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The Dynamic Integration of Art & Architecture at First Light

The Dynamic Integration of Art & Architecture at First Light

Luxury living project previewing November 2018.

Sponsored by Westbank Seattle will soon get a first look at First Light, an introductory project from Westbank, the international firm that has cultivated a specialty in creating high-quality buildings that integrate public art into award-winning architecture. On October 23, Westbank introduced First Light with a keynote event at the Seattle Cinerama Theater. It was…

AIA Home of Distinction: Inside a Wooded Whidbey Island Residence

AIA Home of Distinction: Inside a Wooded Whidbey Island Residence

A couple of Seattle artists find work-life balance among the trees in this forest retreat on Whidbey Island

“V” FORMATION: Architect Tom Lenchek of Prentiss Balance Wickline Architects used floor-to-ceiling windows and a polycarbonate clerestory on the back of the main residence to let in precious light; the west wing (left) is a master suite and guest quarters, while the east wing (right) features a dining room, kitchen, living room and large outdoor…

Seattle's Most Unusual Workouts

Seattle’s Most Unusual Workouts

As the cold weather returns, stay active with one of these next-level indoor activities

TARGET PRACTICE: Dave Quinn’s son Dan demonstrates the proper axe thowing technique; the activity has been part of lumberjack competitions for years

5 Beauty Products to Get You Through Fall

5 Beauty Products to Get You Through Fall

From bath soaks to eye serums, these must-haves will keep your skin soft this season

There’s nothing quite like autumn in the Pacific Northwest. Between the watercolor-esque backdrop of changing leaves and an array of festive events to attend, we fall into natural habits that protect us from the season’s chilly air. And while most of us don’t question our impulse for pilling on cozy layers, slipping into our rain…

Seattle Housing Experiences High Demands as Tech Companies Continue to Grow

Seattle Housing Experiences High Demands as Tech Companies Continue to Grow

As Housing Trends Normalize, Tech Titans Continue to Drive Demand into Seattle.

Sponsored by Realogics Sensational headlines too quick to call for a housing downturn may face pushback from expansion in the tech industry. Seattle remains the top tech-30 market in North America, according to the CBRE Tech Report, with high-tech jobs expanding 26 percent over the last two years. Colliers Research is tracking nearly 6.5 million…

Seattle’s Most Influential People of the Year 2018

Seattle’s Most Influential People of the Year 2018

We're raising a glass to those working to make this a better place— our 2018 Most Influential People of the Year

This article appears in print in the November 2018 issue, as part of the Most Influential People of the Year feature. Click here to subscribe. There are plenty of reasons to bemoan the past 12 months: More and more people sleeping on sidewalks and in homeless camps. Ever-worsening traffic. Sky-high housing prices. A never-ending string of #MeToo revelations. Ongoing gun…

Seattle’s Most Influential People 2018: Ones to Watch

Seattle’s Most Influential People 2018: Ones to Watch

Meet Seattle's rising stars

Front row, left to right: Boting Zhang, Yenvy Pham and Priya Frank. Back row, left to right: Marilyn Strickland, Khoa Pham, Quynh Pham, Angela Garbes, Kirsten Harris-Talley and Sara Porkalob

Seattle’s Most Influential People 2018: Starbucks CEO, Kevin Johnson

Seattle’s Most Influential People 2018: Starbucks CEO, Kevin Johnson

Under his leadership, Starbucks has partnered with Mary’s Place, a shelter for homeless women, children and families, in the No Child Sleeps Outside campaign

He did the right thing: Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson, photographed at Starbucks HQ

Seattle’s Most Influential People 2018: Women Entrepreneurs and Mentors

Seattle’s Most Influential People 2018: Women Entrepreneurs and Mentors

Amy Nelson, Megan McNally, Cynthia Tee and Leslie Feinzaig are making moves and taking fellow women along for the ride

From Left: Amy Nelson, Megan McNally, Cynthia Tee, Leslie Feinzaig

Seattle’s Most Influential People 2018: Gun Control Activists

Seattle’s Most Influential People 2018: Gun Control Activists

Today’s teen organizers are tomorrow’s voters—and candidates

Emilia Allard (left) and Rhiannon Rasaretnam, March for Our Lives organizers, in front of Ballard High School

Seattle’s Most Influential People 2018: The Next Generation

Seattle’s Most Influential People 2018: The Next Generation

Nathan Vass, Monserrat Padilla, Jerrell Davis and Gordon Padelford are young leaders in their divergent arenas

From left: Nathan Vass, Monserrat Padilla, Jerrell Davis and Gordon Padelford

Seattle’s Most Influential People 2018: Forterra Founder, Gene Duvernoy

Seattle’s Most Influential People 2018: Forterra Founder, Gene Duvernoy

This year, Forterra announced a partnership with the nonprofit Africatown to redevelop a key block in the quickly gentrifying Central District

Gene Duvernoy, with the Wild Sky Wilderness’ Gunn Peak in the background

Seattle’s Most Influential People 2018: The YIMBYs

Seattle’s Most Influential People 2018: The YIMBYs

The politically diverse movement has an active Seattle presence that is focused on saying yes to new density in urban neighborhoods

This article appears in print in the November 2018 issue, as part of the Most Influential People of the Year feature. Click here to subscribe. YIMBY—the acronym stands for “yes in my backyard”—started as a national rebuke to so-called NIMBYs (“not in my backyard”), residents who oppose development in their neighborhoods. Today, the politically diverse movement has an active Seattle…

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