{"id":53892,"date":"2025-10-01T00:36:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T00:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/53892\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T00:36:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T00:36:12","slug":"shed-architecture-design-renovates-home-for-seattle-restaurateur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/53892\/","title":{"rendered":"SHED Architecture & Design renovates home for Seattle restaurateur"},"content":{"rendered":"

Local studio SHED Architecture & Design<\/a> has renovated<\/a> a 1920s building into a compact two-level home with a black exterior and interior references to its history in Seattle<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 1927 building was previously a studio for Seattle impressionist artist Louise Crow, then a church, before the 1,000-square-foot structure (92-square metre) was converted into a house for Quynh-Vy Pham, the owner of venerated Vietnamese Ph\u1edf B\u1eafc<\/a> restaurants in the city’s Little Saigon neighbourhood.<\/p>\n

\"BlackSHED Architecture & Design has completed a home renovation in Seattle<\/p>\n

Pham inherited the property from her late brother, who had originally begun the renovation.<\/p>\n

Set on a 2,835-square-foot (263-square-metre) lot with non-conforming conditions, the Ph\u1edf B\u1eafc House sits between two large houses in Seattle’s Leschi neighbourhood near Frink Park.<\/p>\n

\"BlackThe house sits on a non-conforming lot in the city’s Frink Park neighbourhood<\/p>\n

SHED Architecture & Design<\/a> (SHED) added a second storey and a half-storey for storage to expand the space to 1,858 square feet (173 square metres) while maintaining the original structure.<\/p>\n

“The Ph\u1edf B\u1eafc House is the result of a layering of histories, both personal and local, to create a compact home that reflects the way that Quynh-Vy lives, works and entertains,\u201d said SHED project architect Rebecca Marsh.<\/p>\n

“The design pulled from the history of the existing structure, its past functions and the desire to honor her brother’s legacy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"LatterA level was added to the previously single-storey property<\/p>\n

Set up from the street level, the north facade is characterised by a large window surrounded by charcoal grey fibreglass shingles \u2013 an economical nod to the building’s original cedar.<\/p>\n

The 1927 window was enlarged to bring in more natural light and painted pink to reference the restaurant’s\u00a0signature hue and the owner’s brother’s early renovation efforts. The previous frame was repurposed into an interior screen and stair guardrail, preserving part of the structure’s history.<\/p>\n

\"InteriorThe historic window fittings were transformed into an interior screen<\/p>\n

The interior layout prioritises natural light, circulation and openness, arranging social spaces to flow from interior to exterior.<\/p>\n

With framed views of the Cascades and Lake Washington, the linear house has living, dining and kitchen spaces on the ground floor that open to a large back patio. The upper floor is private with two bedrooms, a shared bathroom and a sitting room that leads to a roof deck overlooking the street.<\/p>\n

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A half-level is tucked into the street-side retaining wall for storage and mechanical space.<\/p>\n

“Ceiling heights vary throughout to create dynamic connections between rooms, giving the compact home an open and generous feel,\u201d the studio said.<\/p>\n

\"RedThe layout prioritises natural light<\/p>\n

The material palette incorporates durable, cost-effective new materials with reused elements from the property \u2013 such as a brass pendant from the former church that hangs in the stairwell and the salvaged beams in the dining room.<\/p>\n

The historical moments are accompanied by walnut finishes and pink details.<\/p>\n

\"EamesWindows on the upper level provide expansive views<\/p>\n

SHED collaborated with Brooklyn-based Space Theory<\/a> for flexible storage solutions, including a bench that spans the length of the home and serves as integrated seating, storage, display space and a media centre.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the dining room is framed in upper cabinets \u2013 reached by a library ladder \u2013 that extend the kitchen storage.<\/p>\n

\"BackThe kitchen opens onto a large back patio<\/p>\n

Recently, SHED has completed other residential renovations in the Pacific Northwest, including a Portland house<\/a> centred around a skylight, a West Seattle home<\/a> with a jagged roof inspired by Swiss mountain peaks and a Shoreline residence<\/a> converted from a midcentury assisted living facility.<\/p>\n

The photography is by Rafael Soldi<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Project credits:<\/p>\n

Architect: SHED Architecture & Design
Contractor: Ambrose Construction
Structural engineer: Todd Perbix
Casework: Space Theory<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Local studio SHED Architecture & Design has renovated a 1920s building into a compact two-level home with a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53893,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[307,304,305,306,4531,8997,308,93,61,60,3949,20606,814,815,812,8996],"class_list":{"0":"post-53892","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-artsdesign","12":"tag-black","13":"tag-black-houses","14":"tag-design","15":"tag-entertainment","16":"tag-ie","17":"tag-ireland","18":"tag-renovations","19":"tag-seattle","20":"tag-sectionall","21":"tag-sectionarchitecture","22":"tag-usa","23":"tag-washington-state"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}