No Place Like Home for the Holidays

“Home is the nicest word there is.” Laura Ingalls Wilder Cards, gingerbread villages, and mounds of cookies: we love all of it. From Thanksgiving through the New Year, the Gelotte Hommas Drivdahl team savors every bit of the holidays. This season reminds us afresh of who we are: a team of Bellevue architects committed to …

Seattle Architecture: the Art of a Custom Gingerbread Village

We mentioned a few weeks ago that that our annual contribution to JDRF’s Gingerbread Village at the Sheraton is on display to the public. This week, we thought we’d give you a closer look at what goes in to this sweet Seattle architecture…and how similar the process is to our residential custom design projects! GHDA …

Custom Design and Christmas Cheer

We mentioned a few weeks ago that we have two major holiday traditions in the Gelotte Hommas Drivdahl office. The first is the JDRF Gingerbread Village (currently on display at the Seattle City Center). The second is our custom designed holiday card. It’s a tradition dating back decades, to the days when we were a …

Guest Home for the Holidays

We’ve officially entered the busiest travel season of the year. Family and friends traverse the country to celebrate the holidays. We want our guests to feel welcome, warm, and at home when they visit, and a custom guest house designed by a Seattle architect provides proximity and privacy for any visitor. Our Touch of Normandy …

How Building Information Modeling Makes Your Dream Home Tangible

Gelotte Hommas Drivdahl Architecture is a team of passionate individuals determined to serve our clients. That’s our heart: service. And while we often draw on the past for inspiration and wisdom in our Pacific Northwest custom designs, we also push toward the future and embrace the latest technology to serve our clients well. That’s where …

Bark Art: Canines and Colleagues

We take our tagline–the art of architecture–seriously. We believe that the better artists we are, the better architects we are. We also don’t mind having a little fun with our art! Each year, Luxe hosts Bark Art–a charity event that brings home design experts together in support of the Assistance League of Seattle’s Operation School …

Cedar Shingle Cottage

GHA restores storybook character to a historic Seattle home.