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1. Lisa Cranston
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LisaCranston@hotmail.com
425-836-5439

2. Design a cottage with 16’x 26’
footprint. Must have kitchen and
bath. Maximum building height
18’.
Design is for a beach house pri-
marily used for entertaining and
enjoying the water and sun. It
can also be used as a guest cot-
tage.
Sloping roof capitalizes on maxi-
mum building height, directs the
view toward the water and cre-
ates intimacy and interest at the
entry. Kitchen windows at coun-
ter height support this idea.
Nanawall system allows space to
be opened to outside. Flooring is
the same inside and out.

3. MODERN BEACH COTTAGE
Fall 2007

4. Design a retail store and corporate
apartment for a high end designer of
your choice.
The concept originates from the fact
that our French client, Christian LaC-
roix favors the use of a modern Ba-
roque style of design in his built envi-
ronments.
Enfilade is a common feature in grand
European architecture from the Ba-
roque period onwards. Enfilade is
a suite of rooms that are formally
aligned with each other. The doors
entering each room are aligned with
the doors of the connecting rooms
along a single axis, providing a vista
through the entire suite of rooms. The
first rooms are more public, and at
the end more private.
In our apartment we have a rather
grand bed on axis so it is the main
view as you enter the apartment.
This plays off of the idea of the king’s
bedchamber being more impor-
tant than the throne in 17th century
France.

5. CHRISTIAN LACROIX
ENFILADE
Spring 2008

6. Design a townhome on a proper-
ty 100’x25’. Maximum 5000 sq.ft,
and 44’ high.
Client is a family with three chil-
dren. The concept is a home with
three pavilions. These pavilions
achieve three main goals:
Privacy—the home gets more
private as you venture back and
up.
Outdoors—With two outdoor
courtyards and French doors in
all ground floor rooms, the home
can be opened to the outside.
Kids can go out and play with
complete security.
Light—Windows open onto pri-
vate, courtyard views. You can
forget that you are bordered on
both sides by neighbors. There is
plenty of light coming from all di-
rections.
FIRST FLOOR PLAN

7. PRIVATE CITY OASIS
THREE PAVILIONS
Spring 2008

8. The back pavilion is the most
private and contains the family
room, kids’ suite and master suite.
The kids’ suite features sleep-
ing nooks for each child, giving
them a curtained sleeping berth
with shelves and storage for their
treasures, as well as a curtained
closet/dressing area. There is a
communal desk for homework
and sitting area with windows
that open to the courtyard.
This is a home designed for a fam-
ily with children. It is a home with
magical, private spaces. Color
schemes are lively and bright. It
is first and foremost a place for
family.
SECOND FLOOR PLAN

9. PRIVATE CITY OASIS
THREE PAVILIONS
Spring 2008

10. Design a hotel lobby at 2nd and
Virginia that is quintessentially Se-
attle.
Seattle is unique in how we orient
ourselves to the mountains. An
exploration of furniture that might
go in the space revealed an idea
of exploiting height at the east
and west ends of the space, in
a reference to the Cascade and
Olympic mountains .
This idea of mountains grew by
adding another interesting layer
of Seattle’s history - that being
the spirit of expedition that fueled
Seattle’s growth into a city during
the Yukon gold rush.
With these strong layers of moun-
tains and expedition running
through the concept, the name
of the hotel is derived from the
first American man to summit
Mt. Everest, Jim Whittaker, who
is from Seattle. An image of him
from that famous climb is shown
on the wall behind the Expedition
Desk. The concept is for the guest
to discover .
The use of rough, rocky, icy mate-
rials is a clear reference to moun-
tains, but to keep it from becom-
ing too literal they are combined
with sleek, shiny painted met-
als which are a nod to Seattle’s
aerospace and high tech indus-
tries - another form of exploration
in the area .

11. WHITTAKER
EXPLORATION AND MOUNTAINEERING
Spring 2009

12. The mountain feel is continued
by keeping partitions, counters
and seating areas fractal and
broken. There are few straight
lines in our space.
The spirit of exploration is incor-
porated by varying floor heights
to let the guest experience the
space in different ways. Scout is
a raised area for gathering infor-
mation about their new environ-
ment with swivel Egg chairs for
privacy. Ledge is a sunken area
for gathering and waiting, and is
intended to feel somewhat like a
protected rocky outcrop.
Color is also used as an explora-
tion. As you venture further into
the space, colors become more
saturated, beginning with an al-
most white, purple-grey and be-
coming deep plum.
Furniture, fabrics and lighting sub-
tly remind us of camping. Light-
ing is a modern lantern. Textiles
are the rough, wool of army blan-
kets. Tables and stools have the
lines of folding campaign style
furniture.

13. WHITTAKER
EXPLORATION AND MOUNTAINEERING
Spring 2009

14. Design a corporate office
space for a non-profit organiza-
tion.
The design concept originates
from the thinking about what
creates protection and oppor-
tunity in the communities that
Unicef serves? Things that are
woven - fences, walls, roofs,
baskets. I incorporate this
woven idea in a less literal way
here. Ceiling planes weave to-
gether and define space. Floor
and wall planes weave together
to add light and interest. The
woven surfaces act as both or-
ganizing and design elements.

15. UNICEF -COMMERCIAL OFFICE
WOVEN
FALL 2009

16. The design concept of woven is
apparent in the entry sequence "
"
to the space. Beams weave
through the elevator lobby and
"
"
into a ceiling cloud that directs
you toward reception. Here
beams and high wooden walls
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clearly define the space north
to south and you can see the
floor and wall planes weaving
together in the circulation area
around the core. boyd
e x t e r i o r
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The woven ceiling planes of
B O Y D
beams and cloud are further
developed by making elements
that define space north to south
high and dark and elements that
define space east to west low
and light. This lets the beamed
workspaces become intimate
and private and the cloud
workspaces become open and
collaborative.
All workspaces are open plan
and have flexibility to be double
size for management. Even the
smallest areas seat 6 employees
so there are many options in
how different departments can
be accomodated within the
office.
The design concept brings orga-
nization and interest creating a
dynamic and practical space
that incorporates the culture of
the organization into the work
environment in an engaging
way.

17. UNICEF -COMMERCIAL OFFICE
WOVEN
FALL 2009

18. Lisa Cranston
425-836-5439
LisaCranston@hotmail.com

22. Design a penthouse condomin-
ium in New York City. Choose
fabrics and finishes and create
color rendering of two rooms.
Home to a retired couple who
entertain often and are collec-
tors of eclectic art pieces.
Clients like color, texture and
classic shapes. Neither too tradi-
tional nor too modern.
Two separate furniture groupings
maximize seating for entertain-
ing. Chaise can be used as seat-
ing for either group, or as a place
to lounge and take in the view.
The color orange brings vitality.
Pattern and texture of all uphol-
stery provide visual interest.

23. CENTRAL PARK PENTHOUSE
Fall 2008