Art Exhibit “BOOM: Changing Seattle” Demands Answers

At the BOOM: Changing Seattle exhibition Seattleites interested in shaping Seattle's future began by looking backward. Rapid change is nothing new to our city. The...

The Urbanist’s Year in Pictures 2022

An we come upon the last day of the year, a perfect opportunity to look through The Urbanist's media archive for a retrospective of...

NEOM Seattle – What the Saudi Megaprojects Would Look Like On Puget Sound

Since we last checked in on the megaproject/arcology beat, there has been some progress on the new NEOM linear city rising from the sands...

Sunday Video: Design For Good

AIGA Seattle is hosting their housing for homelessness installation in Occidental Park today as part of the Seattle Design Festival. In this video, they...

Sunday Video: UW Architecture Lecture Series

The University of Washington's Department of Architecture Lecture Series is recommencing for spring, with a line up of high caliber speakers, as outlined below. As part...

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: Urban Design The Whistler Way

“The trust of a city street is formed over time from many, many little public sidewalk contacts” ―Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great...

Sound Transit Green Lights Capitol Hill Station TOD

Capitol Hill, a neighborhood awash with transit-oriented development, is poised to get a lot more right where it is needed. At a meeting last week,...