Building Hugger Amy Nicole Swift

Recycling and reusing building materials is the ideal way to go about repairing old houses and architecture. In a time when so much excess waste proliferates, as strong proponents of green construction arise, they need our support. Amy Nicole Swift is just that. When she’s not teaching at the university, she’s working to restore vacant Detroit properties. It’s a dirty and exhausting job, but crucial to rebuilding this iconic city. She founded Building Hugger, an architectural design-build firm, to give back to the community and breath new life into old spaces.

Check out Amy’s spring time work gear: Carhartt Mountrail Jacket, Force Performance Quarter-Zip Shirt, Sibley Denim Shorts, Soft Hands Gloves, and Wellington Boots. 

 

Carhartt in Seattle

The Carhartt store in Seattle is located just a few blocks down the street from Pike Place Market, one of the oldest public farmer’s markets in the U.S. It’s an area full of history, farmers, and crafts people. When you walk in the Carhartt location, the old-timey feel of the neighborhood is continued in the lumber camp theme across the store. Beautiful reclaimed logs line the walls, door handles are made of axes, and the dressing rooms look like camping tents. Logging was Seattle’s first major industry, so it is a very fitting theme. I love how this store hints back to the history of the city. Old photographs of loggers past are hung on the back wall. It helps knowing that you came from a city of hard workers. I think it can only spur you on to continue the legacy.