Designed to emphasize the unpretentious service and handcrafted coffee for which Elm is known, the warm and bright café on the ground floor of the new 9th & Thomas mixed-use building—also by Olson Kundig—is an inviting extension of Elm’s original café in Seattle’s Pioneer Square neighborhood. This café and coffee retail space, located in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood, spills out into the building’s main lobby and offers a high degree of transparency to the street, inviting passersby to enter and helping establish the lobby as a central community hub. Handmade green tiles from Cerámica Suro in Mexico run along the back wall of the café and are framed by a white marble counter, creating a bright backdrop for Elm’s high-quality coffee and welcoming ambiance.
“For Elm Coffee Roasters, we wanted to create a bright, optimistic backdrop for the coffee experience Elm has so beautifully crafted – one characterized by simple elegance and sincere hospitality.” –Kirsten R. Murray, FAIA, Design Principal
Material Used :
1. Flooring – Concrete
2. Platform flooring – White oak
3. Suro Ceramics – South wall and backsplash – Green ceramic tile
4. Pental – Solid working surface – Thassos BQ100P in White
5. Bar top and table tops – Carrara marble slab
6. Shelving and stoefront countertop – Plain sawn white oak
7. Casework veneer – White oak
8. Pacific Mat – Floor mats – Cocoa mat in Natural
9. Advance Tabco – Prep sink – Three compartment sink in Stainless Steel
10. Advance Tabco – Hand-wash sink – One compartment sink in Stainless Steel
11. Micromatic – Drip tray – Surface mount in Stainless Steel
12. Glastender – Drop-in ice bin – Stainless Steel
