Small Lot Legislation: An Architect’s Perspective.
As an architect who specializes in housing, I occasionally get involved in discussions with DPD and the city council about land use issues. In general, I look at proposed legislation from this perspective: What kind of outcomes will the new legislation encourage? Are these good outcomes? If I’m trying to design housing using these new rules, is the code helping or hindering? […]
PLUS Schedule: Busy Weeks Ahead
City Council staff has set out the schedule for the Planning Land Use and Sustainability (PLUS) Committee for the coming weeks. The PLUS Committee will be considering legislation that potentially can have big impacts on building of new single-family homes and microhousing. These will be some of the most important land use decisions the Council […]
Design Review: Adding Color and Costs to Housing
Over at Capitol Hill Seattle yet another example of why design review adds costs and complication to housing projects. A Department of Planning and Development representative confirmed to CHS that the developers of Viva Capitol Hill, the six-story, 105-unit mixed-use apartment building finishing construction in the triangle at 12th, E Union and Madison, has been denied a temporary […]
