Architecture

Tacoma Issues Housing Permits Three Times Faster than Seattle, Builders Report

Seattle has been taking the lion's share of the region's housing growth for the last decade, but developers are starting to look to Tacoma...

SDCI’s Draft Recommendations To Revise Design Review Program

Major changes to Seattle's Design Review Program may be coming soon. Earlier this month, the Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections (SDCI) released a...

City Council Fails in First Attempt to Pass Emergency Bill Setting Up Digital Design...

Onlooker and Seattle City Councilmember alike seemed to wonder what just happened yesterday after the city council rejected an emergency ordinance intended to continue...

City Unveils Site Plan for Green Lake Community Center Redevelopment

On Monday, Seattle Parks and Recreation (Parks, for short) released a preliminary site plan for the new Green Lake Community Center as part of...

City Council Approves Affordable Housing at Fort Lawton and Extends Showbox Moratorium

On Monday, the Seattle City Council took a big step in approving a rezone and development plan for the Fort Lawton site. The legislation...
Seven-story midrise apartments along a pedestrian plaza.

Seattle Inches Down Path to Design Review Overhaul with New Report

Three years after the Seattle City Council tasked the department of construction with examining how to reform its cumbersome design review process, the agency released its report. The department still remains nearly a year away from making substantive changes to design review.
Downtown Seattle Development

Improvements to Seattle’s Design Review Program

The Department of Planning and Development (DPD) is engaging with stakeholders and residents to develop improvements for the City's Design Review Program. In 1994,...

Sunday Video: Suburbs That Don’t Suck – Streetcar Suburbs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWsGBRdK2N0 Jason Slaughter of Not Just Bikes talks suburbs and how not all are the same. Slaughter particularly emphasizes how streetcar suburbs and suburbs that...