Culture Industrial poetry at the Brightwater treatment plant Wedding setting? A lounge at the Brightwater community center. by Lawrence Cheek / September 25, 2011
Politics How I became an anti-union Democrat Andrew Cuomo, New York's new Democratic governor, is expected to ask for a freeze on state employees' wages. by Adam Vogt / January 3, 2011
Culture Lake Union Park, trail: Seattle could have done so much more Lake Union Park: a visual airway for the city, but a bleak landscape for a park. by Lawrence Cheek / October 20, 2010
Politics Finally, a renaissance on UW's Gothic campus The "back" side of the UW's Paccar Hall, showing how the various boxes and planes fragment the large scale of the building (and make it a better neighbor). by Lawrence Cheek / October 14, 2010
Politics The architectural pitfalls of refitting urban churches The Sanctuary in winter by Lawrence Cheek / February 2, 2012
Politics The tyranny of the right, architecturally speaking NBBJ's 505 Union Station building: trying a little too hard. by Lawrence Cheek / March 28, 2011
Culture Self-congratulatory environmentalism Back East, folks somehow think it's enough to carry a reusable bag to a farmer's market. That prompts a screed against saving the earth with symbols. by Adam Vogt / December 22, 2008
Culture A word of support for Tyrone Willingham He's a decent man who inherited more problems than he could turn around in his brief tenure, argues this UW alum. by Adam Vogt / October 31, 2008
Politics Gates Foundation campus: Can everyday function and global ambition coexist? The cantilevered ends of hallways are like compact glass nests, some with stunning views. by Lawrence Cheek / June 2, 2011
Culture Why does Seattle have so many bleak public spaces? This city has enough gray in its sky. We don't need more on the ground. by Lawrence Cheek / May 17, 2011