Sunday Video: India’s Planned Capital City (Designed by Le Corbusier)
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Dave Amos of City Beautiful takes a look at an Indian capital city, Chandigarh, to explore how two very different city building approaches--Garden City...
New parklet opens at 25th and Union this Sunday
This Sunday is the grand opening of Seattle's newest parklet, aptly named the 25th and Union Parklet. In the heart of the Central District, the...
Africatown Designs Its Future: Part 1
A year has passed since Africatown Community Land Trust acquired a twenty percent ownership stake of the land parcel at 23rd and Union in...
Bring on the Clusterwohnungen
A few years ago, Seattle ran an interesting experiment on radically densifying low rise neighborhoods with microhousing--a typology of small, minimal units that provide...
Spatial Justice and Environmental Sustainability Distinguish AIA Seattle’s 2020 Award Winners
The 70th annual Honor Awards showcase Seattle's flourishing architectural design community.
I'll always hold a soft spot in my heart for the old Burke Museum...
Three More Highrises Sprouting in the U District
A few months back The Urbanist wrote about The M, the first new highrise proposed for the U District since the upzone was approved....
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...
Seattle Design Festival 2019 Takes to the Streets
With neighborhood crawls in Capitol Hill and Georgetown included in a packed schedule of events, the Seattle Design Festival is breaking out of the...