Architecting

We are updating a few of our marketing pieces around here. Our marketing guru Nikki is working on developing a custom font for some of these pieces and we wanted to share. The similarities of the way designing something looks is pretty universal. You stick to the basics of form and function, throw in some …

Architecture inspired by nature

One of our co-workers spent the last few days at Glacier National Park in Montana camping with her family.  Being surrounded by that much natural beauty one can’t help but get inspired. One of our principal’s Scott Hommas is actually from Montana, and grew up not too far from Lake McDonald.  As a child Scott …

Friday NOT so fun: It’s a coffee emergency people!

I know that normally we do Friday Fun here on the Gelotte Hommas blog, but today is different. Today we are doing Friday NOT so fun. In fact, today we are talking about something down right horrific! I understand that after reading this post, many of you may “unsubscribe” to our blog posts on the …

Energy Savers: A look at geothermal temperature controls

Now that summer is here, so is the heat, and by here I don’t mean Washington State as it’s currently 63 and raining.  We have heard it is hot everywhere else though, so we thought we would share an amazing energy saving, renewable option for heating and cooling a home. One of our current underway …

Friday Fun – A SWAT Team send off

One of our current underway projects is getting close to demo time. Waterfront Reflections is a beautiful home situated on an amazing piece of property on the shores of Lake Washington. The property has an existing structure which is scheduled to be demo’d very soon. But this particular home is going to get a special kind …

Together we raised over $1000, and sent Scott to jail!

Last week we rallied the troops for a fund raiser benefiting the MDA (Muscular Dystrophy Association). Every year the MDA hosts “Lock-Up” where someone from your organization goes to “jail” to raise money for bail. Their “bail” money goes to the MDA to send kids to things like summer camp. This is truly an amazing organization that …

GHA recognized as “Best Architect” in 425 Magazine for the second year in a row!

This morning’s mail greeted us with TWO surprises. The first was the COVETED July/August issue “Best of 425” of 425 Magazine came EARLY and the second was that we WON Best Architect- AGAIN! 425 Magazine is hosting the “Best of 425 Cocktail Party” tonight at the Blue Martini Lounge in Bellevue to recognize and celebrate …

The 7 Stages of Residential Architectural Design – An Info-graphic

From start to finish there are quite a lot of details that go into the design, and then build out processes of residential architecture. This can take anywhere from 6 months to 3 years depending on the size and complexity of the project. Whether remodeling your guest bathroom, or designing a 35,000 sq. ft home …

What do kids and vintage race cars have in common?

FUN – that’s what! Every summer  SOVREN (Society of Vintage Racing Enthusiats) hosts The Pacific Northwest Historics from  June 29th thru July 1st. This is a weekend filled with vintage car races. As if THAT wasn’t cool enough on it’s own, the whole reason the guild does this is to raise money for our very own Seattle Children’s …

Calling all builders, re-modelers and realtors; let’s talk 3-D over breakfast

This Thursday June 21st one of our project managers Eric Drivdahl is going to be participating in a hosted discussion. Come and see where the future of 3-D is headed, and how it can positively impact your business. The best part is you get breakfast too! The cost is $15 for Members and $25 for …