• Login / Join
  • About
  • •
  • Contact
  • •
  • Advertising
bustler logo
bustler logo
  • News
  • Competitions
  • Events
  • Bustler is powered by Archinect
  • Sign up for Bustler's Email Newsletters

  • Follow these Bustler feeds:

  • Search

    Search in

  • Submit

    What are you submitting?

    News Pitch
    Competition
    Event
  • Login / Join
  • News|Competitions|Events
  • Search
    | Submit
    | Follow
  • Search in

    What are you submitting?

    News Pitch
    Competition
    Event

    Follow these Bustler feeds:

  • About|Contact|Advertising
  • Login / Join
Tagged: aia institute honor award

Graham Baba Architects designs Washington Fruit & Produce Company's new “oasis” headquarters

By Justine Testado|

Thursday, Feb 1, 2018

Washington Fruit & Produce Company Headquarters in Yakima, Washington by Graham Baba Architects. Photo: Kevin Scott.

The owners of the Washington Fruit & Produce Company in Yakima, Washington wanted a new office headquarters that could offer a sense of respite for their 60 employees, who are surrounded by a busy industrial environment of pavement, trucks, and refrigeration units. So, the company turned to Graham Baba Architects from Seattle to bring their vision to life. Last month, the building was selected as one of the architecture category winners in the 2018 AIA Institute Honor Awards.

Keep reading for more about the project.

Photo: Kevin Scott.

Graham Baba Architects based the new office's design on the client's idea of an aging barn located where nature is in the process of reclamation. The 17,500 square-foot, single-story building emerges from surrounding fields of earthen berms.

Photo: Kevin Scott.
Photo: Kevin Scott.

At the heart of the building is a landscaped courtyard garden that is visible from almost anywhere inside. With ample daylight throughout, the building comprises almost 16,000 square-feet of reclaimed barn wood that altogether create a warm, inviting environment.

Photo: Kevin Scott.

A raised floor inside hides nearly all of the building's mechanical systems, creating a cable- and device-free workspace. The building also includes a lunchroom with a table that can seat 30 people to host the company's weekly meals when field staff return from nearby orchards. Another distinct detail of the building is the sloping and twisting structural columns. 

Photo: Kevin Scott.
Photo: Kevin Scott.

“The owners’ commitment to creating a respite from the industrial environment for their employees led to an exploration of curating views and outdoor spaces,” the jury wrote in their statement for the AIA Institute Honor Awards. “[The project] sits on the landscape beautifully and creates space for meaningful community.”

RELATED NEWS 2018 AIA Institute Honor Award winners for Architecture, Interior Architecture, and Urban Design
RELATED NEWS NBBJ's Samsung American HQs wins national steel design award
RELATED NEWS Exploring the sleek Shinsegae International HQ in Seoul, designed by Olson Kundig
RELATED NEWS A historic brewery once operated by monks has been given a modern extension as the new Paulaner headquarters

Related

headquarters ● office design ● washington ● usa ● competition ● aia institute honor award
Graham Baba Architects
Graham Baba Architects

Share

  • Follow

    0 Comments

  • Comment as :

Graham Baba Architects designs Washington Fruit & Produce Company's new “oasis” headquarters

2017 AIA Institute Honor Awards - Regional & Urban Design

2017 AIA Institute Honor Awards - Interior Architecture

Winners of the 2017 AIA Institute Honor Awards - Architecture

2016 winners of the AIA Institute Honor Awards for Architecture, Interiors, and Urban Design

2010 AIA Institute Honor Awards for Architecture, Interiors, and Urban Design

Sign up for Bustler's Email Newsletters

Next page » Loading

Graham Baba Architects designs Washington Fruit & Produce Company's new “oasis” headquarters

By Justine Testado|

Thursday, Feb 1, 2018

Share

Washington Fruit & Produce Company Headquarters in Yakima, Washington by Graham Baba Architects. Photo: Kevin Scott.

Related

headquarters ● office design ● washington ● usa ● competition ● aia institute honor award
Graham Baba Architects
Graham Baba Architects

The owners of the Washington Fruit & Produce Company in Yakima, Washington wanted a new office headquarters that could offer a sense of respite for their 60 employees, who are surrounded by a busy industrial environment of pavement, trucks, and refrigeration units. So, the company turned to Graham Baba Architects from Seattle to bring their vision to life. Last month, the building was selected as one of the architecture category winners in the 2018 AIA Institute Honor Awards.

Keep reading for more about the project.

Photo: Kevin Scott.

Graham Baba Architects based the new office's design on the client's idea of an aging barn located where nature is in the process of reclamation. The 17,500 square-foot, single-story building emerges from surrounding fields of earthen berms.

Photo: Kevin Scott.
Photo: Kevin Scott.

At the heart of the building is a landscaped courtyard garden that is visible from almost anywhere inside. With ample daylight throughout, the building comprises almost 16,000 square-feet of reclaimed barn wood that altogether create a warm, inviting environment.

Photo: Kevin Scott.

A raised floor inside hides nearly all of the building's mechanical systems, creating a cable- and device-free workspace. The building also includes a lunchroom with a table that can seat 30 people to host the company's weekly meals when field staff return from nearby orchards. Another distinct detail of the building is the sloping and twisting structural columns. 

Photo: Kevin Scott.
Photo: Kevin Scott.

“The owners’ commitment to creating a respite from the industrial environment for their employees led to an exploration of curating views and outdoor spaces,” the jury wrote in their statement for the AIA Institute Honor Awards. “[The project] sits on the landscape beautifully and creates space for meaningful community.”

RELATED NEWS 2018 AIA Institute Honor Award winners for Architecture, Interior Architecture, and Urban Design
RELATED NEWS NBBJ's Samsung American HQs wins national steel design award
RELATED NEWS Exploring the sleek Shinsegae International HQ in Seoul, designed by Olson Kundig
RELATED NEWS A historic brewery once operated by monks has been given a modern extension as the new Paulaner headquarters

Share

  • Follow

    0 Comments

  • Comment as :

Archinect JobsArchinect Jobs

The Archinect Job Board attracts the world's top architectural design talents.

VIEW ALL JOBS POST A JOB

Director of Project Operations

Kelly & Stone

Director of Project Operations

Truckee, CA, US

Project Designer/ Manager

DOT - Architecture

Project Designer/ Manager

Salt Lake City, UT, US

Project Architect

Amanda Martocchio Architecture

Project Architect

Stamford, CT, US

Junior Designer

ORA (Oonagh Ryan Architects Inc.)

Junior Designer

Los Angeles, CA, US

NuVuX Design Education Fellowship

NuVu Studio

NuVuX Design Education Fellowship

Woodstock, VT, US

Computational Architect/Designer

Interstellar Lab

Computational Architect/Designer

Paris, FR

Architect - Project Manager

Albert Architecture & Urban Design

Architect - Project Manager

New Orleans, LA, US

Architectural Project Manager

Anacapa Architecture

Architectural Project Manager

Santa Barbara, CA, US

Job Captain (5-7 Years)

Ken Linsteadt Architects

Job Captain (5-7 Years)

San Francisco, CA, US

Project Manager

Once–Future Office

Project Manager

Brooklyn, NY, US

Next page » Loading