“Their restaurant work has been particularly trend-setting; the firm’s impact was described in a Seattle Times article as work that creates spaces where diners want to stay. The 28-employee team has won—among others—the 2017 Architizer Award, the 2017 Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture & Design Award, the 2018 AIA National Honor Award, the 2019 Architizer Award for its work on the Trailben Taproom, and the 2019 IIDA Northern Pacific Chapter INAward for its Deep Dive project. Jim Graham and Brett Baba bring over 60 years of collective experience to the firm.”
Source: Seattle Architects
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Read More“…Inside and directly below The Spheres, however, is where its latest story begins. Publicly accessible, “Understory” provides a narrative for visitors of what’s above…Designed by Graham Baba Architects, Understory features an exhibit based on the design, construction and horticulture of The Spheres…Also below, and accessed via a side entrance, The Spheres is home to Deep Dive, also designed by Graham Baba. The public restaurant/bar, frequented by Amazon employees and locals, evokes a secret grotto.”
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Source: Architectural Products
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Read More“By definition, the architecture firms that win an A+Award are among the world’s most forward-thinking companies — their projects address contemporary challenges and answer clients’ needs in a way that sets them apart from their peers.”
Source: Architizer
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Read More“…the produce tables are made of cedar reclaimed from the old store, which was demolished in early 2018, eight months after it closed. The new store was built for Living Building Challenge Petal Certification, designed by architect Graham Baba in collaboration with architect of record MG2.”
Source: West Seattle Blog
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Read More“Enter Trailbend Taproom, a minimally outfitted beer bar from local firm Graham Baba Architects that lets the rotating array of 42 taps take centerstage.”
Source: Hospitality Design
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Read More“An Eastern Washington fruit and produce company has used carefully designed landscape to create a headquarters site that celebrates its connection to the region’s agricultural history and creates an inspiring work environment for its employees.”
Source: American Society of Landscape Architects
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Read More“Alaska Airlines is spending $50 million over the next few years to refresh and expand its lounges, including new ones in New York and San Francisco. The airline also just opened a third lounge in Seattle’s airport, its biggest yet, in response to the growth in that airport’s traffic — to 50 million passengers in 2018 from 30 million in 2010.”
Source: New York Times
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Read More“The projects by Seattle-based Graham Baba are Deep Dive, a bar in the Amazon Spheres; Dockside Cannabis, a cannabis product retailer; and Trailbend Taproom, a bar/restaurant. Trailbend was also recognized with an innovation/materiality award. It was noted for creative use of concrete, wood, steel and Richlite, a Tacoma-based paper product.”
Source: Daily Journal of Commerce
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Read More“I love seeing our associates who have been with us since we were founded flourishing and developing into great architects. Several have created amazing bodies of work. Our office offers great opportunities for design authorship to those that share our values. These folks will go on to do great things.”
Source: Portrait Magazine
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Read More“The collaborative efforts of homeowner, interior designer and architect were, in this instance, truly harmonious with the end results as sophisticated and elegant as the vision that first inspired them all.”
Source: Portrait Magazine
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Read More“The restaurant space is designed to capture the Tutta Bella experience in a smaller footprint while honoring 300 years of Neapolitan tradition. To that notion, it will blend modern space with a traditional Italian wood-fired pizza oven on full display.”
Source: Daily Journal of Commerce
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Read More“When you descend, you enter into this dark relic that’s tinged with a sense of Victorian magic and mysticism,” says lead architect Jim Graham. “It’s a small place with complex geometry. It was like fitting out a boat.”
Source: Hospitality Design
Image: Haris Kenjar
Read More“Deep Dive takes its aesthetic inspiration from the worlds of Charles Darwin and Jules Verne, capturing the human spirit of curiosity and imagination. Accessed via a nondescript entryway tucked discretely between the two Amazon Spheres, the bar unfolds as a journey.“
Source: Pendulum Magazine
Image: Haris Kenjar
Read More“Chophouse Row is the last piece of developer Liz Dunn’s 15-year master plan to encourage small-scale “incremental urbanism” in Seattle’s Pike/Pine neighborhood. It features a mix of new and old: retail, restaurant, offices, and housing, all in the same building as well as the greater block.”
Source: The American Institute of Architects
Image: Lara Swimmer
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