Architecture

Women Shaping Seattle: An Interview With Rebecca Barnes

Rebecca Barnes, FAIA is the University of Washington University Architect and Assistant Vice Provost for Campus & Capital Planning. Rebecca was previously the Chief...
View of Medici Apartments at 7th St. and Bixel St. (Photo by Leilani Commons)

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,...

Preschool And 70 Low-Income Apartments Headed To Lake City

The Northeast Design Review Board will hold the first recommendation meeting tonight for a 6-story 70-apartment building the Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI) plans...

Mayor Proposes Minimal Relief from Seattle’s Treacherous Design Review

The Office of the Mayor announcing legislation extending Covid-era exemptions that allow affordable rental housing projects to skip design review, the costly and time-consuming...

State Improves Model Code to Promote Middle Housing

The state responded to feedback from urbanists and homebuilders by finetuning its draft model code for missing middle housing to be more generous around lot coverage, floor area ratio, setbacks, and design standards.

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,...

Rooftop Solar Can Power Seattle

Known for its dearth of sunshine, Seattle is not commonly considered a city ripe for residential solar power, also known as solar photovoltaic energy,...

Sunday Video: How Big is Old Jerusalem?

It's one of the rare years that Ramadan, Passover, and Easter coincide, so it feels appropriate to take a look at the city where...