Honoring the Legacy of a Historic Structure

Seattle-based Floisand Studio Architects has had a long-term partnership with Pagliacci Pizza including the thoughtful reimagination of the chain's newest location across from Seattle’s Ballard Locks.

The original design is a heavy timber replica of a six-beam Haida house—a traditional style of building by the Haida Tribe—which opened in 1939 as a Native American curio shop before serving as a restaurant space starting in 1945. Working with Headwater People to better understand the building and its history, the architects carefully preserved the structure’s original logs, and carvings made by Northwest Coast artist Jimmy John. New landscaping incorporates native edible plants which are identified by custom signage showing the phonetic spelling in both the native Whulshootseed and English languages. 

The building’s new timber addition adds 1,300 square feet of much-needed space to the program. Using a wrap-around approach to engage the existing building, the…