Women Shaping Seattle: An Interview With Christine Scharrer
With over 20 years experience, Christine Scharrer leads Scharrer Architecture and Design, on a variety of architecture and design projects. She was the founding co-chair of the American...
PLUZ Committee Analyzes Bitter Lake Rezone And Design Review Program Changes
At a meeting of the Planning, Land Use, and Zoning (PLUZ) Committee on Tuesday, Councilmembers were briefed by City staff on a density-neutral rezone...
To Meet Housing and Sustainability Goals, Seattle Must Streamline Land Use Code
Few things perfectly encapsulate the problems of planning like a city’s land use code. Unlike the building code, which dictates the life safety requirements...
Sunday Video: History Of Seattle’s Smith Tower
Seattle's Smith Tower was once the tallest building west of the Mississippi and among the tallest buildings in the world. Built after Seattle's Great Fire, it is the oldest...
Midweek Video: 15 Thing You Didn’t Know About City Planning (Probably)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Walx0iQZfiY
Dave Amos rattles through 15 things in urban planning that you may not have known.
Sunday Video: EPCOT–Yesterday’s City of Tomorrow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hqLo4J6mrQ
Dave Amos looks at Walt Disney's unrealized tomorrow city plans (known as "Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow" or "EPCOT"), which were largely Modernist delusions...
Architects to Honor Best New Seattle Buildings November 4th
As summer turns to fall, so turns our lives from a season of sunny exuberance to one of cool reflection. Vacation is over and...
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...