PASS Data Community Summit is the go-to conference for data professionals to connect, share, and learn with peers and industry leaders, and covers topics such as Analytics, Architecture, Database Management,… Read More
The most impressive skyline view in Seattle is coming to the inside of the city’s Museum of History and Industry. But what makes this “view” at MOHAI especially fun and… Read More
When Seattle’s eight-story Heartwood Apartments opens to residents this fall, it will be Washington’s tallest timber building and the first in the U.S. permitted under a set of new construction… Read More
The sparkling new addition to the Seattle Convention Center is a $2 billion statement piece in the downtown Seattle landscape. Now state and local leaders hope the massive new building can help… Read More
Back in 2017, architects laid out their dream design for the Space Needle’s $100 million renovation project, featuring a sleek, modernistic interior, floor-to-ceiling glass windows, glass benches and a glass… Read More
A lot can change in the landscape during a year in which social isolation is the norm. At the University of Washington, the Hans Rosling Center for Population Health has… Read More
Amazon’s proposed design plans for its second headquarters campus in Arlington, Va., will have a familiar look for anyone who has ever set foot in Seattle as three tall office… Read More
Once the pandemic passes and everyone can stop thinking about relocating to Butte, perhaps we can reconnect with the imaginative spirit that fuels what it means to live in a… Read More
A Portland, Ore., startup that develops online tools for architects and designers just closed a $2.5 million fundraising round to take its platform national. Source, which rebranded from Krowdsourced, has… Read More
Art and architecture already speaks to us on a multitude of levels. A new installation on Microsoft’s campus in Redmond, Wash., communicates in a new way, using artificial intelligence to… Read More
Joseph Kaynor has lived and worked in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood for years. On a walk this week through the rapidly growing area, home to Amazon and so much… Read More
– The dilemma of raising kids as a working mother arose when women entered the workforce en masse in the mid-1900s. A study from Edison Research published in 2018 shows… Read More
In his job as a visualization designer with the global architecture and design firm Perkins+Will, Simon Chavez uses virtual and augmented reality to help people get a better sense of… Read More
Five years after first proposing the construction of three glass domes on its downtown Seattle campus, Amazon is set to welcome employees into its fully realized, plant-filled Spheres next week, and… Read More
Taking in the Seattle skyline is a favorite pastime for many residents and visitors to the city, thanks in large part to the unique vantage points located in various neighborhoods.… Read More
Five years after they were first proposed as an indoor space filled with plants and tall trees, The Spheres at the base of the tall towers on Amazon’s downtown Seattle… Read More
Marty Brennan wants us all to have a desk by the window. At the very least, our latest Geek of the Week hopes someone is paying attention to the lighting… Read More
Seattle’s once-barren Denny Triangle neighborhood has transformed into a forest of high-rises in recent years, thanks in part to Amazon’s huge multi-block campus there — and now the retail giant… Read More
A proposed redevelopment project in Portland would reshape that city’s skyline, with plans that include, among other things, towering skyscrapers connected by a glass-enclosed botanical bridge that would be 680 feet… Read More
Update: Follow this link for the latest developments on this story. The creator of the popular architecture criticism website “McMansion Hell” took the site down on Monday after receiving a… Read More
Joyce Irish has seen a lot of things get built in her lifetime in Seattle. She’s also outlived a good number of them, including the first SR 520 floating bridge… Read More
Arlan Collins has been in architecture for more than 40 years. For the past 30, he’s owned his own firm, CollinsWoerman, with his college buddy Mark Woerman. “I still enjoy… Read More
There’s plenty of talk about what Seattle’s seemingly all-enveloping technology industry is doing to affordability, diversity and the culture of the place, and whether it’s putting the squeeze on artists who… Read More
As Apple builds out a new store in Seattle’s University Village Mall, the company is gearing up to revamp its top stores around the world. Angela Ahrendts, Apple’s senior vice… Read More
The ceiling height of an office can influence whether a team is better at figuring out big picture problems or hashing out complex details. Your focus, stress and energy levels are affected… Read More
We are witnessing the death of the office park. Those were the bold words of noted New York architect Vishaan Chakrabarti, who spoke to 1,200 business and political leaders Tuesday at the… Read More
The ever-changing view of the Amazon biospheres is worth marveling at from street level for those who happen to pass through Seattle’s Denny Triangle area north of downtown. But viewing… Read More
Design is integral to how we move through the world — how we experience and understand the places where we live, work and play. And Scott Wyatt, a partner at… Read More
Workers are entering a new phase of construction at Amazon’s new campus on the edge of downtown Seattle, beginning the installation of glass panels on the exterior of the massive biospheres that… Read More
Look in any direction in Seattle today and the view is sure to include a common sight: construction cranes. In parts of downtown and South Lake Union, the number is… Read More
