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Seattle
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Seattle’s Vertical Convention Center Breaks the Mold
The LMN Architects–designed Summit Building reinvents the convention hall as a light-filled urban connector—and is one of few worldwide to achieve LEED Platinum certification.
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Behind This Seattle Office’s Pursuit of LBC 4.0 Certification
Mithun's renovation of its own waterfront headquarters is on track to make it one of the first buildings certified under the new Living Building Challenge standards.
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Wittman Estes Creates Places where Architecture and Landscape Intertwine
The Seattle-based firm’s nature-based approach is rooted in a belief that the best designs give more to their surroundings more than they take.
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Transforming a Gas Station into a Community Asset
Mini Mart City Park in Seattle, Washington, transforms an icon of the fossil fuel age into a community center for a new, greener generation.
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In Seattle, a 1960s Roadside Motel Gets a 21st-Century Update
At the Civic Hotel, architecture firm Wittman Estes adapts jet-age lodgings for a new generation of traveller, while holding on to some mid-century aesthetics.
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HopeWorks Station Offers a Sustainable Slant on Transitional Housing in the Pacific Northwest
The LEED Platinum mixed-use complex designed by GGLO combines housing with social services for a net-positive community hub.
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Seattle’s SAAS Middle School Connects Students and Their Surroundings
LMN Architects worked with SAAS’s educators and middle schoolers to create a sustainable and inclusive educational facility.
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In Seattle, the Sitka Is Raising the Bar for Environmental Design
The LEED Platinum multifamily housing complex designed by Runberg Architecture Group comprises three cabin-like buildings.
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citizenM’s Newest Location in Seattle Offers a Glimpse of the Post-COVID Hotel Experience
The hotel chain was always known for a tech-filled experience, but the pandemic is streamlining check-ins while accelerating hygiene protocol.
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A New Book Highlights Tom Kundig’s Nature-Driven Process Through Recent Projects
Tom Kundig: Working Title explores the role of nature in the residential work of the Olson Kundig principal.
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New Talent: Sara Zewde Explores How Narrative and Context Produce Landscape
Raised in the South and schooled in the Northeast, Sara Zewde relies on firsthand research, archives, and public engagement to produce experiential landscapes.
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Pacific Rim Calling: Seattle’s Asian Art Museum Gets a Revamp
The renovation, undertaken by local firm LMN Architects, had to reconcile contemporary requirements with the museum’s landmarked features.
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Olson Kundig’s Downtown Seattle Residential Tower is a Coy Addition to the Cityscape
Under the right conditions, the new West Edge high-rise seems to disappear into the sky.
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NBBJ Reimagines a Piece of Seattle Infrastructure as a Sustainable Civic Landmark
The recently-completed Denny Substation includes an elevated path, dog park, open plazas, meeting rooms, and an art gallery.
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How to Bring Density to the Pacific Northwest’s Booming Cities
At Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, architects, planners, and developers looked into strategies to ensure a sustainable and equitable future for Seattle and its surrounding areas.
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The Restaurant That Brings Whimsical Design to the Amazon Spheres
Willmott’s Ghost, designed by Price Erickson and Heliotrope Architects, creates a space of lightness and ease that belies the technical challenges of building within The Spheres.
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Bohlin Cywinski Jackson’s Soma Towers Add to Greater Seattle’s Skyline
The two-tower scheme, located in Bellevue, Washington, seeks to draw locals in with a public podium and a spectrum of amenities.
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The Miller Hull Partnership Proposes Turning a Defunct Seattle Tunnel Into a Landscaped Canyon
The tunnel's transformation is part of a wider proposal to create a new greenbelt for the city's downtown that would connect its parks and waterfront.
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Seattle Space Needle Reopens After Dizzying Redesign by Olson Kundig
The upgrades include over 176 tons of new glass that give visitors unparalleled panoramas of Seattle and its surroundings.
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Pacific Northwest Design: The Handcrafted, Pragmatic Approach of Seattle’s Graypants
They might not sell trousers, but this design duo exalts everyday objects and the spirit of collaboration.