AVI Design Studio

The guest powder room at Treviso Estate was designed as the one space in the house meant to be experienced alone. With no function competing for attention and nothing to arrange, we approached it as a single composed object, a room to be read, not only used.

The room is organized around one mass of burgundy marble. Basin and surround are worked from a single block so the stone holds its weight rather than serving as a veneer. Walnut paneling envelops the wall floor to ceiling, its continuous grain warming the space and reading as one uninterrupted plane.
The sculptural mirror is the room’s one gesture toward ornament, and it is enough.
The result is a small room of a few materials, each selected for how it ages and how it holds Pacific Northwest light.

Treviso Estate · Kirkland, Washington.
Building and interior design by AVI, now in construction.

The facade of Gaia’s Sanctuary was conceived to command presence without demanding attention. Sophisticated in material, restrained in form, and layered with meaning. Every decision made to elevate the exterior into something that endures 🌿

The palette is drawn directly from the site: deep charcoal thermally modified cedar, warm natural wood columns and pergola beams, sage-green and sand-toned fiber cement panels, and a dark standing seam metal roof 🏠

At the heart of the facade: carved stone deity panels, custom-sourced for this family. Not decoration. Cultural identity embedded into the architecture itself✨

The entry sequence was designed as a destination. A timber pergola, a stone-paved courtyard garden, pagoda lanterns, and a ceremonial bell at the gate. An arrival shaped entirely around who this family is and what they believe in 🤍

Designed as a sanctuary in the truest sense. A place of retreat, contemplation, and enduring refuge 💫

📍Located in Snoqualmie, Washington
Exterior and interior design by AVI