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...
Sunday Video: India’s Planned Capital City (Designed by Le Corbusier)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeFF3t41png
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...
The Urbanist Podcast: Talking with Alexandra Lange about Her Book “Meet Me by the Fountain”
Given this podcast is dropping on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, there is a solid chance that you or a loved one will spend some...
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...
City Releases Draft Design Guidelines Changes for South Lake Union
Last week, the Seattle Office of Planning and Community Development released draft changes for the South Lake Union design guidelines. That guidelines have been...
The Best Architecture Seattle Has to Offer
Seattle is in the midst of one its largest booms in a history that is almost nothing but a string of booms and busts....
Carbon Is Us
A response to William McDonough’s new language of carbon.
“We’re made of star stuff.” Carl Sagan
“We are stardust.” Joni Mitchell
Carl and Joni got it...
Saving Shorty’s: It’s An Uphill Battle
Today the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board will do what it does on a very regular basis: hear arguments regarding a local building or institution,...