This is our first project in Seattle with longstanding colleague architect James Cheng and John Hogan, a Seattle-based artist who mostly works with glass, and it is our first collaboration with the city. Designing First light exemplifies three of the core themes that our company has been investigating for years. These are: the design philosophy of layering, which we began with architect Kengo Kuma, the natural progression of Gesamtkunstwerk, also known as the total work of art, which we began with Bjarke Ingels at Vancouver House, and more broadly, the idea of bringing nature back into urban environments.

James Cheng and John Hogan created a piece of art in and of itself, blending art and architecture, infusing it with nature, and richly layered with many intricacies that show themselves quietly throughout the building.