Architecture

Increase your Solar Energy IQ this Weekend

Wallyhood sponsors Kris Murphy and Daniela Dombrowski invite readers to learn more about solar energy/NetZero, LEED, Built Green 5-Star certifications and green building materials and design this weekend at The Tangletown Twins located at 307 & 311 NE 58th St. Learn how these homes, nicknamed Sol and Solange, are Balanced for Efficiency, Powered by the Sun.  These two new homes are the first offering of new construction Green Canopy Net Zero Homes. According to builder Green Canopy, their NetZero homes "are energy neutral – balancing operational usage throughout the year by adding power…

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New Apartments Planned for 45th/Interlake

Seattle developer Harbor Urban is planning a new mixed use/apartment building for 1321 N. 45th Street (corner of Interlake Avenue and N. 45th). Plans call for 150 apartments with ground level retail space and below grade parking for 100-140 vehicles, totaling 168,000 square feet. You can review the plans here, including design sketches. According to the plans, the site comprises 8 tax parcels "located on the approximate eastern half of the block bounded by North 45th Street on the north, Interlake Ave…

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The Pineapple Express

Jay Patrikios and Cassie Martin spent their fourth date touring the house that would one day become their home. Jay had a feeling about both his date and the house, and ended up committing to both of them. After remodeling their little bungalow with a modern eye and a taste for environmental-friendliness, Jay and Cassie found themselves needing extra space (their family will grow by one this October). The couple wanted something that would suit their sense of style as well as…

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Last Wallingford Walk: A Guided Architecture Tour

Come on out this Saturday (August 11) from 10:00am - 12:00PM, for the last Wallingford Walk of the season, featuring the neighborhood's classic architecture: Al Elliot, a local Wallingford expert on historic architecture, will be leading the walk. We’ll take a look at some of the classic commercial buildings along 45th as well as head down Wallingford Avenue for a look at period homes and architectural details. As Al is known for doing, he’s arranged for a tour of the interior…

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Stone34 gets a (deep) green light

On Monday, the City Council unanimously approved changes to the Living Building Pilot Project, creating another tier called the Seattle Deep Green Pilot Program, which allows Skanska's Stone34 project to move forward. Projects qualified under the new ordinance must meet sixty percent of the program's requirements, including the use of less than 25 percent of energy and water used by comparable buildings. According to the City Council's announcement, the new buildings must also capture at least 50 percent of stormwater used on…

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Alley Scraper

(Ed note: Back in May, we posted a letter from Shannon about a large house being built on a tiny lot up near 55th and Kensington. The letter served as a catalyst for like-minded neighbors finding each other, researching the house and the developer and gathering to take action. We asked Shannon to come back and let readers who didn't follow the comments on the initial letter know what's happened since. Below is her response.) After the initial posting in May…

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Neighbors rally at the new ‘Stone34’ site

Wallyhood reader Judy tells us that over 60 neighbors gathered on a drizzly Monday night to protest the new Skanska project in lower Wallingford, "Stone34". In an email she forwarded to us, the intent from the neighbors was to let the City Council know that they "want fair and sensible zoning laws" and "that it’s not appropriate to give special privileges to the developer Skanska, allowing them to build 20 feet over current zoning." On Monday, July 9, the City Council's land…

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