BUILD documents a handful of projects that are saving the urban fabric
The Importance of a Feasibility Study—Single-Family Residence Edition+
BUILD explains how the feasibility study can navigate the complexities of searching for and buying property.
Why Seattle’s Small Multi-Family Buildings and the Firms That Create Them are on the Endangered Species List+
BUILD explains the expensive and time-consuming process of entitling and permitting multifamily projects in Seattle
Designing the College Campus—Past, Present, and Future; An Interview with Rebecca Barnes & Kristine Kenney, Part 2+
BUILD discusses influence, experience, and the future of Seattle with UW's campus architect & landscape architect.
The Process of Commercial Work+
BUILD explains the design process of commercial projects in 10 steps.
A Statement on Sustainability by BUILD LLC+
A statement addressing BUILD LLC's commitment to sensible design where durability, density, regionalism and timelessness are the most important factors...
How Long Does it Take to Design a Custom Home?+
BUILD addresses the timeline of single-family residential design.
The Process of Architecture+
BUILD describes the full process of how architecture comes together.
Seattle’s Housing Crisis: Encouraging Better Development+
BUILD gathers some well-informed feedback from a community of experts on the future of Seattle's development.
The DNA of Planned Communities+
BUILD studies 3 planned communities and gets to their essential DNA.
Designing Systems+
BUILD outlines why designing systems is just as important as designing houses.
Faith, Mindfulness and Dignity; The Work and Process of Studio Mumbai+
BUILD speaks with the wise and insightful Bijoy Jain of Studio Mumbai whose practice integrates architects and skilled craftspeople to...
Ten Design Lessons from Paul Kirk and the Puget Sound School+
BUILD discusses ten important lessons learned from Pacific Northwest Mid-Century Modern Masters
The Key to the Educational Kingdom: Personalization; A Conversation with Lorne McConachie+
BUILD recently sat down with master architect Lorne McConachie to discuss educational design, growing critical thinkers, and the importance of...
Making the Ordinary Extraordinary; An Interview with Will Bruder+
BUILD sits down with Master Architect, Will Bruder, to discuss pragmatism, the poetics of design, and learning to love the...
The Business of the Building Code+
BUILD analyzes and presents 50 years of building code metrics.
The Importance of a Feasibility Study—Single-Family Residence Edition+
BUILD explains how the feasibility study can navigate the complexities of searching for and buying property.
A Conversation with Nathan Torgelson, Director of the Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections+
BUILD interviews the Commander in Chief of Seattle's Building Department
Resuscitating the Built Environment Post-COVID-19+
Important people weigh-in about the best ways the City and building department can support the design and construction industries as...
Frogs in Slowly Boiling Water: Building Permitting in Seattle+
BUILD compares permitting in Seattle with significant events
Believing in Architecture+
BUILD sits down with Master Architect Billie Tsien to discuss the American Folk Art Museum and the Barnes Foundation in...
City Building Departments: Inequality, Segregation, and the Homeless Crisis—Culpability and Accountability+
BUILD calls out building departments on their culpability
Neighborhoods that Fire on all Cylinders+
BUILD interviews superhero developer and urbanist, Liz Dunn
On the Radar – 2021!+
Team BUILD gives the scoop on the books, shows, resources, and other good stuff that has been providing design inspiration...
Modular Construction + Senior Housing+
BUILD interviews master architect Gordon Walker on the nature of senior housing.
A Responsive Architecture+
BUILD photographs and discusses the components of Pacific Northwest regionalism
People, Nature, and the Balance of Poiesis: An Interview with Stein Halvorsen+
BUILD heads to Norway to speak with master architect, Stein Halvorsen.
Reading the Architectural Photo+
BUILD covers five types of architectural photos and what makes them distinct
Architecture Against All Odds+
The heroic efforts and achievements of master architect, Paul Revere Williams
The Building Blocks of A Forward Thinking City+
BUILD documents a handful of projects that are saving the urban fabric
An Architect, A Book, and an Opportunity+
BUILD promotes a new book on the work of Paul Kirk
Norma Merrick Sklarek: A Gentle and Indomitable Force+
BUILD covers the work of architectural hero, Norma Merrick Sklarek
Black Lives Matter: Complicity and Accountability+
BUILD calls out its own complicity and accountability with a commitment to course correction
The Perfect Pitch. Pleasure in Proportion and the Big Picture: An Interview with Rick Sundberg+
BUILD catches up with master architect and hero Rick Sundberg
A Design Student’s Guide to the Pandemic+
BUILD expands on ten ideas to turn pandemic lemons into lemonade
Two Critical Questions for Important People+
BUILD reaches out to their heroes for insight on our changing society
Design Guide for the Home Office+
BUILD covers design ideas for the work-from-home lifestyle
The Sweet Spot of Development+
BUILD discusses the optimal permitting path for small developments
There’s No Such Thing as a Single Family Lot Anymore in Seattle+
BUILD discusses the new paradigm of land ownership in Seattle
The Future is Community+
BUILD concludes that creating, fostering, and maintaining community will be a dominant design focus in the next decade.