Design Offices & Showroom

Best Practice Architecture collaborated with Brownwork Design to create the Headquarters for a Seattle based shoe and apparel brand. The office makes Seattle’s historic Smith Tower its home, remodeling three floors of the 1914 skyscraper into offices, design studio and showrooms. Wanting to preserve the neoclassical details present in the building, the design team developed a concept of modern glass insertions that revealed the underlying mosaic tiles and Alaskan marble and highlighted the eccentric faux wood trim detail.

In the workspaces, a neutral palette and clean lines juxtapose the messiness of a design office, with open collaborative areas intermixed with private offices and glass front conference rooms.