Architecture

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...

City Council Extends ALUV Moratorium, Designates Rainier Opportunity Zone, and Greenlights Arena

On Monday, the Seattle City Council waded through a very lengthy agenda. Councilmembers voted to extend a heavy industrial moratorium in Aurora-Licton Urban Village...

Sunday Video: How To Design Streets For Everyone

https://youtu.be/8mh-GTlvf0w Dave Amos talks about how the principle of universal design as applied to street design can make streets better for all users.

The Urbanist Podcast: Architectural Scrabble with Mike Eliason of Larch Lab

As founder of Larch Lab, a design studio and think tank devoted to climate adaptive architecture and urbanism, Mike Eliason holds a wealth of...

Fridaygram: Urban Design The Whistler Way

“The trust of a city street is formed over time from many, many little public sidewalk contacts” ―Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great...
A rendering of the 19-story proposal with Belltown and Downtown skyline in the background.

Belltown Group Tries to Block Taller Buildings Downtown Over Birds

To prevent a 19-story apartment building long in the works, a group of Belltown residents are trying to stop code updates to Seattle's Living Building pilot program. The purported risk of bird deaths headline the group's laundry list of concerns.

Call to Action: Support Rezoning Uptown and Reforming Design Review on Monday

The Seattle City Council is hosting a double feature at SIFF Cinema Uptown Auditorium 3 on Monday September 11. The first public hearing for the...

Sunday Video: German Pedestrianized Streets

https://youtu.be/Vl02v7bzIYc Several streets in Iserlohn, Germany are highlighted in this video as fußgängerzonen (pedestrian streets), a street typology severely lacking in America.