Tim Bies is a Seattle-based photographer specializing in architecture and interiors. A graduate of Detroit’s Center for Creative Studies Commercial and Fine Art Photography programs, his experience working with world-renowned architectural photographer Balthazar Korab as well as having served as staff photographer for Olson Kundig Architects for over a decade have helped shape his unique view and approach.
LOCATION: Seattle, Washington
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Nestled between two contrasting landscapes on Whidbey Island—dramatic bluffs overlooking Puget Sound to the west and rolling pastures to the east—the Whidbey Farmhouse designed by DeForest Architects is a perfect balance of modern living and rural charm.
The concept for Cloud Room posits that “the best office might not be an office at all.” Cloud Room provides a shared working environment and private member’s club enriched by the people who occupy it.
A young couple asked DeForest to help create “a place to share with friends, a place for adventure and exploring, being a kid again, cooking together, experiencing nature and being part of something bigger.”
Set in the remote, harsh high desert of Idaho, Outpost is an artist’s live-work studio and sculpture garden. The building’s compactness restricts site impact and reinforces the desire to be outside.
Inside, the new home features an open floor plan and a natural palette of steel, concrete and walnut. Spaces are connected by central elements such as a custom cast-in-place concrete fireplace, steel and walnut stair, and a 18’ basalt tile feature wall.
Project: West Mercer Residence Architects: SKL Architects Location: Mercer Island, Washington, US Size: 5,500 sf Photography: Tim Bies Designed by Sundberg Kennedy Ly-Au Young Architects (SKL Architects), West Mercer Residence is a 5,500 sf single-family home located in Mercer Island, Washington. Situated tightly in its hillside location, this 5,500 square foot home along the shores of Lake Washington
