Local studio Best Practice Architecture has used punchy colours, glass bricks and dichroic glass inside an optometry store in Seattle's Leschi neighbourhood. More about Glass blocks divide Eye Eye optical store by Best Practice Architecture
American startup Recompose has opened a funeral home in Seattle designed by architecture firm Olson Kundig, where human remains are composted and turned into a nutrient-rich soil that can nurture new plant life. More about Recompose human composting facility "transforms your loved one's body into soil"
Seattle-based studio LMN Architects has completed the mass-timber Founders Hall building for the University of Washington's Foster School of Business in Seattle. More about LMN Architects creates mass-timber business school for University of Washington
A giant disco ball holds the DJ booth at this nightclub in Seattle, designed by local firm Mutuus Studio to be a "safe and welcoming environment for women, BIPOC, and all members of the LGBTQIA+ community". More about Mutuus Studio designs inclusive Supernova nightclub in Seattle
Seattle architecture studio Heliotrope has completed a cedar-clad family home that prioritises views of the Puget Sound and privacy from the street. More about Fauntleroy Residence by Heliotrope is a "private oasis" in Seattle
US studio Heliotrope Architects has minimized site disturbances while creating a cedar-clad holiday home on a wooded hillside in the Pacific Northwest. More about Heliotrope perches Buck Mountain Cabin over forested site in Washington State
Concrete and darkened cedar make up the facades of a Seattle home that was designed by architecture studio GO'C for a family of eight. More about GO'C creates cedar-clad Sound House overlooking Seattle
Japan-based architecture firm OSO has released a plan to suspend a Boeing 747 aircraft between two towers in a downtown Seattle complex designed by Henriquez Partners Architects. More about OSO to suspend Boeing 747 jumbo jet aircraft between two buildings in Seattle
Cedar cladding and a rigorous structural grid feature in this tasting room in southeastern Washington designed by Seattle studio GO'C to frame views of the surrounding winery. More about GO'C designs Alton Wines tasting room to frame winery views
Knotty cedar and galvanised steel were used to form a two-storey, floating home by US firm Olson Kundig that draws upon cabin architecture. More about Olson Kundig creates floating Water Cabin in Seattle's Portage Bay
American firm SHED Architecture and Design has transformed a 1950s building that formerly served as an adult living facility into a contemporary home for a family of five. More about SHED gives mid-century Golden House in Seattle an extensive update
Dark-toned wood and golden light are found in this Washington bar and eatery by design firm Graypants that alludes to a Japanese urban alleyway. More about Graypants converts slender space near Seattle into Tomo restaurant
Cedar siding and a central breezeway feature in this compact home in the Pacific Northwest designed by US firm SHED for a couple who will soon retire. More about Rough-sawn cedar clads Whidbey Dogtrot house in Washington by SHED
US firm Best Practice Architecture looked to vernacular architecture while designing a weekend retreat in a rural town that is becoming an arts hub. More about Best Practice creates Cloud Ranch for a Washington artist
A courtyard designed to create an "idealised atmosphere of the Pacific Northwest" sits at the centre of this house in Seattle by local architects Chadbourne + Doss. More about Verdant courtyard occupies centre of Seattle home by Chadbourne + Doss
A 1960s dwelling in the Pacific Northwest has become the first renovated home to achieve Living Building Challenge certification following an overhaul by US firm The Miller Hull Partnership. More about Miller Hull retrofits mid-century Loom House on Washington's Bainbridge Island
Online beauty brand Glossier has opened a physical store in Seattle where pale-pink furniture surrounds a sculpture sprouting artificial mushrooms. More about Glossier Seattle store features mossy mushroom-covered mound
A quaint dwelling that was once a houseboat has been renovated and enlarged by US firm Best Practice Architecture for a couple and their daughter. More about Best Practice Architecture updates historic Boathouse Bungalow in Seattle
Cedar cladding and handmade decor are among the features in a Seattle bungalow that was revamped by its owners – architect Sharon Khosla of local firm Fivedot and furniture designer Chris Armes. More about Husband-and-wife team expand their family's bungalow in Seattle
LMN Architects has built a viewpoint on top of the concrete and weathering steel New Grand Avenue Park Bridge in Everett, Washington. More about Viewing platforms tops New Grand Avenue Park Bridge by LMN Architects