Architecture

Downtown Seattle wall with City Hall sign on it and buildings in the background.

Seattle Budget Amendments Advance Design Review Reform and Comp Plan Outreach

The Seattle City Council has prepared more than 200 amendments to Mayor Jenny Durkan's 2022 budget proposal. Among them are amendments that would initiate...

Activating Alleys: Canton, U District, And Pioneer Square Edition

2017 seems to be the "Year of the Alley Activation" in Seattle. Two separate alley activation projects just wrapped up in Chinatown and the...

CNU25 Workshop: Community-Oriented Housing

About fifty Congress for the New Urbanism conference attendees came together to learn about Community-Oriented Housing on the first full day of CNU25. The workshop,...

Sunday Video: Our Disposable Architecture

Our Disposable Architecture by TEDx Talks on YouTube. A look at how our modern architecture has turned into throw away architecture, which lacks durability and...

The Dravus @ Interbay

Another large scale residential project is in the works for Interbay, this time led by national builder Lennar. The "Dravus", as it's known, could...

Mayor Murray Delays North Precinct Project

Yesterday morning, I attended a Seattle Design Commission meeting on the parking design of the North Precinct building. By the evening, Mayor Ed Murray...

A New Skyline for a New Seattle

“Beyond a certain critical mass each structure becomes a monument, or at least raises that expectation through its size alone, even if the sum...

Sunday Video: Architecture Should Tell A Great Story

To architect Ole Scheeren, "we should think of architecture and buildings as a space for stories — stories of the people that live there,...