Join AIA Seattle, Seattle Parks Foundation and Downtown Seattle Association on Thursday, July 14 for an in depth dialogue on the future of Seattle’s waterfront, the vision the organizations support for a well-designed waterfront, and why we oppose Initiative 123. WHY I-123 DOESN’T ADD UP 5:30-7pm, Thursday, July 14 @ the Center for Architecture & Design Free –
How is the region urbanizing? How should it be? How will necessary connections between dense hubs be made? What is the relationship between center city growth and regional growth? What policies will be established in Seattle over the next 20 years to guide the city as it accommodates 120,000 new citizens? We’ll be discussing and planning the next round of forums
Join Seattle International Architects Forum for happy hour and discuss your Architectural Language. Featured Text // Event content How many architectural languages make up our Seattle Culture? The Seattle International Architect Forum (SIAF) is hosting their second event, a social hour to exchange cultural ideas and network with those who are interested in practicing and learning from
Join the Urban Design Forum as Mark Hinshaw takes us on a walk through the ever-changing Denny Triangle and South Lake Union neighborhoods to discuss the impacts of this new built environment on the city as whole. We’ll start near the steps at McGraw Square (where the streetcar starts downtown at Stewart St and 5th
Take a trip back in time to the Roaring 20s. Following the horrors of World War I, architects began fusing modern structural advances with beautiful, lively, organic designs to create the style known as Art Deco. On this tour, we’ll go back in time to visit lush lobbies and ornate commercial buildings to learn how
What is the Grand Bargain, and how will it improve Seattle’s supply of affordable housing? This month’s Urban Design Forum looks at the status of the HALA (Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda) recommendations, the history and goals of the Grand Bargain, and current efforts underway by the City of Seattle to implement key measures in the HALA
Future-Ready Building: Disruptive Technology & Data-Driven Design will explore optimism and fears about the future of design. To kick off this full-day forum of presentations, lightning talks and panel discussions,Dr. Chris Luebkeman (Director of Arup Foresight + Innovation + Research), will deliver a keynote on design + technology from his global perspective. The forum will end
The AIA Urban Design Forum will host a panel discussion about Seattle’s revitalizing “main streets” from the eyes of small business. We will be talking with several business owners and policy advocates about the growth of the vibrant Pike/Pine Corridor over the years and what the future holds for the area. What’s working and what
We have an increasing cultural obsession with what the future holds. From environmental movements focused on mitigating climate change, to the lust for the next digital gadget that will revolutionize our everyday world, to the prevalence of dystopian themes in the entertainment industry. In an increasingly urbanized world, we now live closer together than ever,
Seattle is moving forward with city-wide proposed zoning changes to increase density as a way to mitigate escalating housing costs and provide more affordable housing. What will this look like “on the ground”? As an architect, your informed opinion is important in the call for responses (by August 7) to the MHA Draft Environmental Impact Study.
Join The Urbanist and AIA Seattle’s Urban Design Forum for a visit to the changing structural landscape of Seattle’s historically African-American community, the Central Area. We’ll be guided by Donald King, FAIA, principal architect at Mimar Studio, who is deeply familiar with this rapidly gentrifying neighborhood and the impacts of physical and cultural displacement on longtime residents.
This panel discussion will examine the energy modeling process through the experiences of an architect, engineer, and energy modeler. Each panelist will discuss their roles throughout the design process as it relates to energy modeling and speak to what often goes wrong and what can go right. Case-study based discussion will focus on design decisions,
