Architecture

Fridaygram: Japanese Shotengai

Shotengai are a type of shopping arcade found in Japan. Their varied layouts provide both a safe pedestrian experience and true mixed shopping capabilities...

CLT: What’s All The Excitement About?

Over the last decade, excitement about a new strong, green, and beautiful building material has been growing. Developed in Central Europe in the mid-1990’s, Cross...

Out of Scale in Pioneer Square?

A lot of drama has been brewing over the past few months in Pioneer Square. That's because one developer has proposed a new 11-story...

Saving Shorty’s: The Regrade’s The Thing

A pretty sizable crowd turned out at City Hall on Wednesday evening to listen to historical minutiae and discussions of structural integrity with a clear goal...

Saving Shorty’s: It’s An Uphill Battle

Today the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board will do what it does on a very regular basis: hear arguments regarding a local building or institution,...

Sunday Video: Chicago Launches First Architecture Biennial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heOuwXh0mAQ The inaugural Chicago Architecture Biennial launched yesterday, with three months of events, including lectures, workshops, tours, exhibitions, performances, film screenings and social activities. Titled...

Fridaygram: Observations of Local Urbanism in Portland

Portland is awash in more than just craft beer. It's a mecca of Pacific Northwest urbanism. The look and feel of Portland is very noticeably...

Ballard Walking Tour Recap (In Tweets!)

Saturday turned out to be a great morning for a walking tour in Ballard. The sun was out, our group was engaged, and the streets...