Architects had some triumphs in converting the former First Church of Christ Scientist on Capitol Hill into townhomes, but the difficulties they encountered offer lessons about preservation in the city.
This city has enough gray in its sky. We don't need more on the ground.
There's beauty in those pipes and pumps, as well as in the public art. The real triumph comes from the matching of form and function in a sewage treatment facility.
A South Lake Union neighborhood that might have had the Pearl District's personable charm instead goes for ponderous, sober boxes. Exteriors are impeccably executed, but with few whiffs of whimsy or personality. Interiors reflect Seattle's ruggedly informal, improvisatory soul, but they ain't pretty
The new headquarters for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation may not rival classical Greek architecture, but the campus is sleek, serious, eco-friendly, and humane as a workplace.
