Eighth + Pine is one of Seattle’s proposed hotel-condo projects.


Featured Stories

"Keeping the bad guys out of banks"
Crime deterrent measures include increasing the time a robber spends in the bank and arranging the interior so that someone is always behind the robber.
By RICK DRIFTMIER
The Driftmier Architects

"Surviving today’s tough bid climate"
10 tips to attract more bidders to your project. By CHRISTOPHER CARLSON
MatsonCarlson Associates

"Why marketing during the good times is critical"
Investing in marketing now will help create business in the future.
By JULAINE FLEETWOOD
CDi Engineers

"Getting creative with your feasibility analyses"
Why due diligence, financial analysis and background research is not enough.
By GREGORY WHARTON
Studio Meng Strazzara

"Hotels and condos: mixed-use matrimony"
Hotel-condo projects provide the pampered perks of a fine boutique hotel, along with all of the comforts of home.
By BLAINE WEBER
Weber + Thompson

"School’s design reflects its humanist curriculum"
The Institute for Community Leadership’s expanded campus will demonstrate an interdependence with nature while promoting an environment for non-violence education and poetry.
By MARK T. JOHNSON
Jones & Jones

"Victoria project goes from brown to green"
Dockside Green is transforming 15 acres of contaminated industrial land into a green community with living, work and entertainment options.
By HANS TAMMEMAGI
Special to the Journal

"Should design firms grow and change?"
Leaders must overcome resistance to change so that their firms don’t wither into obscurity and oblivion.
By HUGH HOCHBERG
The Coxe Group

"Seattle’s waterfront: 100 years of hidden history"
As the city ponders its options to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct, crews are busy below it relocating critical utility infrastructure.
By CHARLES SMITH
RoseWater Engineering

"Retail plays a bigger role in mixed-use"
A successful retail strategy can often be the difference between a successful or failed mixed-use project.
By SCOTT BROWN
CollinsWoerman

"In with the old, in with the new"
A modern addition can work on a historic building, if it preserves the character of the historic structure while creating its own identity.
By WALTER SCHACHT and CIMA MALEK
Schacht Aslani Architects

"Designers bet urban dwellers want more"
The Escala project in downtown Seattle has several features designed to attract suburbanites, such as oversized balconies, semiprivate elevator vestibules, a grand entry and private club.
By PAUL THORYK
Thoryk Architecture

"Dream team designs downtown penthouses"
Seven top architects are designing penthouses in their visions of the essence of downtown living.
By PAUL BRENNEKE
Avalon Holdings

"Designing a cancer center for 4 competitors"
The new Everett facility not only has to serve the different care providers, it has to fit into its residential setting.
By TERRY STEPHENS
Special to the Journal

"Healthy buildings’ role in organic modernism"
On an organic level, architecture affects one’s nervous system, personality and sense of self..
By JOSEPH GREIF
and DYAN PFITZENMEIER

"Queen Anne readies for icons old and new"
The nearly century-old Queen Anne High School Condominiums is getting a face-lift, while the ultramodern Lumen is being built down the hill on the old Tower Records site.
By KERRY NICHOLSON and ALAN J. WINNINGHAM
Special to the Journal





A&E Perspectives 2006 team

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