Methow Home: A Casita Debut
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Featured in Methow Home: Johnston Architects debut “Casita” customizable accessory dwelling unit. Can scaled-down living ease housing crises?
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Effectively Working With an Architect on a Custom Home
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The process of designing a home can be a long and arduous one, particularly for a large or highly customized home. But building a custom home gives you the ability to make every design choice and to create a finished product that is unique and reflects the way you live.
Read MoreWhat Makes a Tiny Home Livable? One Family Found Out.
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A Seattle family trades the bustle of city life for the peace and quiet of a tiny house of Orcas Island.
Read MorePSBJ: An Evolution of Home & Office Design Through the Pandemic
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Ray Johnston was featured in a career and workplace article, All The Comforts of Home in the Puget Sound Business Journal (PSBJ), focusing on the fate of traditional office spaces post-pandemic.
Read MoreDJC Urban Development Special: Little Houses
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In the DJC's recent Urban Development issue JA Partner Jack Chaffin discusses how ADUs, aka little houses or backyard cottages, will help shape the urban fabric, how they can aid in creating more affordable housing, and JA's solution to help streamline the design of ADUs for property owners across the region.
Read MoreDaring Woman, Megan McKay, Featured in Seattle Business Mag
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JA Partner Megan McKay was interviewed for the May/June issue of Seattle Business Magazine.
Read MoreA Seattle Magazine Essential: The Parametric Casita
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Featured in Seattle Magazine as one of their local hidden gems, JA is among a handful of PNW organizations adding detached accessory dwelling units (DADUs) into the range of work they offer.
Read MoreIn the DJC: JA Using Gaming Tech to Enhance Design Process
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JA expects to soon roll out its Parametric Casita, which makes it easier for property owners to create detached accessory dwelling units (DADUs), in single-family zones in Seattle. A client inputs their address and is presented with the developable area on their lot. They create their own layout option, hit submit and a simplified structural model, bill of materials and rough construction costs are generated. If they want to build, JA will develop construction documents from Revit models that have been premade.
Read MoreIn Her Own Words: Mary Johnston Writes for BizWomen
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As our communities struggle to reopen, women across America see their lives becoming more complicated as they juggle responsibilities at home and at work (which is often still at home), caring for coworkers, customers and family. Mary Johnston created her architecture firm’s culture based on her needs; now it serves the needs of a new generation of architects.
Read MoreIterations: Join Us for a Panel Discussion on 11/12
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Join us virtually for a dynamic panel discussion featuring JA Partner Jack Chaffin. Iterations: The Dynamics of the Design Process will be held on Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 5:30 pm.
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