Architecture

Activating Alleys: Canton, U District, And Pioneer Square Edition

2017 seems to be the "Year of the Alley Activation" in Seattle. Two separate alley activation projects just wrapped up in Chinatown and the...

Tasty Transit-Oriented Tidbit Headed To Nesbit Avenue

Tonight at 8pm the Northwest Design Review Board will consider the latest plan for a 74-unit residential building at N 88th St and Nesbit...

Sunday Video: Paper City

https://vimeo.com/67658001 Paper City by Maciek Janicki on Vimeo. Just in time for the holidays, a beautiful video of a snowy, paper city.
A new triangular shaped six-story apartment building at dusk.

Shoreline Apartment Boom Picks Up Along RapidRide E, Still in Infancy Near Light Rail

Outside its light rail station areas, Shoreline has seen a noticeable bump in apartment planning, permitting, and construction in the past few years. Upwards...

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...

City Council Greenlights Seattle Asian Art Museum Expansion

The Seattle Asian Art Museum expansion and rehabilitation project cleared a major hurdle on Monday. During their normal weekly meeting, the Seattle City Council...
Downtown Bellevue's skyline

Rapid Buildup Fuels Downtown Bellevue Skyline

Since 2018, a deluge of construction projects in Downtown Bellevue has been completed and begun to form Bellevue's adolescent skyline. This spree has been...

Sunday Video: San Antonio’s River Walk As Walkable Urbanism

City Beautiful visits San Antonio to evaluate the city's river walk as walkable urbanism. The city's riverwalk isn't the only one of its kind,...