Architecture

U District Design Guidelines To Get Major Overhaul

The University District is a neighborhood experiencing fast-paced change as new development takes shape in the heat of Seattle's historic building boom. A significant...

Sound Transit Brings Two Lynnwood Link Stations To 60% Design

Sound Transit recently released details on its 60% design plans for two new stations and select corridor improvements as part of its Lynnwood Link...

New High School Headed To Seattle Center, Master Plan May Be Revamped

Seattle Center, the city's central playground of culture and engagement in Uptown, could be headed for an update to its governing master plan. Future redevelopment...

This Place Matters: Main Streets And Community By Design

In 1977, in the midst of the worst nationwide recession since World War II, the National Trust for Historic Preservation founded the Main Street...

Visualizing Compatible Density

Density is a controversial subject in virtually all American communities. While some districts and communities are seeking more density to promote economic revitalization and...

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,...

Hot Off The Presses: New Tacoma Link Renderings

New renderings of stations along the Tacoma Link extension have been released. Sound Transit plans to construct a 2.4-mile, $175 million extension of the...

1200 Stewart Proposes Benefits For Denny Way Corridor

A long-planned project is approaching its final steps before being ready to start construction on a long-dormant site on Denny Way, but first the...