
Architect: Lemons Architecture & Urban Growth
Structural Engineer: Malsam Tsang Structural Engineering
Civil Engineer: Davido Consulting Group
Landscape Architect: Root of Design
Client: Private Owner & Builder
Location: Interbay, Seattle
Architect: Lemons Architecture & Urban Growth
Structural Engineer: Malsam Tsang Structural Engineering
Civil Engineer: Blueline Civil Engineering
Landscape Architect: Root of Design
Client: Private Owner & Builder
Bowerman
Location: Interbay, Seattle
Architect: Lemons Architecture & Urban Growth
Structural Engineer: Malsam Tsang Structural Engineering
Civil Engineer: Davido Consulting Group
Landscape Architect: Root of Design
Client: Private Owner & Builder
Location: Windermere, Seattle
Architect: Lemons Architecture & Urban Growth
Structural Engineer: Tecinstruct
Civil Engineer: Davido Consulting Group
Geotechnical Engineer: Pangeo
Client: Private Owner & Builder
Location: Central District, Seattle
Architect: Lemons Architecture & Urban Growth
Structural Engineer: Carissa Farkas Structural Engineering
Civil Engineer: Davido Consulting Group
Landscape Architect: Root of Design
Client: Private Owner & Builder
Location: Woodland Park, Seattle
Architect: Lemons Architecture & Urban Growth
Structural Engineer: Malsam Tsang Structural Engineering
Civil Engineer: Davido Consulting Group
Landscape Architect: Root of Design
Client: Private Owner & Builder
Location: West Seattle
Architect: Lemons Architecture & Urban Growth
Structural Engineer: Malsam Tsang Structural Engineering
Civil Engineer: Davido Consulting Group
Landscape Architect: Root of Design
Client: Private Owner & Builder
Leschi is a single family residence plus an accessory dwelling unit that we designed overlooking Lake Washington in Seattle. We broke down the massing and program into 3 volumes and expressed them in a dark cementitious panel, wood, and a lighter volume. The wood volume grows out of the steps leading to the residence, then it expands vertically to the interior stair spine and roof deck. The heavier cementitious volume reaches towards the water, opens at the living level, and then cantilevers to the water views at the master bedroom corner w/ a wraparound deck. This cantilever and its primary living level deck below are both articulated with warm cedar soffits and walls. The accessory dwelling unit can function separately or together with the main residence to maximize its potential uses in the future. We were able to keep this enclosure assembly very affordable and energy efficient utilizing a combination of cementitious panels, wood, and punched openings without sacrificing durability for the builder and we really love this finished home.
Location: Leschi, Seattle
Architect: Lemons Architecture & Urban Growth
Structural Engineer: Ellipsis Structural Engineering
Civil Engineer: PBG Civil Engineering
Landscape Architect: Root of Design
Client: Private Owner & Builder
Location: Leschi, Seattle
Architect: Lemons Architecture & Urban Growth
Structural Engineer: Carissa Farkas Structural Engineering
Civil Engineer: Davido Consulting Group
Client: Private Owner & Builder
Location: Fremont, Seattle
Architect: Lemons Architecture & Urban Growth
Structural Engineer: Malsam Tsang Structural Engineering
Civil Engineer: Davido Consulting Group
Landscape Architect: Root of Design
Client: Private Owner & Builder
