striking steel-framed transparent 8 unit live/work loft building in seattle
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
Developer:Dunn + Hobbes, LLC
Architect: Miller Hull Partnership
The 1310 east union lofts are located on the east edge of the Pike-Pine neighborhood. This was Dunn & Hobbes’ (Liz Dunn & her Labrador retriever) first new construction project, completed in 2001. It was designed by the Miller|Hull Partnership, winners of the 2003 AIA National Firm of the Year award. The engineers were Swenson Say Faget and the general contractor was Turner Constuction’s Special Projects Division. Its distinctive steel-and-concrete design won numerous local and national AIA awards and the project has been featured in a number of national publications.
As pictured left, the glass exterior features bright red seismic X-bracing which crisscrosses the central bay with balconies and therefore neighborliness on both sides of the steel and glass tower. Inside, the spaces have a raw industrial feel with heated concrete floors, steel ceilings & huge glazed garage doors that roll up to open whole walls of some of the units. (8 units in total with 8 parking spaces made possible by European-style hydraulic parking lift that allows two cars to be stacked in a single space)
Dunn & Hobbes is currently constructing a multi-phased mixed-use project on a highly visible site bounded by 11th, 12th and Pike St., also in the Pike-Pine neighborhood. It is being designed by Weinstein A|U, multiple AIA award-winners and architects of the iconic Banner Building in Belltown. (client/women developer, Koryn Rolstad)The first phase of construction was the renovation of the historic Piston & Ring building, now substantially complete, which is home to Cafe Stellina and Osteria La Spiga. For more info regarding this project, please visit www.12thandpike.com.