Builder

Bill Parks

Bill Park’s connection to Seattle is deep and longstanding. A fifth generation native of Seattle, he was born and raised in the Wallingford neighborhood and educated in Seattle Public Schools. In 1981 he graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in Construction Management and formed William N Parks Construction Co., Inc. Bill’s work consistently combines on-the-job experience with innovative ideas gathered from travel, personal study and the world of art. He aspires to improve Seattle as it continues to grow and become more densely populated. Bill’s development ideas are deeply influenced by his ten years spent living on a houseboat in Portage bay where he experienced a tight-knit community resulting from the layout and design of houseboats. The vision of community is apparent in his work. Bill Parks not only has an active and creative imagination, he also possesses the rare ability to translate vision into tangible reality.

The Barton Street Lofts is a 14 unit townhouse project in West Seattle that uses a mix of industrial materials, large windows, and European-style site planning to create a community of houses that engages the neighborhood on the street side and supports a cohesive community on the courtyard side.   Creating a sense of community is one goal, as is  taking a stand against rote design in a lower income neighborhood

Architect

Joseph Hurley Architects 

Project architect Joseph Hurley said he was influenced by books about Italian hill towns, where homes were built close together and engaged with their surroundings. New Urbanism, with its emphasis on traditional neighborhood design, appeals to Hurley's sense of community but its historical look doesn't jibe with his more contemporary sensibilities. Very modern architecture can work in some neighborhoods, but it wasn't a good fit for Westwood Village. The exteriors of the slab-on-grade townhouses will be a mix of concrete board and corrugated metal siding. Big banks of windows will be strung together to allow lots of natural light. The main living spaces will be on the ground level and the bedrooms will be upstairs, separated by a mezzanine that covers about 50 percent of the floor plate. The mezzanine can be used as another bedroom, an office or a media area.

Landscape Architect 

Maggie Johnson of MEJLA, has planned large trees for privacy, drip irrigation system, paving stones, benches and paths, and stone bubbling water feature in the courtyard. The project will include a number of sustainable elements that create a natural, lush habitat in this urban setting.  

Interior Designer