Dexter Avenue N Renovation
Seattle, WAOffices, Parking, Common outdoor space
When it was designed in 1979, Dexter Avenue N was a perfect example of the car-centered ‘future’ of office building planning. It was a generic box, lifted above an open parking lot. The parking lot served as the building’s de facto lobby, creating a building-scale porte-cochere that led to an ungenerous elevator lobby. But the building had good bones, a well-proportioned volume, and wonderful siting, lifted above as asphalt landscape with a wonderfully difficult pitch. Our Vancouver, British Columbia, based client asked us to help them use a light touch to transform this diffident, 1980’s era structure, into a contemporary core-and-shell office building that could foreground the site’s surrounding landscapes.
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![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/79eb3bba29b839a91675979a4507754b35d8652753fc53f84b93e78ef55aaa54/Dexter-Avenue-6.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0af8d49de9873df64cead936b1ea476ec2671fd1b3685082507918f3e64d7fb0/Dexter-Interior-8.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/13846b2acc4f51e47bbb67529d1d947d0a1f18588da86c755746bdf37e0f2975/Dexter-Interior-1.jpg)
Existing Conditions
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References and Concepts
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Information
Location
Seattle, Washington
Client
Burrard︎︎︎
Status
Design: 2018-2019
Construction: 2020-2021
Program
Offices, Parking, Common outdoor space
Size:
24,000gsf; 0.51ac
Collaborators
Interior Design: Ste. Marie︎︎︎
Landscape Architect: Fazio Associates︎︎︎
Structural Engineer: Quantum Consulting Engineers︎︎︎
Civil Engineering: Red Barn︎︎︎
Mobility: Nelson Nygaard︎︎︎
Building Systems: HV Engineering︎︎︎
Lighting: PLS︎︎︎
Survey: Terrane︎︎︎
General Contractor: Goudy Construction︎︎︎
Seattle, Washington
Client
Burrard︎︎︎
Status
Design: 2018-2019
Construction: 2020-2021
Program
Offices, Parking, Common outdoor space
Size:
24,000gsf; 0.51ac
Collaborators
Interior Design: Ste. Marie︎︎︎
Landscape Architect: Fazio Associates︎︎︎
Structural Engineer: Quantum Consulting Engineers︎︎︎
Civil Engineering: Red Barn︎︎︎
Mobility: Nelson Nygaard︎︎︎
Building Systems: HV Engineering︎︎︎
Lighting: PLS︎︎︎
Survey: Terrane︎︎︎
General Contractor: Goudy Construction︎︎︎