Seattle-based Design Firm Artefact by Graham Baba Architects

One of the best ways a design firm can win over a new client is by catching the client’s attention naturally with completed projects. When Artefact, a Seattle-based high tech/industrial design firm, needed a new workplace for its expanding team, it found inspiration in restaurant design around its hometown. Graham Baba Architects has established itself as an area leader in restaurant design, completing about 50 restaurants across Seattle, many in older, restored buildings. “Artefact was very familiar with our restaurant spaces, especially the ones in older buildings, and they knew they wanted to have a café-bar space,” said Jim Graham, principal at Graham Baba Architects. “They were very attracted to the idea of hanging out at the café and having that atmosphere in their offices.” Artefact’s new offices are nestled in Seattle’s historic Pioneer Square district, known as the oldest Seattle neighborhood and the center of the city’s art scene, …