Nine Totally Necessary Evolutionary Changes for Seattle’s Residential Neighborhoods
This is probably the first of a series of articles specifically looking at "Single Family" zoning in Seattle and how we pivot to smarter...
Readers Helped Us Find Missing Middle! Plus The Urbanist’s Scavenger Hunt #2
For me, the warm and sunny weather provided extra inspiration for close-to-home urban exploration, but as I was reminded by a reader, with Google...
Urbanist Scavenger Hunt: Find the “Missing Middle”
The Urbanist is kicking off its new weekly scavenger hunt series with a call for readers to search out examples of "missing middle" housing...
Digital Design Review Aims to Keep Housing Pipeline Flowing During COVID Crisis
Seattle's design review process has been on a hold for about a month now due distancing measures to contain the COVID-19 outbreak. Today, Mayor...
Northwest Film Forum’s ByDesign Festival Is Streaming Online
For twenty years local nonprofit Northwest Film Forum (NWFF) has provoked dialogue about architecture and placemaking through its annual ByDesign Festival, curated by Design...
Los Angeles’ Fauxtalian Renaissance: Obliterating Culture and Facilitating Gentrification
If you’ve ever driven on US-101 through Downtown Los Angeles, you’ve seen Geoff Palmer’s Renaissance-style apartments. Marketed under ostentatious names such as The Medici,...
The Potential and Pitfalls of Prefabricated Buildings
The City issued permits on January 17th for another new tower in Belltown, but this one was a little different. The developer, Sustainable Living...
City’s Plan for Pre-approved Backyard Cottages Shouldn’t Require Uncompensated Labor
It has been nearly two years since Mayor Jenny Durkan directed the Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections to fast-track pre-approved designs of backyard...