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'Far From Perfect': Authenticity at the Wooden Boat Festival

Thu, Sep 8, 2 a.m.

By Lawrence W. Cheek

Step onto the docks at Port Townsend's Wooden Boat Festival this weekend, and you'll find yourself surrounded by authenticity. Or so it seems. Our architecture critic, a serious boatbuilder himself, looks at what that elusive concept really means.

Urbanism needs to move beyond city boundaries

Sat, Sep 3, 3:41 p.m.

By Peter Steinbrueck

Our fractured metropolitan regions are the big problem in creating sustainable solutions for climate challenges. High-towered, dense city living is only a small part of the solution, which is to develop "ecological urbanisms."

Seattle's waterfront park comes into focus

Fri, Sep 2, 2 a.m.

By David Brewster

The basic outlines of the ambitious park, really four big parks connected by a promenade, are now emerging. There are very sensible design decisions being made, but can the city pull off such a spectacular plan?

Sick suburbs, expiring exurbs

Wed, Aug 31, 2 a.m.

By Mark Hinshaw

Regions such as Snohomish County that fell hard for developers' dreams of remote housing projects are paying a severe price in foreclosures and short sales. The cruel market correction confirms the economic value of denser, closer-in residential patterns.

Amazon CEO Bezos' $10 million gift to Seattle Museum

Wed, Aug 17, 11:54 a.m.

By Knute Berger

MOHAI is getting largest donation in its history.

The Tunnel: An earth-moving election for Seattle

Tue, Aug 16, 11 p.m.

By Knute Berger

Voters say "yes" to the tunnel, giving the project the sanction it needed from the people. Now comes that hard part.

A Seattle resident's pilgrimage to the Midwest

Tue, Aug 16, 2 a.m.

By Peter Miller

First you get lost in Kansas City. But eventually you find your way to its history, its meats, its bars. And best of all, the extraordinary beauty of a museum designed by Steven Holl.

Amazon's new campus: stiff architecture that stints on the fun

Thu, Aug 4, 2 a.m.

By Lawrence W. Cheek

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.

Bainbridge remembers the Japanese American expulsion on Saturday

Wed, Aug 3, 6 p.m.

By Jessica Alberg

A dedication for a wall memorializing the World War II internment will take place at 10 a.m. on Aug. 6.

Bagley Wright and Seattle's 'Eiffel Tower'

Tue, Jul 19, 9:15 p.m.

By Knute Berger

Over a recent lunch at the Space Needle, I learned that Wright's sharp eye and youthful appetite for risk are two of the reasons we have the city's landmark. It's one part of a larger legacy he left the city.

Retrofitting cities for aging Boomers

Tue, Jul 19, 2 a.m.

By David Cieslewicz

The view from Madison: what works to make cities better for older citizens is good urbanism for all. Here are some steps to take.

Architecture done with mirrors

Tue, Jul 12, 2 a.m.

By Mark Hinshaw

The downtown Sheraton has finally done something about its forbidding blank walls, using big mirrors to "borrow" the attractive architecture of ACT across the street. Plus one great big flower pot. It doesn't really add up.

Seattle and the Space Age that fizzled

Mon, Jul 11, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

We ushered in the manned Space Age with Century 21. As the Space Shuttle programs end, its time to consider one failing: We made the New Frontier a place for experts and elites, not the people.

Fixing the Seattle Center of San Diego

Thu, Jun 30, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

As Balboa Park approaches a key anniversary, the city has been debating how to improve its key cultural center, including whether to ban cars from its central plaza.

Hold the wrecking ball for historic Harborview Hall

Thu, Jun 16, 2 a.m.

By Stephen Day

A 1931 Art Deco building by a leading Seattle architect is slated for demolition, to create a plaza at the Harborview Hospital complex. Now, wait just a minute!