THE SEATTLE TIMES
THESE TWO ISLAND HOMES are designed to keep you close to the outdoors even if you’re just doing the dishes (or taking a bath). They offer inspiration on stashing a host of houseguests in close quarters, or folding the less-than-scenic aspects of daily life into an open design that’s full of windows. One home is resplendent, the other ingeniously compact, but they share a common lesson: When in doubt, trust your architect.
The Seattle Times
IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE that designer Michelle Burgess would spend seven weeks in this exceptional Queen Anne home, “just looking,” and studying, and taking things in, before composing a plan. Burgess is also a classical musician, who also really digs anthropology.
Dwell Magazine
Two tenacious homeowners reinvent a soggy midcentury home outside Seattle as a modern masterpiece with the help of Fradkin Fine Construction.
Pacific NW Magazine
Architect Jim Burton and builder Steve Fradkin attached a large contemporary HardiePanel and cedar addition onto the back of the home, stepping it down the sloped yard instead of building up.
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