Architecture

Wallingford Home Design Awards

Have you remodeled your Wallingford home or added a backyard cottage? Then you'll want to consider submitting an entry to the Wallingford 2012 Home Design Awards. But hurry, because the deadline for submitting an application is this Friday (June 1). From the Wallingford Neighborhood Office: The Wallingford Home Design Awards Committee invites all Wallingford home owners to submit their new or renovated homes for consideration in the Wallingford Home Design Awards program. Recognition will be given to those designs which show special care…

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Stone34 Design Gets Approval

Updated Thursday, May 4, 4:25 PM with a quote from Hey, Skanska & Brooks, down in front! (see below for the quote). The Seattle Times reports that the city's Design Review Board has approved Skanska's current design proposal for Stone34. I haven't seen anything new on the Hey, Skanska & Brooks, down in front! Facebook page, but I did see the following update posted on the Stone34 page: The Design Review Board recommended approval of Stone34 and affirmed that the current design meets…

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Stone34 Design Review Meeting

Another Design Review Meeting for Stone34 (3400 Stone Way North) is scheduled for Monday, April 30 at 8:00PM, at the University Heights Center (5031 University Way NE). This is the second recommendation meeting since the Design Review Board did not make a recommendation during the March 19 meeting. Skanska's most current design proposal is available for review here.

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Color Without Fear

Patricia has been an architect in Wallingford for over 30 years. Her Wallyhood role is to provide a forum about Wallingford architecture. Questions, musings, rants and raves about design may be addressed to her. The queries may be pragmatic or theoretical. Energetic blog discussion will, hopefully, follow. She looks forward to hearing from you! Are you thinking about a color change for your house? Perhaps not the exterior, maybe just a room or two? In our neighborhood, you’ve seen strong house…

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Update From Monday’s ‘Stone34’ Design Review

A Design Review for the "Stone34" project was held on Monday night at the University Heights Center. We couldn't attend, but reader Mike pointed me to a Facebook page called "Hey Skanska & Brooks: Down In Front" which provided the following recap from that group's point of view: The neighbors showed up in force at last night’s Design Review meeting. Two-thirds of the comments were on our side. They were thoughtful, clear, and substantive. The prevailing message to the Design Review…

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‘Stone34’ Next Design Review is March 19

There's been plenty of discussion about Skanska's "Stone34" project in our last post, How Pasta Translates into a "Run Happy" Future. In the comments, reader Abdul posted some of the information he gleaned from the Wallingford Community Council meeting on March 7, including the announcement of the project's next design review, on Monday, March 19: (Excerpted from Wallingford Neighborhood Association 3/8/12 Enews) Skanska presented an update on their “Stone 34″ Living Building project. Skanska has applied for Design Review related to development…

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How Pasta Translates into a ‘Run Happy’ Future

This post was written by Heather Snavely, a Wallingford resident and an employee of Brooks Sports, the running shoe company that will relocate to Wallingford once the 3400 Stone Way project is complete. Heather has lived in Wallingford since 2007 and has worked at Brooks since March 2011, and she asked if we could post her point-of-view about the Brooks relocation and the 3400 Stone Way project. Several years ago, Cantinetta Italian restaurant opened in an unexpected place: the highly residential corner…

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