“American Framing” Returns to Wood Framing’s Geographic and Cultural Origin

Text description provided by the architects. Nestled at the base of the Catalina mountains adjacent to a protected peak, the Ventana House is a window on the desert. The two-story dwelling rises from its mountainside setting like a geological outcropping,…

Text description provided by the architects. Located at the San Francisco Aquatic Park, the Maritime Museum is housed within a Streamline Moderne style bathhouse that was a joint effort by the City of San Francisco and the Works Progress Administration…

In Pioneer Square, Seattle’s oldest neighborhood, a newly enlarged condominium demonstrates that history can be a living organism rather than an artifact frozen in time. After originally designing the penthouse as his personal residence in 1987, architect Jim Olson, founding…

Text description provided by the architects. Nestled at the base of the Catalina mountains adjacent to a protected peak, the Ventana House is a window on the desert. The two-story dwelling rises from its mountainside setting like a geological outcropping,…

Text description provided by the architects. Located at the San Francisco Aquatic Park, the Maritime Museum is housed within a Streamline Moderne style bathhouse that was a joint effort by the City of San Francisco and the Works Progress Administration…

In Pioneer Square, Seattle’s oldest neighborhood, a newly enlarged condominium demonstrates that history can be a living organism rather than an artifact frozen in time. After originally designing the penthouse as his personal residence in 1987, architect Jim Olson, founding…