Architecture

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…

(Updated: 12/26 9:20 am: I misread the order of things and got "newer" and "older" designs reversed. Corrected flow and opinions on same below.) There was quite a bit of conversation a week ago about the 4111 Stone Way development project, and whether the building design was a "fit" for the neighborhood. One sharp-eyed reader pointed out that older drawings of the building provided in the Early Design Guidance document available on the City of Seattle web site shows a much…

Here's an update from the developers of Stoneway Village, including some new photos, and a new name: It’s been a while since our last update and a lot has progressed since then, the building is now framed, the roof is on, brick work is almost finished, the plumbing and electrical rough-ins are about half way through, and pre-drywall and elevator work has started! Whew! We worked hard through the summer and had minimal rain through the fall which really helped get the…