Tag: Seattle
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Alex Wilson calls Bullitt Center "one of the most important commercial buildings of the past 50 years"
The BuildingGreen founder says it is " almost certainly the greenest office building in America if not the world."
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Heavy duty hardware designed by Tom Kundig will outlast any building
The architect of gutsy solid buildings designs door pulls and rollers to match.
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Another Seattle tool library opens its doors
As Seattle welcomes yet another tool library, there are bigger picture lessons to be learned about the value of sharing.
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Is the Bullitt Center the World's Greenest Building?
It's hard to comply with the Living Building Challenge certification system. In some cases, it's not even legal.
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Is There a Car vs. Bike War? Seattle Says "No"
A new poll of people in Seattle finds that a majority just want safer streets for all. We've got a few ideas!
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Does Density Make Cities More Affordable? Alex Steffen Thinks So
Shortest snappiest subhead ever: I don't.
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19 Incredible Human Accomplishments
Yep, people can do pretty amazing things when they set their sights on it. These are some of our favorite (sometimes crazy) human accomplishments and amazing feats of strength.
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Why Construction Is Expensive, Especially When It Is Small and Green
Seattle Builder explains that different things have different prices, and why renovations cost so much
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Seattle Tests LED Lighting for Safer, Brighter Streets (Video)
Seattle just released a video demonstrating tests the City carried out on the viability of energy-efficient street lighting.
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Living Building Challenge Wins The Buckminster Fuller Challenge
LEED is for wimps. The Living Building Challenge is the highest bar in sustainable design, and the Fuller Institute just recognized it.
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House Of The Immediate Future A Mix of Prefab and Site Built Construction
Habitat for Humanity project demonstrates the best of both worlds
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Seattle Man Relocates Hundreds of Unwanted Trees
During the week, Bernie O'Brien leads a normal life as a consultant at an art managing firm in Washington state -- but on the weekends, he transforms into no less than an arboreal superhero.
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Startling Blue Trees Will Soon Adorn Seattle
One artist has traveled to cities throughout the world to paint urban trees as a way of calling attention to the plight of so many of their distant, forest-dwelling counterparts.
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CSA Now Delivers By Sailboat to Cut Carbon
A sail-powered CSA delivery scheme shows how low carbon transportation can become a brand asset.
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Really Fab Greenfab Prefab Certified LEED Platinum
A good example of what LEED and real green certification means. But is the bar for the top tier of LEED set high enough?
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Architects Renovate a Tiny House and Keep It Tiny, Modern and Classic
Usually when someone starts with 600 square feet they make it bigger; Atelier Drome shows how you use what you have and make it better.
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Why Do I Hate Starbucks' Shipping Container Drive-through in Seattle So Much?
It's not the building, and it's not the fact that it is a drivethrough. It is that damn sanctimonious sign on the side of it.
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Why You Should Grind Your Own Flour and Other Lessons from The Urban Farm Handbook (Book Review)
An interesting book to understand how the urban and farm worlds can collide, including everything from setting up a garden to producing backyard small-animal meat.
