It didn’t take homeowners Susan and Gary Collar long to realize that the 1938 Lake Oswego home they had purchased for its prime lakeside real estate had undergone one too many remodels to support yet another.

Architects Steve and Cheryl Click of Click Architects teamed with Donald Baptiste of LDB Homes, Architects Steve and Cheryl Click of Click Architects teamed with Donald Baptiste of LDB Homes, LLC, of Seattle to create this innovative modern home whose dramatic corrugated metal exterior with perforated metal detailing creates a very dynamic, yet purposeful architectural statement.

Steve Hoedemaker and Kelly Jimenez of Hoedemaker Pfeiffer in Seattle answered a unique challenge when designing this forever lakeside vacation home alongside a revered 1920s family fishing cabin by mixing architectural simplicity with a modern aesthetic suitable for two siblings’ families and the generations beyond.

When a prominent Ketchum, Idaho gallery owner introduced her art-loving fiancé to award-winning Seattle architect Tom Kundig of Olson Kundig, the desire to build a Kundig home was born. Nestled amidst a warren of Aspen trees, the house rises dramatically to enjoy the view, while simultaneously honoring the couple’s extraordinary art collection.

To open the kitchen, living room and breakfast nook, Andy Patterson of Patterson Ruehlmann Design + Architecture, replaced a glass fireplace that cordoned the living spaces off with a stunning 3-sided fireplace that opens rooms to one another.

It was a very brief timeline. An Australian family recently arrived to Seattle had purchased a 6,500-square foot home and needed it remodeled and fully furnished within seven and a half weeks. “And we did it,” recalled Kate Robertson who is partners with her sister Susie Bumstead in Trove Interiors. “It was crazy, but we got it done.”

Taylor Callaway of Seattle’s First Lamp teamed with Mandy Callaway Interiors to create this award-winning modern home that answered the needs of a newly blended family that references Japanese architecture, the big sky, and open spaces found at the foot of Richland’s Badger Mountain Centennial Preserve.

Taking cues from the shimmering views of Lake Washington, Colleen Knowles of Colleen Knowles Interior Design updated this oft-used area of this family home with a lightness of color, durable, color-fast fabrics and an eye to bringing the outside in.

The kitchen of a 1929 Seattle bungalow gets new energy in a major remodel that honors the home’s architectural tradition while making the space suitable to modern life by bringing light, color, organization and style to the center of the home.

White Space Design Group, Atelier Drome architects and Eakman Construction worked as a unit with the owners of this 1927 bungalow whose original galley kitchen was estranged from the rest of the home to create a more family-friendly juxtaposition of kitchen to dining area, flooded now with more life-giving window light.

The kitchen, bathroom and laundry room of an historic Mercer Island home receive modernizing and stylish updates that pay homage to the house’s architectural roots and honor the homeowners’ own family history.

Allan Farkas of Eggleston|Farkas Architects of Seattle teamed with Steven Hensel of Hensel Design Studios to transform this ultra-modern two-story loft into an open floor plan that embraces both its soaring industrial architecture and softer elements of the interior design.

Heart of the city. Heart of the forest. This sylvan retreat in Portland, Oregon, is close to everything, but feels a world apart. With a clean, contemporary style and warm, inviting spaces, this custom home nurtures a family’s connection to one another, and the outdoors.

Spectacular things happened when these homeowners, armed with a clear vision of the ultra-modern home they wanted to create, teamed with Shannon Ponciano of Ponciano Design and Craig Moody of Northwest Classic Homes for the third time to create a home like no other.

Inspired by early 20th-century national parks buildings, Hoedemaker Pfeiffer set out to create a secluded, yet playful retreat to enhance Their clients’ vacation home on Whidbey Island. taking advantage of Pacific Northwest materials and sensibilities, The Fieldhouse is designed as a place for sport and recreation.

After purchasing this plum piece of real estate overlooking Bainbridge Island’s historic Washington State Ferry Dock, interior designer Tracey Artiss collaborated with architect Devin Johnson of Johnson Squared and Tish Treherne of Bliss Garden Design to design a home and garden with minimalist farmhouse style.

When Six Walls Interior Design teamed up with Taylor Building & Design, LLC, to create an ultra-modern kitchen and bath for The Houghton House, an award-winning contemporary home designed with McCullough Architects that overlooks Lake Washington, the results were not only aesthetically pleasing, but also warm, inviting and highly functional.

This luxurious custom-built home located on Queen Anne Hill pays homage to traditional Georgian style architecture with a modern twist. Designed and constructed by Richard Rogers of R&R Development Company in concert with Seth Hale of MAS Architect, the home’s Fleetwood windows and doors provide unobstructed views from the Cascades to the Olympics.

Charged with seemingly impossible guidelines to build a modern home on prime Mercer Island waterfront property, Brad Sturman of Sturman Architects, Inc., joined homeowners, contractor Gallagher Co., and interior designer Gwenaël Dumont of ID By Gwen, to meet not only the permitting demands, but also create an artful, clean-lined home perfect for the family’s needs.

Award-winning architect Lane Williams of Lane Williams Architects of Seattle teamed with landscape designers Clare Ryan and Martha Shapiro of Shapiro Ryan Design to transform this 1966 Clyde Hill rambler into a modern residence whose formerly intrusive garage now disappears below ground, allowing architecture and new landscape to fit gracefully into the neighborhood.