Sarah Oberklaid
Sarah is an urban planner and artist from Melbourne Australia, currently living in Seattle. She has contributed to diverse long-term projects addressing housing, transportation, community facilities, heritage and public spaces with extensive consultation with communities and other stakeholders. Her articles for The Urbanist focus on her passion for the design of sustainable, inviting and inclusive places, drawing on her research and experiences around the world.
Yolanda Ho works in the Public Space Management Program in the Seattle Department of Transportation's (SDOT) Street Use Division. She helps to develop new,...
Marisa Hagney works with communities around the world as part of her role as Living Community Challenge Manager at the International Living Future Institute. She...
With over 20 years experience, Christine Scharrer leads Scharrer Architecture and Design, on a variety of architecture and design projects. She was the founding co-chair of the American...
Thaisa Way is the Executive Director of Urban@UW and an Associate Professor in Landscape Architecture at the University of Washington. She has received many notable...
Below is an interview with Lisa Picard, which is part of our Women Shaping Seattle series exploring how women have changed and continue to change...
This year’s Seattle Design Festival, opened on September 10th, with the theme of ‘Design Change’. Given that 2016 marks 100 years since the first...
Seattle's Smith Tower was once the tallest building west of the Mississippi and among the tallest buildings in the world. Built after Seattle's Great Fire, it is the oldest...
On a cold October evening in Chicago, Mario Cucinella shares his thoughts as to why architecture is of vital importance to society: "Buildings don't...