Dexter Ave Offices
Transforming a fifty-year-old office building by changing the way it engages the street.
Location Seattle, WashingtonClientBurrardProjectOffices, Renovation
Dexter Avenue N was built in 1979 as a product of its time—an office building shaped around the car. A simple box, it sits above an open parking level that effectively became the building’s entry. This space functions like an oversized porte-cochere, leading to a tight and uninviting elevator lobby.
Despite this, the building has strong fundamentals: a clear, well-proportioned form and a distinctive siting above a steep, asphalt-covered slope.
Our client, based in Vancouver, British Columbia, asked us to work with a light hand—to adapt the existing structure into a contemporary core-and-shell office building while bringing forward the character of the surrounding landscape.
Project Team
Northwest Studio
David Cutler, Aaron Young, Brian Nguy, Ivan Kostic
Interior DesignSte. MarieLandscape ArchitectureFazio AssociatesStructural Engineering Quantum Consulting EngineersCivil EngineeringRed BarnBuilding SystemsHV EngineeringGeneral ContractorGoudy Construction
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