14ft 8in

We firmly believe in inspiring curiosity through architecture and learning across the globe. 14ft 8in began in 2009 while Jonathan was working on Seattle’s first shipping container building, constructed of 12 in Georgetown as published in Architectural Record, at a previous small progressive architecture office as a medium for exploring, inspiring, and sharing creative architectural ideas. Growing to millions of annual views, it became a Top 10 site globally on Facebook visits for architecture. Fuel is needed for continued learning, growth, and inspiration, so this engine has resumed in a new medium for continued implementation with our office’s work, after pausing while Jonathan led, designed, and detailed Odin, composed of 300 units, for Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood start to finish at a previous architecture office with a strong focus on urban mixed-use buildings, earned his National license and architect registration board certifications in 2013, and then began this architecture office in 2014. Our aim is to continue learning and exploring architecture and urbanization here at 14ft8in.com to better inform our continued work, share the ideas and research along this journey together, and to publish this new monograph next year.

Research, exploration, and studies we have been working on include the sensitive modernism and circulation shaping Shanghai, the historic architectural growth across Rome and the Mediterranean landscape, Venice’s incredible global Architecture Biennale and work from Scarpa, the urban growth of China’s Mountain City Chongqing and 2300 year old urban center Chengdu, the evolution and carved dwellings of Spain’s Setenil de las Bodegas, Berlin’s architectural transformation, Wolong’s mountain habitat ecosystem restoration geared to the protection and reintroduction of pandas and wildlife, high-density low-rise urbanism in Paris and across France, ancient urbanization of Athens in Greece, Spain's dialogue of historic and contemporary architecture in Barcelona, Hong Kong's evolution of smart housing density and multi-modal transit systems, urban residential typologies and concepts in the Netherlands and the vibrant new neighborhoods of Amsterdam, Seoul's dense network of unique pedestrian streets, Denmark's architectural character and social public spaces in Copenhagen, and the burgeoning sustainable eco-districts taking shape across Sweden’s Malmö and Stockholm.  We apply these studies and lessons learned from architecture and urban growth around the world to the architecture we create here with our team and clients.