Madrona House
1 AIA LU|HSW

The Madrona House nestles into a historic Seattle hilltop neighborhood, looking east to Lake Washington and the Cascade Mountain Range beyond. Built for a downsizing couple that owned the historic craftsman house next door, the house was designed to maximize light and connection to the outdoors, with a strong sense of mass and materiality. Architect Daniel Toole will present this project, as well as other ongoing projects DTA is currently working on.

This presentation will describe the design process emphasizing this home’s connection to light, air and outdoor spaces, dealing with a steep slope critical area infill site, as well as designing for aging in place.

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Learning Objective 1:
Participants will understand how to maximize design for connection to light, air, and the outdoors on a constrained site

Learning Objective 2:
Participants will understand structural solutions for building on critical area steep slope sites

Learning Objective 3:
Participants will learn about using concrete as primary structure and finish with current energy code

Learning Objective 4:
Participants will review strategies for allowing home owners to age in place

Speaker

Daniel Toole, AIA
Founder & Principal, Daniel Toole Architecture

Born in Austria and raised in Portland, Daniel has traveled and worked extensively throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. Observing diverse intimate urban spaces along the way has inspired his work in architecture and urban design at all scales.

Daniel started independently practicing in 2013 after receiving the Miami Design District commissions during his Master's of Architecture at Harvard’s GSD. After balancing private projects with working in other offices, he founded Daniel Toole Architecture in 2020. With over 15 years of experience, he has designed award-winning private residences, housing, and cultural buildings, as well as landscapes and master plans independently and with various internationally recognized offices including Studio Rick Joy in Tucson, Barkow Leibinger Architects in Berlin, Perkins + Will in Seattle, and Allied Works Architecture in Portland, before founding DTA. 

A registered Architect in the states of Oregon, Washington, California, Montana, and Florida, he received his Bachelor’s of Architecture from the University of Oregon and his Master’s of Urban Design from the Harvard Graduate School of Design. He completed additional studies at Columbia University in New York City and Paris, as well as a year-long DAAD research grant from the German government at the TU Berlin. He published a book on his alleyway explorations, Tight Urbanism, in 2010 and has received numerous other design awards and fellowships.

Daniel is an adjunct professor at the University of Oregon School of Architecture and participates on studio reviews at universities throughout the United States and Europe.