GRAHAM BABA ARCHITECTS

Senator Patty Murray meets with small businesses i.e. Graham Baba!

2010-09-17T17:07:00.000-07:00

Jim Graham and Gladys Ly-Au Young speak to Senator Murray about small businesses

Phinney House in Construction : Steel Erection Day!

2010-09-17T13:35:00.000-07:00

BUILDING 115 ON THE COVER OF PACIFIC NORTHWEST MAGAZINE

2010-09-13T13:56:00.000-07:00

Architect and design scholar David Miller calls Building 115 in Seattle's Fremont neighborhood the most adventurous of the 2010 FutureShack competition winners, saying "It gives a nighttime presence on a street that has traffic 24-7. ... It's a great hybrid mix."

Click here to read full article

Future Shack 2010 is this Wednesday!
The general public is welcome. Buy your tickets here.

Melrose Market gets a node from the Tasting Table

2010-06-22T10:00:00.000-07:00

From www.tastingtable.com:

Wed. 16 Jun '10
Melrose Place
Local food gets a roof in Seattle
Tasting Table Marigold & Mint | Calf & Kid owner Sheri LaVigne | Melrose Market

San Francisco has the Ferry Building, New York has Chelsea Market, Philly has Reading Terminal. Now Seattle is adding to the culinary cred it established through Pike Place with a new destination-worthy food mall: Melrose Market.

At Marigold & Mint, you'll find "organic flowers and edibles" from the owner's family farm, as well as vintage Mason and apothecary jars, while The Calf & Kid offers a small but stunning selection of imported and Pacific Northwest cheeses. Witty tasting notes and a liberal sampling policy add to the appeal.

Rain Shadow Meats, one of Seattle's only regional and sustainable butcher shops, features house-cured meats from butcher Russell Flint, formerly of Boat Street Cafe. Stop in for some of the delicately spiced chicken-liver pâté, or pick up some thinly sliced beef short ribs to throw on the grill; Flint likes to marinate his in chermoula, a fragrant paste used in North African cuisine (click here to download his recipe).

Melrose is also the new home of chef Matthew Dillon's Sitka & Spruce, which relocated in May. The hyper-local menu changes frequently, but a recent visit included rustic delights such as raw scallops with green garlic and preserved lemon ($18) and long-line-caught lingcod with asparagus, honey and Banyuls vinegar ($23).

And the future looks bright: Soon-to-open Melrose tenants include Homegrown Sustainable Sandwich Shop and Bar Ferdinand, a wine shop/bar co-owned by Dillon.

Melrose Market, 1501-1535 Melrose Ave., Seattle; melrosemarketseattle.com

click here to see the full article

Building 115 named Project of the Month

2010-06-21T14:34:00.000-07:00

Graham Baba to collaborate on the new PLUM BISTRO in LA

2010-04-27T17:49:00.000-07:00

Plum Bistro
12th and Pike, Capitol Hill, Seattle, Washington

So we aren't the hippest cats in Capitol Hill but Jim Graham came back from LA: shades pulled, fancy pants in tact, name dropping like a sailor.

Graham Baba will be teaming up with Makini Howell of Plum Bistro to open a new vegan restaurant in LA. With Casey Affleck and Joaquin Phoenix as primary backers, it is sure to be a hit with LA's finest animal friendly celebrities. Although I joke a bit, we are all very excited to be Jim's entourage at the next soiree.

Check out the write up on Makini for more info on the party and restaurant at EcoStiletto:

Makini Howell: Vegan Queen

2010-04-08T10:08:00.000-07:00

On Saturday, our own Anya Miller placed 2nd!! in the Design the Modern Board contest put on in collaboration with SOS Outreach and K2 Snowboarding.

The first shop at MELROSE MARKET is opening today!

2010-04-01T10:04:00.001-07:00

Marigold and Mint, a local organic flower shop owned by Katherine Anderson, is opening its doors today with a “soft” opening in time for Easter! We’ve had a great time working out the details with builder Tim Pepperell and Michael Northrop of Metalworks & Design. Come by to get some flowers and support both local business and the new market!

Melrose Market is being developed by Liz Dunn (Dunn & Hobbes) and Scott Shapiro (Eaglerock Ventures), and the building was renovated by MRJ Constructors. Stay tuned for more openings at the Melrose Market…

Marigold and Mint

1531 Melrose Avenue

Seattle WA, 98122

KOLSTRAND BUILDING TOUR

2010-03-30T15:46:00.000-07:00

DISCO FEVER

2010-02-04T08:52:00.000-08:00

The disco ball is due on Tuesday and she's still hitting
the town! We would like to applaud Jim and Dorothee
Graham for their costume capabilities...you were
indeed robbed of 1st place

Sandwich Lab Blog

2010-02-04T08:47:00.000-08:00

Sandwich Lab Blog

Melrose Market is excited to welcome Homegrown, an organic sandwich shop, to Capitol Hill. Check out their blog for more updates

Marigold and Mint for Valentine's Day

2010-02-04T08:13:00.000-08:00

Marigold and Mint, a local organic flower shop, will open at Melrose Market in April. In the mean time, please visit their site to order your special person a Valentine's Day treat.

www.marigoldandmint.com

Frankie goes to Hollywood

2009-12-09T16:07:00.000-08:00

GBA is big in France

2009-11-04T09:10:00.000-08:00

GBA's first project in the Ile de Brehat, which is a very small
island off the coast of Brittany.

I think this calls for a site visit

GBA is published in a new book by Panache. Perspectives on Design

2009-11-03T16:17:00.001-08:00

"You never know where you'll find inspiration"

BUILDING 115 is almost Done!

2009-11-03T15:46:00.000-08:00

2009-11-03T15:22:00.000-08:00

The Beck Residence is in a Norton AntiVirus commercial

2009-11-03T15:06:00.000-08:00

That's the owners cat

jim's lecture

2009-11-03T14:44:00.000-08:00

Jim Graham gave a talk to the incoming students for
the University of Washington Architecture Program. He
along with 4 other firm principals openly described the
process of architecture and the ups and downs that come
along with every pivotal project. Really good stuff

wanna stay in seattle for less?

2009-11-03T13:30:00.000-08:00

American Hotel is GBA's latest project and first hostel. Located in
the International District, the 328 bed hostel reuses an existing
womens' shelter that had relocated to a new building. Seattle was
sad to see the previous Hosteling International building by the
market close but this new project is in close proximity to King
Street Station and the new Airport Light Rail. This building in sure
to see a lot of eyes from all over the world. Welcome to Seatte!

Articles about American Hotel:
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/410670_hostel05.html?source=pimail

DJC project of the week (10.26.09)

www.americanhotelseattle.com

In the parlance of our time… HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRETT!

2009-10-27T12:03:00.000-07:00

The office celebrated Brett ‘The Dude’ Baba’s birthday on Friday, October 9. The party started with a bright orange jumpsuit, pizza and beers at an exclusive midday office showing of The Big Lobowski. Brett enjoyed a single-serve White Russian, we all agreed that Donnie was out of his element and that the Cohen brothers are geniuses! We shut the doors at 5 and headed down to Columbia City for some bowling, where Jacob’s mastery of the alley was clear. Strikes and gutter balls rolled, and it was promised that we should go more often because bowling is just ridiculously fun… Am I wrong? Am I wrong? No, I am not wrong! We hope you are having a great fall. Keep rolling!

-anya

Whitman Residence

2009-06-02T16:16:00.000-07:00

Whitman Residence is featured in the new XBOX a d.

GBA published

2009-06-02T10:24:00.000-07:00

Beck Residence appears in Archipelago, Critiques of Contemporary Architecture and Education.
Richard Williams acted as Jim Graham's graduate thesis critic while he attended the University of Illinois.

GORILLA LUNCH

2009-06-01T15:14:00.000-07:00

The office organized for a quick lunch at skillet while it was parked in our neck of the woods for the day. The traveling trailer of goodness makes its way to capitol hill every monday.

We pulled up our OWN trailer with picnic table and chair in hand and popped a squat right in the parking lot.

Tour of project in West Seattle

2009-05-15T15:59:00.000-07:00

We stopped off at Bakery Neuvo and then headed for Alki for a picnic.

Janice Veikman was generous enough to give us a peak of her wonderful house in West Seattle.

2009-05-15T11:48:00.000-07:00

Open House at the Kolstrand Building
The Kolstrand folks opened up the building to give the neighborhood a peak at what's to come. It was also an ideal day for a 7-person bicycle and a beer.