Brooks + Scarpa drapes wavy metal screen over Seattle transit station
California architecture firm Brooks + Scarpa has wrapped a Seattle transit facility in an undulated, blue aluminium screen that was influenced by a dance performance. More
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GoCstudio revamps century-old Seattle building to house digital product company
US architecture firm GoCstudio has created an open office for a growing tech company that features original brick and timber elements, along with new enclosures made of ebony-stained plywood. More
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Red window frames accent angular Seattle house by Stettler Design
Seattle firms Stettler Design and Paul Michael Davis Architects have used bright pops of colour to frame glazing at this pointy home. More
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Robert Hutchison's Cantilever House projects towards Seattle harbour
Panoramic views of Seattle's harbour are afforded from the overhanging rear of this house, completed by American firm Robert Hutchison Architecture. More
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Courtyard provides focal point for Seattle home by MW Works
Seattle architecture firm MW Works has helped a couple to self-build this home, which is organised around a courtyard and clad in weathered reclaimed timber. More
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Jim Olson expands tiny cabin he built 60 years ago in rural Washington
Jim Olson, co-founder of Seattle architecture studio Olson Kundig, has made a series of additions to a bunkhouse he designed and built aged 18, as a first-year architecture student. More
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Blackened wood house by Robert Hutchison provides retreat in Seattle forest
This black woodland house by Robert Hutchison Architecture on the outskirts of Seattle is set around a gravelled courtyard, which provides its residents with a secluded outdoor space safe from roaming elk. More
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Olson Kundig set to overhaul Seattle Space Needle
American firm Olson Kundig Architects has unveiled plans to renovate the Space Needle observation tower in Seattle by adding slanted glass balustrades and a rotating glass floor. More
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Seattle waterfront home enjoys carefully chosen views through lush vegetation
Water views from this long narrow home in West Seattle by Suyama Peterson Deguchi are strategically framed using existing trees on site. More
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Rapt Studio designs office space to allow HBO to "reimagine entertainment"
Entertainment powerhouse HBO uses this office space in Seattle, designed by California firm Rapt Studio, to develop and test its digital and interactive products. More
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Heliotrope creates cedar-clad home and studio in Seattle
Heliotrope, a firm based in the US Pacific Northwest, has completed a contemporary dwelling that features a double-height art studio, a Japanese garden and a wooden soaking tub. More
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MW Works updates mid-century modern home in Seattle lakeside neighbourhood
American studio MW Works has knocked down walls and added glazing in a 1960s Seattle home, to create a more open layout and strengthen the connection between inside and out. More
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Waterfront home near Seattle is lifted on bridge-like structural supports
Design-and-construction firm First Lamp Architects has raised this family home near Seattle above a nearby body of water, drawing references from bridge structures. More
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Mammoth cafe and craft beer bar in Seattle accommodates different social spaces
A long central bar divides this neighbourhood hangout in Seattle into areas for buying sandwiches, drinking craft beer and watching sports (+ slideshow). More
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Floating home in Seattle by Vandeventer + Carlander features water-level bedrooms
"Float-level" sleeping quarters in this single-family home moored to the shore of Seattle's Lake Union allow residents to go swimming directly from their bedrooms (+ slideshow). More
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SHED transforms Washington horse stable into art studio and living quarters
Sliding barn-style doors inside this pared-back studio space and guesthouse by Seattle-based SHED Architecture and Design hint at the building's past life as a horse stable (+ slideshow). More
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WA Sauna by goCstudio floats on Seattle's Lake Union
Visitors can take a plunge into a cold lake after warming up in this floating wooden sauna by Seattle firm goCstudio – the latest example of the trend for buoyant architecture (+ slideshow). More
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Seattle chapel by Hennebery Eddy features walls of rough sandstone and concrete
American firm Hennebery Eddy Architects used wood, concrete, glass and battered stone to create this chapel on a Jesuit high school campus in Seattle (+ slideshow). More
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Seattle running store by goCstudio has hanging racks that can be raised toward the ceiling
A women's athletic shop in Seattle by local firm goCstudio features a display system that can be elevated with a hand crank to make way for in-store events (+ slideshow). More
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Seattle eyewear store by Best Practice Architecture is designed to "toy with perception"
This Seattle optometry store by local firm Best Practice Architecture features mirrored surfaces and a steel-framed enclosure shaped like a house. More
