Taku
babienko brought to life Chef Shota Nakajima’s vision of establishing an authentic Japanese street food experience on Capitol Hill. Starting from a 1,300 sf blank slate, babienko created a Japanese back-alley streetscape ambience through use of materials typically found on building exteriors – including brick, concrete, and corrugated metal – and with the installation of […]
Neumos – Barboza
“This is bad ass… I’m really stoked for this project. It’s going to be something that Seattle doesn’t have.” – client Drawing upon Art Deco detailing and the mystique of the underground this unique venue functions both aesthetically and acoustically to set itself apart from the rest of Seattle’s music scene. Photographs – Alex […]
Crockett’s Public House
“I’m sure people are ready for this,” – owner, referring to the missing mirror between the men’s and women’s bathrooms. Crockett’s Public House, located in Maple Valley, WA, is the second establishment of a successful eatery originally based in Puyallup, WA. Babienko was tasked with incorporating the original establishment’s character while enhancing the […]
Meat & Bread
“We don’t want a museum, man” – client Meat & Bread is located in the recently completed Central Agency Building on Capitol Hill, an adaptive reuse of an auto row structure building that was converted into a storage facility decades ago. Beneath the corrugated metal siding hid a cast-in-place concrete building with large floor […]
Metier Racing & Coffee
Located in Capitol Hill, Métier is an adaptive reuse of a 1900’s Auto Row warehouse building, which was originally constructed as an auto parts retail store and was most recently used as a second hand thrift shop. We were tasked with minimizing our intervention to the building structure and avoiding triggering a substantial alteration while […]
Carother’s Building
We were challenged with an adaptive reuse of an underutilized auto row structure in the dense Capitol Hill neighborhood. The seismically upgraded building will house offices, retail, and restaurant space. The goal of adaptive reuse is to preserve a vernacular that is quickly disappearing in Capitol Hill while reinforcing the idea of a mixed-use building […]
Seattle Children’s Playgarden
Awarded 2012 Excellence In Concrete Construction: Sustainable Merit Category “It is a wonderful space, and as it begins to be upholstered in kids’ artifacts, it has a certain stately comfort about it that is quite unusual.” – PlayGarden parent The PlayGarden provides recreational, and therapeutic, opportunities for children of all ages, with varying […]
Lost Lake
“… Looks great! It is like the 5 Point had a kid with someone way more attractive.” –Dow Constantine, King County Executive Referencing Mid Century Modern design ideas that should never be forgotten, the design for the café and lounge grew from the concept of putting a bright and lively 24 hour diner back to […]
Unicorn / Narwhal
“Why not?” – babienko architects The owner, who is an old friend of Jeff’s, contacted babienko architects to assist in completing the conversion of the Satellite Bar and Restaurant in the Capital Hill neighborhood of Seattle into the Unicorn Bar and Restaurant. babienko architects was then challenged with developing a design for the Narwhal in […]
Central Agency Building
Located in Capitol Hill, Central Agency Inc. is an adaptive reuse of an auto row structure building, in this case one long converted into a storage facility. Beneath the corrugated metal siding hides a cast-in-place concrete building with large floor to ceiling window openings, old growth timber beams and columns, and open web hip girder […]