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Upzone City

Seattle makes affordable housing mandatory in upzoned neighborhoods

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Nonet 8

Octave 9 adds new space for experimental music in Seattle

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Balancing Design

The 2019 Seattle Design Festival puts out a call for proposals

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No Rain No Gain

Amazon backs out of Seattle’s Rainier Square after head tax debacle

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Living in the Cloud

Microsoft to invest $500 million in affordable housing around Seattle

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State of Trains and Trust

High-speed rail plan for Pacific Northwest takes a step forward

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Eliminating Elevation

Seattle set to finally close Alaskan Way Viaduct and open new tunnel

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Earthquake-Proof Engineering

Seattle boosts building codes for high-rises after study deems them at risk

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Seeing Through the Rain

Facades+ Seattle will trace the rise of Pacific Northwest design

An aerial photo of the newly renovated Space Needle's Top House.
Top of the Glass

Olson Kundig’s Space Needle renovations yield pristine 360-degree views 500 feet up

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Around the World

Olson Kundig completes Seattle Space Needle renovations

Prime Paradise

How Amazon achieved crystal clarity in its glass domes

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Green Pioneer

Richard Haag, groundbreaking landscape architect, passes away

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Rounding Home

A choice for Seattle: Affordable housing or stadium upgrades?

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Neverending Story

Amazon, Starbucks, and other Seattle corporations claw back affordable housing tax

(Courtesy Benjamin Benschneider)
Light Box

Graham Baba transforms a Seattle warehouse into a glass studio flooded with light

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Can't Stop Won't Stop

Over Amazon’s threats, Seattle passes tax on big business to fund affordable housing

New Essentialism

Seattle-based atelierjones creates one of the first all-CLT residences in the United States