Archdiocese Apartments
One of William Strouse’s earliest projects is this 350-unit two story apartment project in San Jose, California, designed for Singer Housing Company. The full building and site costs were only $28 per square foot! The project organizes itself around a fully connected open space system, uninterrupted by parking. Also included…
Strouse House
Originally a builder house constructed in 1958 as a basic box, three major additions and renovations along with several smaller ones have created the custom home it is today. The goal: maximizing day light; create a strong indoor-outdoor connection; increase usable outdoor deck area; develop a passive summer cooling system…
Union Bay West
This project required a major rezone of a seven-block area on the east slope of Queen Anne between Westlake and Dexter Avenue in order to achieve the Master Use / Shoreline permit for the building site. A six-story mixed use building was designed and approved to include a stepped, covered…
Fort Wainwright
The winner of design-build competition, this is a 400-unit family housing project on the US Army base in Fairbanks, Alaska. The severity of the Alaskan climate is tempered by the diagonal street and optimizing on open space, allowing maximum sun exposure year-around. The central pedestrian, recreation, utility, and open space…
Indiana Residence
An 1800SF renovation and addition set in a beautifully wooded background in Peru, Indiana. The design sought to provide a crisp and modern improvement to the original structure.
Tuttle Residence
This Capital Hill renovation is good example of a design development permit set of drawings. The project ended up being completed on the interior but remained incomplete on the exterior due to the owners needing to relocate back to the east coast for work related reasons. A happy client with…
Houghton Addition
A renovation and addition to an existing residence aimed at bringing natural light into the upper level new master bedroom by adding skylights and windows along the north side while increasing livability throughout the existing living space and providing new covered outdoor space for bar-b-cue and social purposes.
Stanton Court
The owner, who grew up on the site, wanted to leave his neighborhood a strong and thoughtful legacy. A thorough historical analysis of the Volunteer Park vicinity makes the design of this condominium in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood fit in with dignity and integrity.
1319 Dexter
An exterior revamp and tenant improvement of an existing office building that enclosed two exterior balconies and added planters, canopies, and a rooftop deck.
Sun Valley Spa
Custom tile, intricately detailed sandblasted glass doors, and new woodwork around a Sun Valley hot tub and sauna provide a theme of light in this clients’ retreat.
Mansion Master Suite
A unique undertaking in the design of a master suite in a Capitol Hill mansion, this project involved creating custom ceramic tiles, hand selecting marble and showcasing craftsmanship beyond compare.
Portland House
The project began with a GC and his wife with a house plan that needed changes and some pictures of houses they liked. Hipped roofs, lots of decks at different levels, open guardrails, lots of light and we have another happy client. He built it, she decorated it and they…
Five Houses
A short plat and development project that aimed to create five up-scale view homes in Kirkland, WA.
The Little School
This $2.5M campus renovation and master plan led to an award by Metal Architecture Magazine and the Metal Construction Association in 2004 after involving faculty, staff, parents and children in creating a plan to preserve a wooded setting while modernizing 40 year old classroom buildings.
San Juan Cabin
A 1,400SF cabin situated on the shoreline of Waldron Island’s Sandy Point replaced an aging 900SF cabin. Special consideration was given to the programming phase of a project that will be passed down through generations of the family. The project went through many iterations of design options with the owners…
Broadway & John
A major intersection in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, this project long stood a a marker of the neighborhood. The design was based on a 10-block photographic pattern analysis of the neighborhood. The analysis which led to a colorful landmark that brought scale, form, light and texture to the street. The…
Pipe Lake Residence
Severe water damage led to a substantial renovation and addition to an existing lakeside home.
Island Ohana
The Ohana is a detached living unit from the main house in Maui, Hawaii. The models show a study of raising the Ohana up to allow parking under affording a better view of the ocean and adjacent park. The plan studies are of the main existing house showing options at…
Apartment Penthouse
This roof top apartment project was to be sited on top of a four-story office building in The Depot Industrial Park converted from a 1940’s military facility in Sacramento, California. The developer of the park needed a short-term stayover place to spend time away from his home in Seattle and…
Sammamish Plateau
An indoor-outdoor great room and outdoor covered area that overlooked Lake Sammamish and the mountainous regions beyond was the center of this major renovation. Also included was major interior renovations, entrance modifications, new garage, driveway and landscaping, and MIL apartment and workout pool related facilities at the lower level. Environmental…
Depot Ferguson Road
KSI did many small to medium size projects at the Depot during the early 2000’s. This was an entry feature to the front of a conference center building near the front of the Depot. Slightly to the east of the community center building is an exercise building, also built in…
The Depot Central Park
Originally used as a US Army ammunition facility, this 85 acre site in Sacramento, California was converted into a business park. As part of the conversion, we designed a Central Park. The park’s design includes a water fountain, bocce ball court and luscious landscaping with walking paths.
Depot Exercise Building
A small exercise building designed for the business park employees to use. The building included an interior space that opened out to an exterior patio shaded by trellises. The building was also adjacent to a community center and pool that the employees of the park had access to.
Lake Sammamish Residence
A new home sits upon a 1.7-acre site with numerous environmental challenges that came with the beautiful landscape that looks out at Lake Sammamish and Mt. Rainier beyond. An eagle’s nest, wetland, pond, stream, and two steep slopes made the site planning for this property particularly interesting and challenging. Goats…