Inspirations

If you have noticed from our blog posts, Gelotte Hommas puts great emphasis on the power and principle of green living and design. By creating sustainable homes, we ensure that each of our creative and inspired spaces puts as little burden on the environment as possible, while ensuring that its occupants enjoy their space. While we’ve talked …

The interior design that went into this home after it was designed by Gelotte Hommas truly stands out as a great example of how to accent the architectural elements of your home through paint and decor. Each of the homes designed by Gelotte Hommas has special features and small touches to accent their over all aesthetic. You …

The Bellevue Arts Museum is a creative mecca here in Bellevue Seattle. While we admire the art within and it provides great creative inspiration, the building itself is an architectural piece of art. The Bellevue Arts Museum is a compilation of glass, textured concrete, and aluminum that creates a bold and modern silhouette in the downtown …

An architect doesn’t just create a building or structure–They create a functional, large scale piece of art that people can admire for decades. Understanding the link between the creation of art and architecture is essential, and a new art exhibit at the Seattle Art Museum is helping to make that understanding more tangible. Mika Tajima is working to …

While venturing onto Design Milk, a comment in an article particularly caught our eye. In the  posting on Qi Wellness Center, the writer stated the following: “I am drawn to this wellness center lobby design created by Manadaº Architecture Studio, mostly because it already makes me feel better.” We can see why, as the beautifully designed space …

Gelotte Hommas specializes in custom residential architecture because we know how important having your home is to you, and we want it to be custom made to suit you and your needs. In a way, we’re just helping you to fulfill the American Dream, as owning a home is essential to fulfilling that goal. The American …

While exploring some of the other innovations in green design on the Contemporist, we found this wonderful design for a restaurant in Sydney from Koichi Takada Architects. The center of the restaurant is designed to look like a giant tree, inspired by the cherry trees that the architects are so familiar with. The space has a …

If the holidays have you dreaming of faraway destinations, add these architectural attractions from around the world to your list: Chapelle Notre Dame du Haut de Ronchamp, France Casa Luis Barragan, Mexico City, Mexico Ise Grand Shrine, Ise, Japan Church of Light, Osaka, Japan Eglise Notre Dame du Raincy, Le Raincy, France Arcosanti, Arizona Pueblo Adobe Houses, …

A recent Seattle remodel featured in Old House magazine presents some great ideas for using architectural salvage to create a historic feel inside your home. The feature describes how Robin Warner and Rich Moyer lovingly restored a 1908 Foursquare in Seattle’s Nob Hill neighborhood to its former glory with architectural salvage and historically accurate new construction. The …

The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation recently paid $48,800 for the collection of Wright photographs, correspondence and select building plans at a Los Angeles auction, the Associated Press reports. The foundation seeks to preserve the architect’s legacy, and the items purchased at auction include photos of Wright buildings that no longer exist, including his home and the demolished …