Architecture

Midweek Video: The Architecture Trend Dividing London’s Elites

Vox looks into why so many rowhouses in London are getting deep basement additions and why wealthy residents are lashing out.

Saint Petersburg Metro Offers Architectural Lessons for American Transit

Transit conveys culture as its conveys passengers. The former Russian capital provides some lessons on how the Seattle region could do better. Seattle has begun...

Remedying Our Cities Amidst a Crisis

The city as we know it is collapsing. The virus is forcing us to reckon with the depletion of the buildings that comprise the...
Drawing of the west elevation for the new Burke Museum. (City of Seattle/Olson Kundig Architects)

New Burke Museum Will Break Ground In Spring 2016, Open Fall 2019

The University of Washington (UW) will soon be embarking a major makeover of the Burke Museum, an institution highly respected for its collection of...

Designing for Community in the Covid City

Cohousing offers ways to stay connected during the Covid pandemic that city planners, architects, and community organizers can learn from. This spring, while people across...

Women Shaping Seattle: An Interview With Rebecca Barnes

Rebecca Barnes, FAIA is the University of Washington University Architect and Assistant Vice Provost for Campus & Capital Planning. Rebecca was previously the Chief...

Judkins Park Open House: Design Complete

On Tuesday, Sound Transit held an open house at the Northwest African American Museum in the Central District to go over the finalized designs...

Downtown Seattle Association Zeroes In on Third Avenue Pedestrian Improvements

Third Avenue is easily the most important transit corridor in all of Seattle. The street carries more than 52,000 passengers on weekdays via bus....