Tag: Seattle

Some 200 bald eagles are scavenging the goods at Cedar Hills Regional Landfill and dumping the leftovers in suburban backyards.

Passive House multifamily buildings use almost no energy and don't cost much more than conventional buildings. They should be everywhere.

An old garage shed is transformed into a spacious little home for one grandmother, living near her kids and grandkids.

Or is it a missed opportunity?

Built for two bookstore owners, this elegant structure doubles as a place to read and for guests to stay in.

Strawless in Seattle is now officially enshrined into law.

Jeff Bezos said “Alexa, open The Spheres” and it evidently worked.

Even the fruits and vegetables are wrapped in plastic so that the sensors can read them, inculcating a culture of convenience and waste.

There's no 'turning into a pumpkin at midnight' because the pumpkin is where it's at!

Residents and businesses alike are joining the Lonely Whale Foundation to help stem ocean pollution by giving up plastic straws for the month.

Seattle architect Mike Eliason describes what he learned about their housing policies.

These delicately formed hand-crank and motor-activated art installations blossom and grow perpetually.

Bike share programs are public transit, and that requires public support.

Find out why one family found living on a renovated bus to be an appealing tiny-house-on-wheels alternative.

Which really, is how every building and office should be designed.

It really could be the future of sustainable, green and healthy housing.

I could write this post in my sleep, it is such a tired playbook that happens so often in real estate development.

A Seattle educational non-profit hopes to crowd-fund a series of portable, off-grid shelters for some of the city's homeless, which local high school students will design and build with the help of professional architects and builders.