This chocolate company delivers on flavor and sustainability
One company, two product lines -- all good things. We are, after all, talking about chocolate here. Seattle Chocolate...
This Seattle office space decorates with recycled plastics
Sometimes design is new and exciting. Other times, it’s old and even more exciting. Such is the case for the...
Seattle college will become a EcoDistrict of modern tech
Since ancient times, schools and centers of learning have been places where the greatest minds can meet and collaborate....
Home is anchored to the earth, hovers over the landscape
The Orcas House on Orcas Island in the San Juan Islands is an intergenerational family home under construction...
Where is the most green and sustainable city in the US?
When one thinks of sustainable living, urban centers probably don’t come to mind. Yet, it’s where the vast...
Furniture is built for Keeps with focus on waste reduction
Low-quality, mass produced furniture is piling up in the landfills. Seattle-based furniture brand Keeps has taken...
Seattle apartment is an imaginative response to urban growth
Seattle is expected to grow by another 70,000 residents in the next 20 years. A collaboration between The Miller...
Airport expansion aims to become the greenest in the U.S.
The new expansion of the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) is a showcase of sustainable design. It is...
Miller Hull’s EMission Zero program offsets tons of carbon
A Seattle-based architecture firm has offset 16,679 tons of carbon and counting. The firm, Miller Hull, has focused...
DroneSeed makes reforestation easier after a large wildfire
According to the National Interagency Fire Center, 6,480,861 acres have burned across the United States this year...
Dash Linear turns cardboard into high-performance lighting
As part of interior design, lighting serves a greater purpose than illumination alone. Fixtures set the tone...
Fine particulate air pollution linked to increased dementia risk
Researchers at the University of Washington have found a relationship between increased levels of fine particle...
This backyard cottage in Seattle is only 800 square feet
Everyone has their idea for the perfect home. For this couple, it's a comfortable crash pad with natural elements...
Tudor home in Seattle adds energy-efficient upgrades
When you live in a suburban area, it can be difficult to figure out how to get more space out of your home. Such...
Green-roofed Seattle home effortlessly pulls the outdoors in
When long-time Queen Anne residents Tracy and Greg Adams found the perfect hillside location for their new modern...
A modern cabin in rural Washington celebrates indoor/outdoor living
Eager to relax and unwind from city living, a retired aerospace engineer reached out to Seattle-based David Coleman...
Pandemic-inspired Dwelling on Wheels offers off-grid living anywhere
A pilot project inspired by the pandemic, Dwelling on Wheels is the newest tiny home on wheels designed...
Townhomes with living roofs cost 45% less to build than area average
A Seattle-based architect is proving that high quality doesn't have to come at a high price. Matt Wittman of architecture...
A net-zero compact home in Seattle is inspired by Shibui minimalism
Refined, elemental and minimal: these words were the inspiration behind a recently completed net-zero home in West...
A puzzle-inspired sliding facade improves this building’s energy efficiency
In the Ballard neighborhood, close to Seattle’s downtown, local architecture firm Graham Baba Architects has...
Living Building Challenge-targeted Watershed improves Seattle’s water quality
Seattle-based design firm Weber Thompson has completed construction on Watershed, a mixed-use development that...
Seattle permanently closes 20 miles of street
Seattle recently made bold moves to put pedestrians and cyclists first as the pandemic-induced stay-at-home order...
Wisconsin’s hidden eco-wellness hotspot
Madison, Wisconsin is defined by water. It’s only one of two cities in the US built on an isthmus (the...
A tour of Seattle Chocolate elicits a deep appreciation for cacao
In 1900 BCE, Mesoamericans used cacao beans to make a bitter, fermented drink. By 1400, Aztecs traded cacao as...
Recycled botanical garden in Seattle brings visitors decades of joy
When Wendy Morgan accepted a friend’s invitation to go see Elda Behm’s garden in the 1990s, she had no idea...
A cluster of coast forest cabins brings a nature-loving family closer together
With their grown children living in different parts of North America, Indiana-based couple John and Pat Troth sought...
Dramatic cliffs shape a luxe solar-powered getaway in Montana
Near Whitefish, Montana, Cushing Terrell Architects Engineers designed the Confluence House, a contemporary eco-conscious...
LEED Platinum fire station is powered with solar energy in Seattle
The north end of Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood has recently become home to a new, contemporary fire station...
A solar-powered luxury home blends into a Pacific Northwest landscape
When a client commissioned Seattle-based architectural practice Hoedemaker Pfeiffer to design their new solar-powered...
This green-roofed home for a master gardener embraces nature
Tapped to design a home for a master gardener in Portland, Oregon, Olson Kundig crafted the Country Garden House,...
