Architecture

A Unique Downtown Street Corner Could Be Future Home To ‘121 Stewart’

A half block of Second Avenue could soon be home to a new mixed-use high-rise skyscraper called 121 Stewart.  This new tower proposal is nestled...

Much DADU About Nothing

Since the release of the Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA) Committee recommendations, there has been much speculation on what diversifying the single-family zones...
A photo of a low-rise grocery store with a surface level parking lot in front of it.

734 Homes Proposed in University Village Safeway Redevelopment Plans

Details are emerging on plans to replace the suburban-style Safeway grocery story adjacent to University Village Mall with an eight-story mixed-use development. The plans...
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Phinney Ridge Apartment Complex Pioneers Unique Communal Model

Delivering 35 new family-sized homes, Shared Roof features a unique financing model catering to a range of incomes, built-in community, and hip cafes spilling into a public courtyard. Is the model replicable? The developer thinks so.

City Council Greenlights Seattle Asian Art Museum Expansion

The Seattle Asian Art Museum expansion and rehabilitation project cleared a major hurdle on Monday. During their normal weekly meeting, the Seattle City Council...

Sunday Video: UW Architecture Lecture Series

The University of Washington's Department of Architecture Lecture Series is recommencing for spring, with a line up of high caliber speakers, as outlined below. As part...

Mass Timber Social Housing on Public Land FTW

This past spring, the Washington State Legislature passed HB 2382 --a bill that allows public agencies to utilize surplus public land for affordable housing development. The...

State Model Code for Middle Housing is Missing Enough Housing

Commerce recently had a consultant create a form-based code, but the draft fails to advance housing abundance. Now that Washington State’s Middle Housing bill (HB1110)...