Compared to Seattle’s other famous buildings, Canlis looks more like a midcentury modern house than a business. But that’s exactly what made it revolutionary: Rather than replicate the “ornate hotel dining rooms” typical of the era, Canlis’s founder hired Roland Terry, a rising star in residential architecture at the time, to design his fine dining establishment.
In other words, Canlis was built to “feel like a home,” current owner Mark Canlis told Architectural Digest after the restaurant won the James Beard Foundation’s 2019 Design Icon award. And this is one of the homes Canlis feels like.
Like Canlis, its floor-to-ceiling windows frame an iconic Seattle
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