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Since ancient times, schools and centers of learning have been places where the greatest minds can meet and collaborate. Seattle Central College brings this spirit with their EcoDistrict. It is a big step toward solving some...

The Orcas House on Orcas Island in the San Juan Islands is an intergenerational family home under construction designed by Seattle firm Allied8. The home explores how construction material use can reduce global emissions....

Low-quality, mass produced furniture is piling up in the landfills. Seattle-based furniture brand Keeps has taken a stand to produce sustainably sourced, affordable and long-lasting furniture to counter the "fast-furniture’"...

Seattle is expected to grow by another 70,000 residents in the next 20 years. A collaboration between The Miller Hull Partnership and Runberg Architecture Group resulted in a whimsical new style of apartment building. With...

The new expansion of the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) is a showcase of sustainable design. It is also a celebration of the natural landscape itself. It's an airport design for a greener future.[...]

They say the key to good real estate is location, location, location. But in the case of this home, dubbed the City Cabin, the architectural and environmental design supersedes its location on a basic urban lot.[...]

Architecture takes a variety of forms and serves many purposes, but most people would agree that the best home is one that meets the family's needs and lifestyle goals...

 So the weather-related enhancement of about 24 inches dwarfed the steady rise of sea level over the past century, some of which may be associated with global warming.

The 1960s-era Loom House has been extensively renovated. This sustainable, highly modern design pays homage to the home's decades-old roots.[...]

Researchers at the University of Washington have found a relationship between increased levels of fine particle pollution and the risk of dementia. In a study that borrowed data from two long-running studies in...

Everyone has their idea for the perfect home. For this couple, it's a comfortable crash pad with natural elements that provides them a simple yet functional space for downtime in between outdoor adventures.[...]

Reposted from The Cliff Mass Weather Blog  It’s over.    Throughout the region, all-time temperature records have been broken, if not smashed.   Just to name a few: SeaTac hit 108F,…

The latest model runs, all at very high resolution, show even more profound extremes than previously predicted. And the end of the event will be extraordinary, with temperatures falling by as much as 50F within a few hours.

As we get closer to the big heat event, powerful new forecasting tools are becoming available. Tools that provide a higher resolution and more nuanced view of the extreme heatwave event that is about to happen.

Surface temperatures will get above 112F over and near the western slopes of the Cascades. Large portions of western Oregon and Washington away from the water will be above 104F.