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The waterfront is a treasure that belongs to all of us.
Join us for a series of informal discussions on some key topics that are shaping the future of the waterfront. Now is the time to get involved!

ALL EVENTS WILL BE HELD FROM
5:30 – 7:00 pm
Downstairs at Town Hall Seattle
1119 8th Avenue, Seattle
Events are free. Space is limited.
RSVP: rsvp@waterfrontseattle.org

Tuesday, January 31: Climate and Context
How can we make the waterfront an attractive place for all seasons?

Wednesday, February 8: Mobility and Access
The waterfront is a crossroads. How do we balance the many transporation ...

Cristina Bump's AIA Scholarship Blog

Milepost 31 highlights the people and projects that shaped Pioneer Square and provides an inside look at the SR 99 Tunnel Project.

What’s inside?

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Visitors to Milepost 31 will find more than just construction photos and brochures. You’ll find history, artifacts and interactive exhibits designed to broaden your understanding of the land beneath you. You’ll explore the neighborhood’s changing landscape, from earth-moving efforts of the past to the massive tunnel project that will soon move State Route 99 underground and reconnect Pioneer Square to the waterfront.

Visitors can browse through four sections:

• You ...

AIA Seattle Design Committee

by Jonathan Rugh

The year’s discussions started with a reading of Richard Sennet’s The Craftsman.  One of the fundamental ideas gleaned from the book is that craft is something that is practiced.  In light of this, the evening’s panel discussion was centered on the idea of workshop.  Three members of the local art and design communities gave presentations on their interpretations of the term workshop.

Anthony Pellecchia, principal at WPA Studio, presented his thought projects and current drawings.  He also showed some of his previous architectural projects that were influenced by his un-built designs and drawings.

Chad Robertson, ...

Cristina Bump's AIA Scholarship Blog

The success of some New York public spaces such as the High Line and Bryant Park may be leading the architect for Seattle’s proposed Waterfront Park to crowd and over-program a space that cries out for serenity and introspection.

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I stumbled across this project recently and was really taken with its ingenuity:

Sea Organ is an architectural and experimental musical object located in Zadar, Croatia. Is a pipe organ that has a set of 35 musically tuned tubes located underneath a set of large marble steps played by the sea waves. The movement of the sea pushes air through, and depending on the size and force of the wave, it produces a somewhat random but harmonic sound. Designed by architect Nikola Basic in 2005, who recently received the European Prize for Urban Public Space for this project.

What do ...