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The article focuses on NBBJ design partner and interior designer Rysia Suchecka's partnership with Heliotrope Architects to redesign her weekend home on Washington's Orcas Island. The structure is described as a transparent boxcar whose long sides are largely floor-to-ceiling glass. A smaller boxcar located between the public space and the master bedroom preserves the home's interior openness by storing utilitarian items such as food and clothes. Most of the furniture was designed by Suchecka herself with some pieces built by an island cabinetmaker.

The article reviews an exhibition of a museum-worthy collection of contemporary art in the 14,000 square foot office of a U.S. Pacific Northwest entrepreneur.

The article focuses on the interior design project of NBBJ for the new office of R.C. Hedreen Co. in Seattle, Washington. A substantial pieces of personal art collection now grace the headquarters, interacting with the design. Private offices, lining the perimeter on two contiguous sides, were designed with meticulous attention to light and privacy.

This article describes the design of Microsoft Corporation's sales-and-marketing outpost by SkB Architects in Bellevue, Washington. In the place of a traditional setup, the open plan is composed of a smorgasbord of environments for informal interaction, organized meetings, and private work. The 15th floor houses reception and meeting rooms. The 28th floor is a penthouse café. A delicate equilibrium exists between public and private space, randomness and order, the author says.

The article describes the design created by the principals of SkB Architects for a studio. Doug McKenzie's fellow principals--Brian Collins-Friedrichs, Kyle C. Gaffney, and Shannon Rankin--designed the new space, and construction took six months. A pair of conventional conference rooms offer seating for eight and 12. Between the two, a smaller, denlike retreat is furnished with a casual low sectional sofa and an amoeboid lens Risom coffee table.

This article focuses on the interior design made by M. Arthur Gensler Jr. & Associates Architects for the Graham & Dunn law office in Seattle, Washington. The stairway has treads of end-grain fir to coordinate with the common spaces. In the office area, workstations combine plastic laminate and fabric. The conference rooms are stacked.

The article describes the public spaces at the Novelty Hill-Januik winery in Woodinville, Washington, which was designed by Mithun. This winery's exterior borrows the horizontal forms and concrete slabs of an industrial park in the same suburban neighborhood-but kicked up several grades of refinement. The interiors may be predominantly concrete and steel, but they are accented with ipé. They are also lavish with daylight.