Sunday Video: How Did The Kim Dynasty Design Pyongyang?

https://youtu.be/6S8fXjaS_4I Dave Amos takes a dive into how Pyongyang was designed by the ruling Kim family. The impacts of their directives are far ranging on...

Exploring Tokyo Urbanism

I took a trip to Tokyo in July and thought I'd share some impressions. We stayed in Shiodome, a centrally located neighborhood connected to...

Hot Off The Presses: New Tacoma Link Renderings

New renderings of stations along the Tacoma Link extension have been released. Sound Transit plans to construct a 2.4-mile, $175 million extension of the...

Women Shaping Seattle: An Interview With Marisa Hagney

Marisa Hagney works with communities around the world as part of her role as Living Community Challenge Manager at the International Living Future Institute. She...
A series of photos of buildings near the proposed site of the Yesler Family Housing project.

Fixing Seattle’s Design Review Process

A working group has spent a year analyzing Seattle's design review process. Here are their suggestions for improvement. When most new mixed-use, multifamily, and...

Updates to the Pike/Pine Conservation Overlay District

John Feit, President of PPUNC, provided a brief overview of the Pike/Pine Conservation Overlay District. The overlay district deploys an incentive program to encourage building character...

Housing Now’s Open Letter on Design Review

Before most new buildings in Seattle can be constructed, their plans must first go through a process known as “Design Review.” Design Review Boards...

First Look at 14-Story Hotel Planned across from Pike Place Market

The Downtown Design Review Board will take its first look at a design proposal for a 14-story hotel at 103 Pike St on Tuesday,...