City Launches “ADUniverse” Website for Pre-approved Backyard Cottage Designs
On Tuesday, the City of Seattle rolled out a website called ADUniverse that will offer 10 pre-approved accessory dwelling unit (ADU) designs and other...
To Address the Climate Crisis We Must Incentivize Passive House Buildings
We know two things are true: we need more housing—1.8 million more people are expected to move to the Puget Sound region before 2050—and...
Sunday Video: Architecture Should Tell A Great Story
To architect Ole Scheeren, "we should think of architecture and buildings as a space for stories — stories of the people that live there,...
State Model Code for Middle Housing is Missing Enough Housing
Commerce recently had a consultant create a form-based code, but the draft fails to advance housing abundance.
Now that Washington State’s Middle Housing bill (HB1110)...
Wallingford’s 45th Street Is Ripe For Development
Wallingford could become a flashpoint for backlash against the Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA) judging by recent events. Last month, the Wallingford Community Council...
Sunday Video: What Is This “Line” Thing Anyway?
With drone footage showing construction beginning on Saudi Arabia's half-trillion dollar megaproject called The Line, it's useful to ask what's going on in the...
Sunday Video: Paper City
https://vimeo.com/67658001
Paper City by Maciek Janicki on Vimeo.
Just in time for the holidays, a beautiful video of a snowy, paper city.
Sunday Video: How Conquistadors Designed Cities in the Americas
https://youtu.be/4aJ0tRd10I4
Dave Amos of City Beautiful explains the history of city design in the Americas, which were shaped by the Spanish Conquistadors.