Seattle’s Tower-Top Mystery Apartment

A series of fought-for conversions, happy accidents and perfect timings led to this amazing two-story apartment that occupies the py

ramidal pinnacle of Seattle’s Smith Tower, once the tallest building on the West Coast of the United States.

The building owners did not want to change much, but fortunately neither did the the aspiring tenant: a few steel staircases and platforms were all that was needed to infill the gaps but preserve the remarkable and layered history of the space (including carved-bronze doors and crisscrossing wooden beams details).