Architecture

Ankrom Moisan Designs 28-Story Tower for Denny Park Site

A 28-story tower planned for site adjacent to Denny Park would bring 268 apartments to South Lake Union, and the project could clear a...

Midweek Video: The Battle of SHARKS!

https://youtu.be/_8xhdL8BPvU This story in London highlights one microcosm of how far historic preservation rules can go. For a while, an artsy organization got away with...

Rainier Beach Updates Its Neighborhood Plan

The Seattle City Council passed a Rainier Beach Neighborhood Plan Update, among many other things at a busy September 26th meeting. The plan focuses...
Four residents sit in a L couch in a lounge well-lit by natural light.

The Case for Converting Vacant Offices to Congregate Housing

A new study found co-living congregate housing could spur conversions of vacant offices, which are much costlier to convert to conventional housing. It could also return Seattle to its affordable single-room occupancy roots.

Meetup Video: January 2021 with Lid I-5

https://youtu.be/uNZvivfgcto Lid I-5 proponents joined for January meetup to discuss results of a recent study and objectives for an I-5 lid.

What Do We Want From Our Next Seattle?

What do we want this city to be? And who do we want it to belong to? In a recent essay published by the New...

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,...

Women Shaping Seattle: An Interview With Barbara Swift

Barbara Swift, FASLA, founded Swift Company in 1982. Swift Company is a landscape architecture and urban design practice dedicated to creating powerful places for civic...