Large openings and earthy materials feature in a guesthouse that architecture studio Bohlin Cywinski Jackson has added to a private residence on a secluded island in the Pacific Northwest. More
Seattle firm Olson Kundig Architects has created a studio attached to a primary residence in Washington, which sits on railroad tracks that allow it to completely detach. More
Local studio Best Practice Architecture has used punchy colours, glass bricks and dichroic glass inside an optometry store in Seattle's Leschi neighbourhood. More
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
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
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
Seattle architecture studio Heliotrope has completed a cedar-clad family home that prioritises views of the Puget Sound and privacy from the street. More
US studio Heliotrope Architects has minimized site disturbances while creating a cedar-clad holiday home on a wooded hillside in the Pacific Northwest. More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Online beauty brand Glossier has opened a physical store in Seattle where pale-pink furniture surrounds a sculpture sprouting artificial mushrooms. More
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
