Architect Crush: BUILD LLC

While reading "The Indispensable Architect" in the latest issue of Residential Architect we read a sub-article featuring a conversation with Andrew van Leeuwen of BUILD about their blog. After reading the article we decided to check out their blog...Wow! 

The blog shows their love and dedication to their craft of architecture. They write about their work, work of those they admire, design details, lessons they have learned, books they have read, among many other topics. We found it very interesting that we stumbled on this blog days after making our New Year's Blog(res)olution. This is what we want our blog to be like when it grows up. They are doing a great thing, we don't want to copy it, we want to be inspired by it (and some other great blogs about architecture). We want our posts to inspire, educate, and promote good architecture.

BUILD is a Seattle based firm that approaches their architecture and projects from a design-build  standpoint.  Like Cote Renard the are a small firm that seems to have more residential work, but they do have some commercial projects under their belt.   They are problem solves, we read that they were dissatisfied with the costs of contemporary cabinetry, so they opened up their own cabinet shop for their projects.  We can go on and on about their work and philosophies, but if you are interested please visit their website and read more about them for yourself.

Innus Arden by BUILD, image courtesy of BUILD website

Davison Residence  by BUILD, image courtesy of BUILD website

Photograph by Ben Benschneider

We have never had the opportunity to meet Kevin Eckert or Andrew van Leeuwen of BUILD...maybe someday.  We just admire their work and the way they go about it.  Have a great weekend!