Você fala Portguese? Excited to receive our first foreign press here at Grouparchitect in this month’s issue of Brazil’s Revista Living! Check out more on the exciting Ballard Remodel project here!...
There has been lots of recent progress on our LIV apartments project over the month of October located in Bellevue. You can see the West building towering over the beginning stages of the East building. This addition is the final component to this mix-use complex. Phase 2 is moving along swiftly, with concrete and elevated decks were completed in September and the wood level framing commencing in October. If you have been following the progress of the project you can see...
The Theta Delta Chi fraternity building has undergone some serious remodeling. There has been a lot of progress to the courtyard and rear of the building over the last couple of months. But now it’s time to renovate the original building. The exterior was retrieved to its historic state, with Ionic columns supporting the portico balcony, the shingled Gambrel roof, and the original style of shutters and windows. The previous remodel’s vinyl siding and shutters were replaced with durable fiber...
October at the LIV Apartments was a busy month. The most notable progress on site over the last month would probably be the framing of the North Building, which topped out at its highest point. This signals the completion of the framing for phase 1 of the project. The roof and waterproofing will soon follow in an effort to minimize the exposure to the moist fall weather. The East Building, adjacent to 156th Ave NE, underwent a quick transition as subsurface...
As progress at the Phinney Ridge Prefab project site continues since the demolition of the existing home, ongoing efforts on the home continues at the Method Homes factory in Ferndale, WA. Prefabrication of this home allows for a significantly reduced construction schedule, and also helps considerably for projects that are to be constructed in the wet fall and winter months of Seattle. Floor plans and designs are created in the same process as a stick built home. Structurally, there are differences in...
September at the LIV Apartments was a busy month. Trades worked on all aspects of the project from exterior cladding detailing and painting to interior gypsum board and work on unit interiors. At the West Building, the gateway feature wall takes shape as the composite wood panels are installed and frame the western entrance to the site from Bel-Red Road. Along Bel-Red Road the massing of the west and north buildings can be seen as the gateway wall emphasizes the entry...
The excavator is in the process of demolition of the existing home at the site of the new Phinney Ridge Prefab home project being careful for the neighboring homes and fences. Homes are no match for an excavator, also known as a track hoe. The long reach of the boom and bucket is able to grab the roof of a home and crumple it to the ground with little effort. Stripped bare, even the existing concrete will be removed to make way...
The Theta Delta Chi renovation at the University of Washington continues as work on the roof, cladding, and window replacement progresses. Additional structural members were required to take the load where the aging trusses have rotted and can no longer perform to their structural rating. On top of the new roof structure, an almost completely new plywood deck is installed. After all the struggle and time it took to remedy the deficient trusses it’s exciting to see the roof membrane on...
This remodel to a craftsman home in Seattle’s Ravenna neighborhood consisted of a small addition, a bathroom remodel, basement remodel and reconfiguration of the floor plan and stairway to open up the house to the backyard and make the basement access pathway more inviting. Larger basement windows with window wells were added to both provide more natural light as well as to provide egress to a new guest bedroom created in the unfinished basement. A small addition in the rear...
The month of September brought progress across all areas of the LIV Apartments in Bellevue. The South Building roof has been installed and progress continues on the window and exterior siding installation. Interior plumbing and electrical rough in proceed in conjunction to maximize the potential of scheduling trades. Elsewhere, at the West Building, painters have begun to paint the exterior fiber cement board as the installation of the composite wood panel, metal panel, and brick masonry has nearly finished. The North Building...
