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At last: Seattle architecture crushes on color
Not too long ago, you could look around the metropolitan region and lament the absence of color in new buildings.
Mark Hinshaw
Mark Hinshaw, FAIA, is an architect and urban planner. He was an architecture critic for The Seattle Times and is the author of many articles and books, including Citistate Seattle (1999).
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Seattle and its suburbs: Not so different
Lately it seems to be quite the Game of Thrones between cities and suburbs, with claims for winners and losers.
Has Seattle finally figured out redevelopment?
Over the last few years, virtually every neighborhood in Seattle has seemingly been inundated with large development projects. Entire blocks
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Pike Place Market gets a front porch for the future
The last piece of Pike Place Market is starting to fall into place. The new development, the MarketFront, will eventually
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Seattle's best new building of 2016 is a total dump
We will soon have a couple of spectacular new additions to Seattle’s skyline. One is The Mark, a quirky,