Architecture

57-Story Proposal for Civic Square Gets Second Design Review Tomorrow

The saga of Civic Square will take a step closer to a conclusion at a second Early Design Guidance meeting with the Downtown Design...

Everett: Art Makes The Place

Straining for maximum reach, a child in aviator goggles and cap launches a paper airplane into the sky. “Someday” is the title of a...

Denny Triangle’s Crescent Heights

The Denny Triangle is a hotbed for highrise construction with over a dozen different projects are either already planned or under construction. A new...

Fridaygram: Observations of Local Urbanism in Portland

Portland is awash in more than just craft beer. It's a mecca of Pacific Northwest urbanism. The look and feel of Portland is very noticeably...

Urbanism 101: Hostile Architecture

All urban design and architecture is implemented with a particular goal in mind — often to shape people’s behavior in a particular direction. Hostile...

Midweek Video: 15 Thing You Didn’t Know About City Planning (Probably)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Walx0iQZfiY Dave Amos rattles through 15 things in urban planning that you may not have known.

Fridaygram: Japanese Shotengai

Shotengai are a type of shopping arcade found in Japan. Their varied layouts provide both a safe pedestrian experience and true mixed shopping capabilities...

Sunday Video: Skinny Toronto Home As A Prototype

https://youtu.be/PfqXqJxwFfI With a 16-foot wide lot in the middle of a city, what can be done to build a single residence for a family?