The Self Sufficient House: A Zero Energy Home

If you weren’t able to attend the 2011 Built Green Conference, then we hate you missed out, but we do have some great information on what’s going on in the green focused architectural community around Bellevue and Seattle. One of the ideas that we loved to see discussed at the conference was that of a Zero …

Functional Architecture: The Beauty and the Brawn

When people look at homes in shelter magazines, they discuss how beautiful a space is, and how much they would love to have aspects A, B, and C in their soon to be constructed space. Yet, when you sit down with someone to discuss what features they would like in their home, they’re likely to …

Home For a Lifetime: Creating a Home For All Stages in Life

When designing a home, many people consider what they need right now, whether it’s a two bedroom starter home for a new couple, a small cabin for empty nesters, or a four bedroom house with a spacious layout and nice backyard for a growing family. Gelotte Hommas tries to leave as small of a carbon footprint …

Upcoming Events For Gelotte Hommas, Including the Built Green Conference

Architects are an active, engaging group that thrive on interaction, creativity, and the exchange of ideas. Any given month, there’s usually at least one big event in the world of architecture, but September is looking to be an intensely busy month. To keep you up to date on the happenings at Gelotte Hommas, we’ve included …

Green Design: The Longevity of Your Home

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 …

Accenting Your Home’s Architecture with Paint

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 …

Get Ready for the Seattle Design Festival

As a member of AIA, Gelotte Hommas Architecture is more than ready for the Seattle Design Festival, coming up next month in Washington state. This year’s event is sure to be as wonderful as years past, if not better. Also this year, our firm will have a wonderful surprise to announce. The 2011 Seattle Design Festival …

Discover Fallen Maples

Fallen Maples, a home designed by Gelotte Hommas Architecture, is set to be featured in the next issue of 425 Magazine. Fallen Maples is the perfect example of what Gelotte Hommas stands for–Innovative green architecture that is eco-friendly while maintaining all functionality and extreme beauty. Fallen Maples is located in the prestigious Grand Ridge Drive custom home neighborhood of …

Tell Us About Your Architectural Style

Gelotte Hommas Architecture may design beautiful homes, but as the cliche adage goes, “beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” The homes we create are considered beautiful because of their expert craftsmanship and the techniques used to create them, but also because they contain elements that our clients are looking for in their home or building. With …

The Architecture Behind the Bellevue Arts Museum

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 …