Melrose Promenade Breaks Ground This Week After Significant Delay
Initiated by urban designer Michael Kent back in 2010, the Melrose Promenade is officially breaking ground this week according to an update from the...
Construction Issues Delay East Link Opening to 2024 and Federal Way Link to 2025
Sound Transit revealed delayed timelines for its next four light rail extensions Thursday. Defects in concrete plinths in a four-mile section of East Link...
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...
Northern Midrise – U District Development Spree Part 1
If you still need proof that Seattle is not dying, just take a look at the development activity undergone, ongoing, and forecasted in the...
Sunday Video: Wooden Skyscrapers Could Be the Future for Citites
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In this video, The Economist explores the growing popularity of cross-laminated timber and its positive aspects as a building material.
Downtown Redmond’s Building Boom Shows No Signs of Slowing
New apartment buildings like Eastline and Polaris have brought hundreds of units close to Redmond's forthcoming downtown light rail station. On the horizon are even bigger projects.
Op-Ed: Seattle Water-Main Cost-Sharing Proposal Does Not Go Far Enough
Civil engineer Donna Breske argued Seattle Public Utilities misguided water hookup policies lead to unequal outcomes, effectively downzoning much of the city where fees are too high to make projects feasible.
Seattle Tosses a Lifeline to Housing Projects Stuck in Limbo
Extensions for permit applications submitted under prior building codes could impact more than 3,000 distinct projects across the city, but the direct target of the legislation is around a dozen high-profile projects downtown that could spring back to life.