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The local Magazine 425 hosts a competition every year for everyone’s local favorites. From your favorite restaurant to your favorite hiking spot, it’s your time to give them all a gold star! Last year GHA was so honored to win “Best Architect” in 425 Magazine. We shared the stage with some pretty amazing local favorites …

Since “Prairie Style Architecture” is really popular right now (we’ve got the blog and website stats prove it), we thought we would give you something to oogle at. May I introduce you to three projects: Open Prairie is a 3,300 square feet home in Kirkland. Here are some specs: • Prairie-style with broad, sheltering overhangs • …

What IS architecture? Have you ever asked this question? Most people have at one point or another considered what it would be like to design and build their own custom home. What stops them is that surprisingly there are quite a few misconceptions about custom residential architecture floating around out there.  Today we thought we …

According to an article in the Washington Post today the economy is on the rebound (woo-hoo). Unemployment is down and disposable income is up meaning that we are going to start to see some things start to shift.  🙂 During the downturn there was a large number of people who were laid off, which finally …

Are you are considering a renovation or remodel of your outdoor living space this Spring? About a year ago one of our clients had just finished up design and was getting ready to break ground on a total remodel to their outdoor living area. A few questions to keep in mind are: How many square …

We have some pretty amazing projects underway, but Waterfront Reflections is unique for a few reasons. ‘Northwest living’ can truly range from deep in the woods of Tumblecreek to a bluff in the San Juan’s overlooking the Puget Sound, and everything in between. GHA homes are designed from elegance and embrace the gorgeous Northwest scenery …

One of our top ten most designed home styles is by far the Bungalow, although we have definitely seen a reduction of this particular style over the last few years in the Seattle area. Our bungalow designs have been featured in magazines across the country as well as books (Creating an Old New House). Styles come and …

Happy Valentines Day everyone! Whether you are celebrating today with as a couple, or not, there is always someone you can show some love to today. We were inspired over here at GHA and got a little crafty. We designed a pop-up card based on a custom tile mosaic on one of our client’s wine …

There is 3 more days until Valentines day (one if you are only counting business days). *gulp* Are you all set to swoon the love of your life on Tuesday? If not – good luck to you. Well, we can’t exactly help you out in the gift department, but in the meantime we sure can get …

We’ve said it before, we’ll say it again – we just love our community and getting involved. That in mind, when The Bear Creek School approached us for a procurement item for their annual auction, needless to say we were thrilled! Almost as soon as we decided to accept we started to consider what we …