Articles Tagged with ''Seattle''

The Port of Seattle project transformed a deteriorating 1914 waterfront timber building into a sustainable Living Building Challenge showcase.

The First Light project was conceived as a “total work of art,” says James Cheng, founder and principal of James KM Cheng Architects.

How do engineers repair a century-old jetty battered by Pacific storms? A $30M USACE project at Grays Harbor offers a look.

The settlement resolves funding sources for the continued dredging, sediment capping and long-term remediation along the city’s industrial river corridor, a declared Superfund site.

The Missouri-based design-build contractor refers to the plaintiff cybersecurity firm as a “potential subcontractor.”

Rather than hiding behind fences, this wet weather facility sits prominently at the gateway to the Georgetown neighborhood

Combining living habitats, hands-on exploration and behind-the-scenes functions, the $141-million, 50,000-sq-ft Ocean Pavilion differs from other aquariums by highlighting the interconnectedness of human and marine life.

This 29-story mixed-use stepped tower in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood is home to 212 residential units, 9,000 sq ft of street-level retail and restaurants as well as commercial office space.

Conceived as a building in the round, the $216-million, 48-story mixed-use tower called First Light features a facade composition that transforms as it rises, with white vertical bands wrapping around prominent corners.

This adaptive reuse project achieved an 83% reduction in embodied carbon compared with new construction and is expected to earn Zero Carbon certification from the International Living Future Institute as well as LEED Gold certification.