August 5, 2020

Graham Baba Architects

Kim

Picard

Vander Haak

Wheaton

Molenaar

Keene

Madison

Seattle-based Graham Baba Architects hired Caitlin Molenaar as an interior and architectural designer, and Will Wheaton, Christopher L. Vander Haak, Cassie Hillman Picard, Taehyung Kim, Whitney Madison and Lauren Keene as architectural designers. Molenaar holds masters of interior architecture and product design from Kansas State University. She is working on amenity spaces and a food hall for a corporate campus. Wheaton has experience in industrial design and carpentry, and has taught drawing and entry level architecture courses. He has a master of architecture degree from the University of Washington and a bachelor's in general studies with a focus on industrial design from Western Washington University. He is working on 2100 M Street in Washington, D.C., and the 1617 Boylston adaptive reuse on Capitol Hill in Seattle. Vander Haak was a summer intern at the firm. He has a bachelor's in visual communication design from Seattle Pacific University and a master of architecture from the UW. He is working on the Ethan Stowell Tavern and Rubenstein Bagels in the Via6 building in Seattle. Hillman Picard has over 16 years of experience, with work on projects that includes K-12, higher education, small public and houses. She is working on the Salmon Bay redevelopment of an industrial site along on the Ballard waterfront. Kim is experienced in spatial design, art direction, strategies and research, design education and production management. He has bachelor's and master's degrees in architecture from the University of Waterloo. He is working on amenity spaces for Pike Motor Works in Seattle and Tutta Bella's Stone Way and Issaquah locations. Madison has a background in high-end residential and commercial design. She holds a bachelor of architecture degree from the University of Oregon. She is focusing on residential projects in the Puget Sound region, including a waterfront house on Bainbridge Island. Keene has experience with a mix of project types and scales ranging from exhibitions to infrastructure. She has a bachelor of fine arts degree from Middlebury College and a masters of architecture from the UW. She is working on studies for the adaptive reuse of existing and historic structures in Seattle and a studio residence for a printmaker.