Lino Tagliapietra Glass Studio, Seattle Real Estate, Washington Building, Architecture Photos
Lino Tagliapietra Glass Studio in Seattle
Dec 1, 2020
Lino Tagliapietra Glass Studio
Architecture: Graham Baba Architects
Location: Belltown, downtown Seattle, Washington State, USA

Lino Tagliapietra Glass Studio is located in Belltown, a downtown Seattle neighborhood, this studio is dedicated to the display of Lino Tagliapietra?s glass art. Tagliapietra?s work explores the limits of glass?its form, texture, and color. In response to the drama of his work, the space itself becomes an exercise in restraint, a quiet armature and environment in which art becomes the focal point.

Most recently serving as home to an auction company, the studio occupies a 1917, one-story, masonry and heavy-timber-framed warehouse building, which presents a quiet presence to its urban setting.
The entry is defined by a large wood-and-steel door which incorporates a modest illuminated cut-steel sign announcing the venue. Inside, the entry opens onto a sloping interior ramp which parallels the studio itself, which is essentially one large, 6,100-square-foot space.

The brick interior has been painted matte gray, while floors are made with a subtly bleached white oak. Overhead, a 16-foot-wide-by-45-foot-long light monitor floats above the center of the space. Translucent clerestory glazing brings daylight into the space.
The underside of the monitor features a curved soffit that softly shapes the day...