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Gray No. 34
Gray No. 34
SLAM DUNK
What do you get when you combine a
basketball court with a basement film studio?
One of the Northwests coolest new office spaces.
Written by AMANDA ZURITA : Photographed by LOGAN HAVENS
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OPPOSITE: Seattle content
studio Workhouse Creative
teamed with SHED Architecture
& Design to turn a 100-year-old
Central District space into a
modern industrial headquarters.
A grand staircase marries the
two floors, illuminated with a
fluorescent installation by light
artist Ben Zamora. THIS PAGE,
FROM TOP: Repurposed floor
joists serve as wall-mounted
desks in the basement, and
grommeted air barrier mem-
brane material (an element
inspired by Thomas Edisons
original film studio, the Black
Maria) lines the office walls.
THE BUILDING
OWNER ASKED US,
ARE YOU SURE YOU DONT WANT
TO CLEAN UP THIS CONCRETE?
BUT WE WERE LIKE,
NO, THIS IS AMAZING!
ELI MARTIN, FORMER MANAGING DIRECTOR, WORKHOUSE CREATIVE
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| STYLE workspace |
Seattles Plank & Grain created custom tables and shelves for
the open workspace. A mural by Seattle artist Ten Hundred
illustrating the process of a clients idea becoming creative
realityis a quirky backdrop to the companys scaled-down
basketball court.
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| STYLE workspace |
WE KEPT AS MUCH
TEXTURE IN THE SPACE
AS WE COULD, IN AS RAW
A FORM AS WE COULD.
THOMAS SCHAER, PRINCIPAL, SHED ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN
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