Evolving trends to our fast-changing work and home lives call for stylish updates. Seattle’s NKBA 2022 Design Awards celebrate the industry’s
kitchen and bath designers’ latest projects. Time to get inspired!
Trailblazing design studio William/Kaven Architecture transforms a busy corner of Northwest Portland with an extraordinary four-story modern home wrapped in exquisite terracotta tiles with floor-to-ceiling glass walls, impeccable landscaping, and a burbling water feature to drown out traffic noise, all immaculately constructed by iBuildPdx of Portland.
With the help of a talented team, a Seattle pediatric dentist creates her dream home in Ketchikan, Alaska, as a place to settle in by the water and appreciate everything it has to offer, from relaxing sunset vistas to nighttime whale songs.
High on a hill above the Eola Hills wine country on one side with views of majestic mountain ranges and downtown Salem on the other, rises an 8,000 sq.ft. home designed by Ueda Design Studio and built by Cellar Ridge Construction of McMinnville whose simple, elegant lines echo Seattle architect Nahoko Ueda’s Japanese heritage.
The combined talents, vision, and skills of Telford + Brown Studio Architecture and John Bloomster Construction, coupled with the passionate participation of the homeowners, served to bring this Mosier, Oregon, modern Pacific Northwest style home, which is perfectly nestled upon a ridge overlooking the Columbia River Gorge, vividly to life.
Magic happened when a talented architecturally trained designer Chris Chin of Vizit Studio and his wife Mandy purchased a triangular plot of land on a busy corner of one of Seattle’s iconic neighborhoods and hired Tim Hossner of rho Architects to co-design a very private Zen-like oasis expertly built by Brent Heath of E&H Construction.
McClellan Architects and NB Design Group team up with DLH inc to craft a home that captures everything this Kirkland site has to offer, from sweeping Lake Washington views in every room, to elegant and peaceful moments sown throughout the interior.
Thanks to Kat Lawton Interiors, this new kitchen for a Tudor home on Mercer Island has an old soul, all while combining fluid function, durable materials, and an abundance of storage.
This quintessential Seattle Craftsman on Queen Anne was well cared for over its 100 years. What it lacked were livability and a bit more stylish drama. Design-Build firm, The Pavilion Company took it in hand, combining the homeowners’ contemporary aesthetic with modern finishes while honoring the best of the original home.
Against all odds, including challenging site conditions, this stunning modern home in Seattle’s Magnolia neighborhood, designed by architects GO’C and built by Thomas Fragnoli Construction, surpassed owners Brandon Ebel and Sarah Jio’s imaginings.
Inside and out, this beach retreat in Arch Cape, Oregon, evokes a sense of calm and belonging in the landscape, thanks to impeccable attention to detail from JHL Design.
Loom House is the first-ever renovated residence in the world to be awarded full Living Building Challenge (LBC) certification, a demanding sustainable program that Charlie Hellstern Interior Design, The Miller Hull Partnership, Clark Construction, and Anne James Landscape Architect worked flawlessly together to achieve its stringent demands.
Three Portland outfits – Scott Edwards Architecture, iBuildPdx, and Shapiro/Didway – join up to design and build a modern wine country home in Yamhill, Oregon, which celebrates its agricultural setting, merging the interior and the exterior in ways both dramatic and detailed.
When a Seattle-area couple move to more acreage in Duvall, Washington, they tap Rebecca Rowland Interiors, alongside contractor Lakeville Homes, to transform their run-of-the-mill Saltbox into something much more personal: a home bursting with vibrant color, bold pattern mixing, and reflective of their favorite pastimes.
When the characterless, laminated kitchen cabinetry from a 1980s remodel of this 1927 Craftsman Bungalow in Seattle’s charming Maple Leaf neighborhood began to yellow and peel, this couple, with three lively children and a dog, knew it was time to update the one room where everyone loves to congregate – The Kitchen.
The bonds of trust created between the new owners of this Lake Washington waterfront home, NB Design Group, and Schultz Miller contractors fueled the successful transformation of this 6,000 sq. ft. home that features elements of sophistication reminiscent of Hollywood Regency Art Deco glam mixed with unexpected, playful touches.
Colleen Knowles Interior Design leads an interior refresh on a sharply contemporary home on Mercer Island, Washington, swapping out bland finishes in favor of iconic modern furnishings, a soothing color palette, and sculptural forms, in order to create a chic personal haven for the new owners.
An architectural jewel designed by Olson Kundig’s Kirsten Ring Murray that’s perched over the ever-changing San Juan Islands’ waters of False Bay gets a recent makeover by the San Francisco interior design firm of Geremia Design that specializes in art curation.
A compact cabin on Orcas Island, designed by Heliotrope Architects and built by Tye Contracting, maximizes a steep slope and connects to an array of views, from sweeping vistas of the archipelago, to close-ups of the madrone forest.
A stalwart urbanite strikes a balance between her city style and a new appreciation for the space and calm of a West Seattle oasis with sweeping views. The perfect marriage of metropolitan minimalism softened with natural materials and textures results from a collaboration between designers Kathleen Glossa and Tamar Kestenbaum.