Architecture

City Council Spars Over Woonerf in South Lake Union

Last Tuesday, the Seattle City Council Transportation Committee discussed the creation of a woonerf along 8th Ave between Harrison St and Thomas St in South...

New Belltown Tower Under Review, Denny Triangle Tower Nears Recommendation

Another skyscraper could soon join the Seattle skyline, this time in Belltown. 3rd and Lenora Tower--as it is known--is the brainchild (permit number 3018686) of long-time...

Microhousing Under New Code, Greenwood Project in Design Review

Seattle's Design Review Program has a lot of upcoming meetings for new projects in the New Year, but one in particular has caught our attention....

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.

Tweet of the Week: Mismatch in style and height is A okay

  Last week, yours truly was in New York City. Streetscapes like the one in the tweet below were very typical whether in Manhattan, the...

South Bellevue Final Design

On November 6th, Sound Transit held an open house for the final design of East Link's South Bellevue Station. East Link is a light...

Housing, politics and a basic pride of place

Fifth in an illustrated series about place-decoding from the South of France. What do the politics of urban housing have to do with a seasonal...

Living with yo ‘rents

Multi-generational housing has seen steadily increasing demand throughout Northern Europe, and stateside as well. The concept even hit the NYT late in 2012.  While I don’t...