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...
The Relationship Between Parking, Urban Trees and Affordability
At a Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA) Community Conversation in Wallingford last Wednesday, more than a hundred area residents showed up to participate....
Sunday Video: UW Architecture Lecture Series
The University of Washington's Department of Architecture Lecture Series is recommencing for spring, with a line up of high caliber speakers, as outlined below. As part...
Sunday Video: Architecture Should Tell A Great Story
To architect Ole Scheeren, "we should think of architecture and buildings as a space for stories — stories of the people that live there,...
Seattle’s New Center for Architecture and Design
Significant growth in Seattle over the past few years has prompted a great deal of attention, and now there is a dedicated place in...
Sunday Video: Northwest Geology
How did the unique landscape of the Puget Sound region come to be? Nick Zentner of Central Washington University has the answers in this...
Urban Hubs Need A CLT Boost
This is the second in a two-part series on cross-laminated timber; read the first here.
I've proposed creating a cross-laminated timber (CLT) bonus by adding 35...
CLT: The Future of Midrise Seattle
The Urbanist has covered how 85- and 125-foot zones are not very effective. Since 65 feet is the sweet spot for Type V construction...