News/Press
Designing a New Frontier in Seattle’s Urban Core
02/20/2024
Completed in March 2021 at the height of the Covid pandemic, three years on Amazon Frontier is now a bustling addition to the Regrade campus and surrounding community. It's innovative office design showcases the uniquely flexible floor and interconnecting “treehouse” stair, a model of adaptive vertical workspace. Read more about this remarkable project here.
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Amazon Office Space Converted Into Supportive Housing for Mary's Place Nonprofit
01/23/2024
Mary's Place Family Center is featured in The Architects Newspaper in recognition of Amazon's gifted space within its Nitro South tower.
Insights
Graphite Sustainability Initiative- Living Building Challenge and Beyond
01/02/2024
Explorative study of sustainable practices and methods to combat climate change and promote carbon reduction in South Lake Union.
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Amazon’s Rooftop Prairie Welcomes Nature into the Heart of Seattle
08/09/2023
Graphite's Amazon's Nitro South project and landscape collaborator Site Workshop is featured in in Seattle Times article. Read the featured story here.
Awards
Mary’s Place Family Center Design Recognized with Award of Excellence by Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
07/31/2023
Graphite’s design for Mary’s Place Family Center – located in Amazon Nitro South at Block 21 - was recently conferred an Award of Excellence in the category of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion by the Council of Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.
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Graphite Participates in Seattle's Office to Housing Call for Ideas
07/01/2023
Graphite Design Group recently submitted two concepts for the City of Seattle's Office to Housing Call for Ideas program.
On The Boards
Designed to Deliver
01/01/2023
At Graphite, we believe Design is a team sport, and have crafted a process to ensure nobody is left on the sidelines.
Read more about our process here.
News/Press
Parque Kirkland named 2022 Multifamily Executive Award Winner
10/04/2022
At the Multifamily Executive Awards ceremony in October 2022, Henbart Development's Parque Kirkland was honored as an outstanding project in the "Garden Style" apartment category.
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Mary's Place Family Shelter at Amazon in the Regrade
06/02/2021
Working in tandem with Mary’s Place, the Amazon Global Real Estate and Facilities team, Seneca Group and GLY construction, the Graphite design team was able to radically re-imagine what a family shelter could be by occupying sections of eight floors in the company’s complex.
Insights
Sustainability
Retail
03/13/24
We seek to align sustainable design practices with the right clients as they grow and pursue their own environmental goals.Sustainability
Living Building Pilot Program
03/13/24
We explore opportunities to pursue added height and building area over baseline development models. These development bonuses provide real returns on investment for substantial sustainability upgrades.Sustainability
Adaptive Re-Use
03/13/24
Mary's Place Family Shelter converted six stories of Class A commercial office into a temporary shelter for hundreds of families in the Denny Regrade neighborhood.Sustainability
Mass Timber
03/13/24
Graphite is equipped with knowledge and expertise on Mass Timber construction. We know the variables, the speed of construction, and understand the value in the market of this exciting alternative to steel or concrete construction.Sustainability
Mixed-Use Districts
03/13/24
Explore the Denny Regrade, a neighborhood of a variety of densely planned uses that provide a sustainable solution, becoming the new, energized hub of the city.Sustainability
Mixed-Use Buildings
03/12/24
Density delivers sustainability. The closer things are, the less energy is used, the more resources are saved, and the fewer emissions it takes to get from one place to another.News/Press
Vulcan's Block 37 Receives Preliminary Design Review Approval
06/17/22
After returning to Seattle’s West Design Review Board for its second Early Design Guidance (EDG) meeting, Vulcan Real Estate has received full support to move forward with its 289,000 square foot commercial proposal.News/Press
Jeff Bezos gives Washington governor a tour of homeless shelter attached to Amazon Headquarters
06/03/21
Jeff Bezos played host to Washington Governor Jay Inslee in a recent tour of the Mary’s Place family shelter that is attached to Amazon’s corporate headquarters campus in Seattle.