City Seeking Contractor for West Seattle Bridge Repair
The West Seattle High Rise Bridge safety project has made progress since Mayor Jenny Durkan's announcement to repair, rather than replace, the West Seattle...
Sunday Video: What’s So Good About Point Access Block (Single-Stair) Buildings?
Point access block (single-stair) buildings are ubiquitous across the globe, except for North America. Building codes are the big reason why. Debate in recent...
To Meet Housing and Sustainability Goals, Seattle Must Streamline Land Use Code
Few things perfectly encapsulate the problems of planning like a city’s land use code. Unlike the building code, which dictates the life safety requirements...
Natural Light In Buildings: NIMBY Rhetoric Or Livability Staple
Cities face a complex web of interconnected problems today — affordability, transportation, safety, livability and many others. Often these problems appear to be in...
East Link TOD: BelRed’s Scattered Development Could Preface Bigger Housing Boom
Near Bel-Red Station, more than 3,500 new homes have been built or permitted since 2017. However, development has been patchy due to uneven zoning.
East Link TOD: Housing Growth Picks Up in Downtown Bellevue Ahead of Light Rail
We're starting our transit-oriented development (TOD) series in Downtown Bellevue. Check out how the Eastside's highrise capital has been growing, with 13,000 homes recently added or in development, in anticipation of East Link light rail's arrival on April 27.
The Potential and Pitfalls of Prefabricated Buildings
The City issued permits on January 17th for another new tower in Belltown, but this one was a little different. The developer, Sustainable Living...
Navigating Kirkland’s Pedestrian Nightmare — And Paradise
Whenever I write an article or series that charts the development of cities and neighborhoods in the Puget Sound, I always make an effort...