Last Monday, Gov. Jay Inslee signed House Bill 1293 into law. The law imposes new restrictions on cities and counties engaging in design review, such as Seattle. It will significantly reduce design ...

The mere existence of a design review process elevates both the work of the architect and the aspirations of his or her clients. In my experience, this has been design review at its best. At its worst ...

After working with the building owner to develop the owner’s project requirements (OPR) document for a project, one of the first activities for a commissioning professional is conducting third-party ...

Developers, architects, city officials and neighborhood activists all see ways to improve Seattle's design review process, although they disagree on just how flawed it is now. In a report released ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Two Portland city councilors are pushing a resolution to reform the city’s design review process and perhaps provide a temporary exemption for housing proposals. The effort represents ...

Seattle’s design review process could get a major overhaul if Mayor Bruce Harrell gets his way. On Tuesday, Harrell proposed a swath of reforms to the city’s design review process that could cut the ...

As the Architectural Project Delivery Leader for the new $2 billion (Canadian), 3.5 million square foot Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) hospital project in Montreal, Canada, Matt ...