We’ve got a double helix bridge, but Taipei is building a double helix skyscraper

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Seattle residents are familiar with the double helix pedestrian bridge, connecting Elliott Avenue with the Amgen campus to the west. But now check this out. Construction just started in Taipei on a 20-story building called Agora Garden that has two sections that intersect much like the double helix, the fundamental structure of DNA. But there’s… Read More…

What type of city do you want to live in? Creating a sense of ‘place’ in Seattle

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I’ve lived in Seattle for a long time now — almost achieving native status after my 18 years. And during that time, nothing has struck me in the city as much as the total transformation of the neighborhood of South Lake Union — an amazing phenomenon that has truly accelerated in the past few years… Read More…

Seattle’s design review board gives nod to ambitious Amazon.com towers

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Amazon.com’s proposed 3.3 million square foot downtown Seattle campus is one step closer to reality after the Downtown Design Review Board voted 3-2 Tuesday night to recommend that the project move forward. Eric Pryne of The Seattle Times notes that permitting is still needed, and that the vote by the commission is simply a recommendation to… Read More…

The urban dwelling of the future, built like a Lego set

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The future of urban dwellings may be making its debut in a SoDo warehouse today. The Seattle architecture firm of CollinsWoerman is showing off a prefabricated component-based concrete and steel building system, which utilizes patent-pending technology to construct apartments, condos, hotels and university housing units in about half the time of normal construction. Unlike most… Read More…