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Ugly Townhouses and Apartment Buildings, begone!
Adding density to our neighborhoods doesn't have to mean slapping up poorly-designed and unattractive multi-family housing.
Many architects and developers do their best to maximize both form and function on odd lots and among lots of old buildings.
Bad-looking housing—whether designed for renters or owners—is such an urban issue that City Council member Sally Clark, along with architects from AIA Seattle and other concerned parties, are hosting a town hall meeting tomorrow morning in Greenwood to solicit citizen comments on what makes for effective and even pleasant housing design specs so they can get written into city codes.
Free coffee and doughnuts should crank up the conversation about how to make neighborhood housing look nice.
Courtesy of b9 Architects
The event, titled "Rowhouses, apartments, & townhomes, New Rules for the Road: How can we create neighborhood-friendly multifamily housing?" is on Saturday (tomorrow), March 20, from 10 a.m. to Noon, at the Taproot Theatre on 204 N. 85th St.
Many architects and developers do their best to maximize both form and function on odd lots and among lots of old buildings.
Bad-looking housing—whether designed for renters or owners—is such an urban issue that City Council member Sally Clark, along with architects from AIA Seattle and other concerned parties, are hosting a town hall meeting tomorrow morning in Greenwood to solicit citizen comments on what makes for effective and even pleasant housing design specs so they can get written into city codes.
Free coffee and doughnuts should crank up the conversation about how to make neighborhood housing look nice.
Courtesy of b9 Architects
The event, titled "Rowhouses, apartments, & townhomes, New Rules for the Road: How can we create neighborhood-friendly multifamily housing?" is on Saturday (tomorrow), March 20, from 10 a.m. to Noon, at the Taproot Theatre on 204 N. 85th St.
