Wooden slab into conference room fab: Re-purposing

Re-purposing materials for another use is a part of our architectural practice with our projects, but it doesn’t stop there. When we moved into our current office building four years ago we gained an extra conference room. A bigger conference room, which of course needed a bigger conference room table. The current table that we …

Friday fun: Secret doors

Happy Friday everyone! Here in Seattle it has successfully rained and shined today with more of the same  forecasted this weekend. Considering that Seattle weather is known for being a little less than fun (in general) I thought we could kick on a Friday Fun series. From now on, we will be posting something fun about architecture or …

How far can $20 go? Get involved in the Seattle Foundation’s GIVE BIG campaign.

Today is the Seattle Foundation’s Give Big campaign. The event helps more than 1,400 local nonprofits raise money and awareness through online donations. “The idea is to create a sense of excitement around one day in which the whole community comes together to support the nonprofits,” said foundation spokeswoman Mary Grace Roske. Here at GHA local …

We’re on Pinterest – are you?

Pinterest is another social networking site that is similar to Houzz in that you post or “pin” images. The difference with Pinterest is that you organize your “pins” on boards instead of in idea books. You can search through all sorts of topics from #architecture to #fashion, #weddings and #pets and everything in between. Once …

Our project “Classic on the green” featured in this month’s issue of Luxe magazine

Last month we shared that one of our projects Classic On The Green was going to be featured in the April Issue of Luxe Magazine. We received our copy of Luxe this week, and we wanted to share. The home has been internally re-designed by interior designer Steven Hensel. For those of you who don’t …

1st Arc.I.Tek model making workshop THIS Saturday!

For all you Seattle area readers with kids ages 7-18, the Arc.I.Tek model making workshops start this weekend! Can’t make it this weekend? That’s ok – starting this Saturday and then every third Saturday until September at the Intiman theater Playhouse in Seattle we will be hosting these model making workshops. The cost is $20 for …

GHA featured on Materialicious right now – go check it out! (no really)

Materialicious is an online mecca for all things design, and today some homes by Gelotte Hommas are being featured. From architecture to fashion, automobiles to wood, and everything in between.  If it’s made of material, design related, and trendy you will find it on Materialicious. This is one more amazing resource for design inspiration we …

New prize just added for Arc.I.Tek!

In our summer youth model making workshops Arc.I.Tek has three different age/grade levels to the competition: Novice: Grades 1-4 Apprentice: Grades 5-8 Distinguished: Grades 9-12 The grand prize for the Distinguished age group is an internship at Miller Hull Architects – total score! The winning student will have some major cookie points to showcase on …

Arc.I.Tek launch party re-cap

Good morning and happy Friday! Last night we had our launch party for Arc.I.Tek and here is a brief re-cap; It was AWESOME!   We would like to say THANK YOU to all of the people who showed up to become volunteers. This is going to be such a great program, but we can’t do …

Meet Lakeville Homes – the main sponsor for Arc.I.Tek

Lakeville Homes is the main sponsor for our youth program Arc.I.Tek. They are a home a custom home builder and remodeler who is CONSTANTLY winning awards. (all the time, seriously.) Some of their amazing work: If you get a chance head on over to their blog and check them out! http://lakevillehomes.com/coming-soon-arc-i-tek/ {images courtesy of Lakeville …