Magellan Architects: Beyond the Lines

Issaquah Highlands Self-Storage Building

magellanarchitects — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:58:10 +0000

We recently finished a new self storage building in Issaquah located at 910 NE High Street. The building stands 6-stories (68,700 S.F.) and contains a leasing office, hundreds of storage spaces of various sizes, and a separate retail space on the ground floor. The building was fitted onto a narrow site that is roughly 50ft. x 250ft. The nature of this site lead to some creative design solutions, such as a cantilever along the street side, that was necessary to fit everything into the building that was desired. To date this is the tallest building that we have designed here at Magellan Architects!

View from street corner. Photo Credit: Bernie Derke

The general contractor for this project was Foushee and Associates and the architectural design for the most part was a collaborative effort from multiple people at our firm. Below is a couple of pictures showing the erection of some large concrete tilt up panels.

Photo Credit: Kristie McLean (travelpoet.com)

And finally a picture of the completed interior. Stay tuned for future completed project profiles!

Photo Credit: Bernie Derke

Favorite Finishes: New Wallcovering

magellanarchitects — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 19:55:27 +0000

We received a new wallcovering card in the mail the other day from Wolf-Gordon for some new patterns and colorways in their Infinity line of recycled polyester wall coverings. Loving this bold chevron pattern, Adire. It’s retro and clean but also makes a statement.

Looks like a great option for hospitality, bold office spaces, or even an adventurous retail space. I love that it comes in bold colorways with contrasting colors, subtle pastel variations, and deep rich jewel tones.

This product is 100% recycled polyester with recycled backing, for an overall post-consumer Recycled Content of 20%. It also has custom color capability for 300 yards. Check it out!

**Note: Magellan Architects does not receive compensation for any products shared on this blog. These are simply products we stumble upon and want to share with our design colleagues!**

10 years going strong

magellanarchitects — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 19:41:46 +0000

We’re back! After trouble shooting some office technology hurdles, the Magellan team is back to bring you news on our projects and design ideas from around the community.

Also, its our tenth anniversary celebration this year, so we’ll be posting more on what that means for Magellan and our trusted counterparts. Stay tuned. Thanks for joining us!

Friday Foto

magellanarchitects — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:41:57 +0000

Photo of the day comes to you from our construction site at the previous Lamps Plus location on NE 8th in Bellevue. This site will soon be a Bartell Drugs complete with a new facade and higher parapet. Stay tuned for project progress.

Magellan Crew tackles Multifamily Housing

magellanarchitects — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:08:25 +0000

: All photo credit Habitat for Humanity East King County

On the first real spring day, a crew of 5 Magellan employees and friends joined with Habitat for Humanity East King County to work on their ambitious Issaquah Highlands project. The building - a duplex with stellar views of downtown Seattle and the Olympic Peninsula is in the process of installing exterior sheathing. Windows had just been installed and interior work is slated to commence soon. We worked on window trim and corner trim (and our tans!).

Our crew worked alongside other volunteers from around the community as well as a team of full time Americorps participants. We worked mainly with Liz, a full time Habitat EKC employee who was fun, upbeat, and knowledgeable about the projects.

Bob sizes up the trim

Dirk serious at the chop saw

Pedro rules the scaffold

What a great way to kick off the summer of DIY!

What a beautiful day!

PSE Factoria: Complete!

magellanarchitects — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:37:00 +0000

Our project for Puget Sound Energy’s Factoria Service Center was completed in October. This was a 32,000 s.f. new office building and renovation of an existing warehouse facility. We are on track to receive LEED Gold certification under LEED v2.2. This is the largest project complete to date by Magellan Architects, so this is a proud moment for our design team!

Principal in Charge: Pedro Castro

Project Manager: Glenn Steiner

Design Support: Howard Lee, Josh Peterson, Heather Tomlin, Brianne Culley, Theresa Greene

General Contractor: Lydig Construction

Consultants: Case Engineering (Electrical), Abossein Engineering (Mechanical), Dibble Engineering (Structural), David Evans + Associates (Civil), O’brien + Co. (LEED Project Management), McKinstry (CxA)

Emerging Green Builders January Event

magellanarchitects — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:52:19 +0000

Join the Cascadia Green Building Council Seattle Branch for their Emerging Green Builders Event on January 15th – Hosted at University of Washington. EGB is largely comprised of sturdents, those within 5 years of graduation, and individuals under the age of 30, although all are welcome.

For students, there will be a “speed mentoring” session at this event with an opportunity to meet industry professionals.

Happy Birthday, Oscar!

magellanarchitects — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:53:25 +0000

Brazilian Architect, Oscar Niemeyer, turned 102 on Tuesday. Amazingly, he still goes to the office everyday to complete his iconic designs. Read more on his candid birthday statements. See below for some of his body of work.

Old/New Venetian Gallery

magellanarchitects — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:57:15 +0000

ArcSpace today featured the renovation of the Francois Pinault Foundation Gallery in Venice by Japanese Modernist Tadao Ando. What a wonderful combination of history and modernism, brick and concrete, glass, steel, and wood. Bellisimo!

All Images via arcspace. Photo credit Thomas Mayer.

World’s Tallest Woman-Designed Skyscraper

magellanarchitects — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:45:43 +0000

Aqua, the new skyscraper by Studio Gang Architects, is complete and a beautiful undulating addition to Chicago’s skyline. Jeanne Gang is the 45 year old principal architect for the building, which she describes as having an “inhabited facade”.

The buildings concepts and execution make it truly sustainable, an active green building instead of a cube with features tacked on. It also features one of Chicago’s largest green roofs, above the 2 story mixed use base.

The forms pay homage to the modern sculptural qualities of Oscar Niemeyer, the Brazilian great.

Read more on Aqua on Chicago Tribune’s CityScapes. All photos property of Chicago Tribune.