Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects Office
- LEAD ARCHITECT
- Tom Kundig, FAIA (view bio)
- LOCATION & YEAR
- Seattle, WA, 2004
- PROJECT TYPES
- Mixed Use/Commercial
Poject Details
Located in the historic Washington Shoe Building in the Pioneer Square Historic District, the design limits its impact on the existing space. The open plan layout is pulled away from the perimeter walls to limit contact with the existing historic structure and to take advantage of better natural daylight, circulation paths through the office and to avoid the favoritism associated with the “corner office.” Sustainable ideas were explored through the natural ventilation strategy (skylight and open stair for a chimney effect), not painting the warehouse walls or even the old windows (left “as is”), using masonite for floors and walls (a highly recycled content material left unpainted), and unpainted steel.

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