March 5, 2025

King County Civic Ground wins UDAD Gold.

The King County Civic Ground project wins gold in the Urban Design and Architectural Design Awards (UDAD).

UDAD is a forum for projects that examine the relationship between architecture and the natural world, architecture and the community, and architecture and the city. The UDAD Awards recognize outstanding ideas that redefine architectural design through the implementation of novel technologies, materials, programs, aesthetics, and spatial organizations along with studies on globalization, flexibility, and adaptability.

January 17, 2025

King County Civic Ground wins an IDA Gold in Urban Design award.

We are honored to receive a Gold in Urban Design award from the International Design Awards (IDA) program for the King County Civic Ground project! The International Design Awards (IDA) recognizes, celebrates, and promotes exceptional design visionaries and discovers emerging talent in the design disciplines.

The King County Civic Ground project outlines new, contemporary buildings and public spaces for county employees, service providers, residents, and visitors while transforming areas composed entirely of government facilities into a 24-hour neighborhood that reflects the realities of living and working in a major metropolitan environment today.

September 9, 2024

A new home for the Aquasox?

The Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce reveals DEIS alternatives for a new Aquasox Stadium and public park in Everett.  Northwest Studio assisted the City of Everett through visualizations of a potential new stadium sited to dovetail with the Everett Station Convergence Study project.

September 5, 2024

The Spring District Hub is highlighted in World Architecture News.

WAN’s September 5th publication leads with the Spring District Hub.

September 4, 2024

Lynnwood City Center’s Growth Aspirations Hinge on Two Slow-Moving Megaprojects.

The Urbanist highlights Northwest Studio’s concept for a restored Thornton Creek between two new buildings connected by a new pedestrian bridge at Sound Transit’s Lynnwood Station.

August 7, 2024

King County’s Transformative Vision for Downtown Seattle Comes Into View.

Ryan Packer, contributing editor for The Urbanist, profiles the county’s vision plan.

August 7, 2024

Civic Campus Initiative would move courts and jail to SoDo, add units downtown.

The Daily Journal of Commerce features the King County Civic Campus Initiative.

August 2, 2024

King County unveils Civic Campus Initiative report, outlining strategies for downtown revitalization.

King County Executive Dow Constantine announced the Civic Campus Initiative report, which outlines proposed changes to county-owned buildings to enhance the functionality of King County government services and positively impact downtown Seattle.

July 31, 2024

Aaron Young presents the King County Civic Campus Initiative Plan at the King County Regional Policy Committee Meeting.

We were pleased to be invited to brief the King County Regional Policy Committee on the King County Civic Campus Initiative Plan in late July.

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King County TV︎︎︎
The Center Square︎︎︎Everett Post︎︎︎

July 18, 2024

David Cutler presents the Reimagine Wenatchee Target Area Master Plan.

We were pleased to present our work for the Reimagine Wenatchee Target Area Master Plan at the Wenatchee City Council Work Session Special Meeting in early July.  Watch the presentation on Youtube (skip to 1h 13m for Northwest Studio’s presentation).

May 14, 2024

Sound Transit selects the Northwest Studio team’s proposal for a new TOD project at the Lynnwood Station.

Brian Miller, the real estate editor at the Daily Journal of Commerce, profiles Sound Transit’s selection of Housing Hope and the Northwest Studio/ Dykeman team for a new development at the Lynnwood station.

March 1, 2024

Louis Peiser joins Northwest Studio.

We are pleased to welcome Louis Peiser to Northwest Studio. Louis is an architect who is focused on opportunities to deeply connect with the natural environment at every site, and he can often be found wandering through the Washington wilderness to become further inspired by nature. In 2023 he hiked the Pacific Crest Trail from Canada to Mexico along the spine of the most beautiful mountains in the world. 

December 27, 2023

Echo Global Headquarters named one of Oklahoma City’s coolest office spaces of 2023.

CBRE’s publication showcases some of the coolest and best designed office spaces delivered in OKC in the past few years, diving into each space to find out how it came to be, what makes it special, and how it fulfills the needs of the company.

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Echo Global︎︎︎

August 22, 2023

King County explores downtown revamp options, like moving jail to Sodo

The Seattle Times takes an in-depth look at the Civic Campus Initiative through the lens of the Initiative’s Community Advisory Group.

King County Executive Dow Constantine launches the Civic Campus Initiative

Today, King County Executive Dow Constantine launched the Civic Campus Initiative to reimagine the County’s downtown facilities.

Northwest Studio selected for the Wenatchee Target Area Master Plan.

Over the coming year, Northwest Studio will work with the City of Wenatchee to develop a master plan for the enhancement and redevelopment of a Target Area in the downtown core. The plan will identify opportunity areas, and outline a prioritization list of improvements to support business and economic expansion activity, safety, aesthetics, infrastructure allocation and utilization, and continued economic revival.

Site Visit to the San Juan Islands.

While working on projects in the San Juan Islands, it is important to experience arrival to sites directly by boat. Rather than arriving by ferry and then driving to each site, landing on a dock or shoreline changes the frame of reference and allows us to better understand each project’s relationship to the water.

Saba Rostami-Shirazi joins Northwest Studio.

We are pleased to welcome Saba Rostami-Shirazi to Northwest Studio. Born in Houston, TX, and raised in Shiraz, Iran, Saba comes to our practice as a graduate of the University of Arkansas Fay Jones School of Design. With a Bachelor of Architecture and a Master of Design Studies focused in Resiliency Design, Saba brings a focus on resilient built environments that respect the specificity of their site, environment, culture, and people. And, Saba raises the count, we now have two Arkansas Alumni at Northwest Studio!

Northwest Studio selected to design a new 5-acre urban development in Renton, Washington.

Northwest Studio has been engaged by a long-standing client on another wonderful opportunity to design new community housing and open spaces in the Benson Hill neighborhood of Renton Washington.  

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Renton Housing

Northwest Studio moves to Capitol Hill!

We’ve moved to a great building in the Capitol Hill neighborhood.  Our new space is located at the corner of 12th Ave and E Pike Street, right above two iconic Seattle institutions, Dark Age Tattoo and Wall of Sound.

1205 E Pike Street
2F
Seattle, WA 98122

Northwest Studio selected to co-design 24 townhouses in the Bel-Red Corridor.

Northwest Studio has been invited by a former alumnus to team with them in the design of new residential townhouses in a soon-to-be transit-rich neighborhood in Bellevue, Washington.

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Columbia Court

January 17, 2022

Northwest Studio-designed pavilion helps The Spring District achieve LEED-ND certification.

In September of 2021, the Spring District Hub’s 400+ bikes, commuter locker, and shower facilities played a role in helping Bellevue’s Spring District neighborhood to officially become the second Puget Sound area project to achieve USGBC LEED ND certification. 

A new residence in the San Juan Islands.

Northwest Studio has been retained to design a new residence, arts studio, and various outbuildings on a beautiful site that overlooks the shoreline on Orcas Island.

Sweeny Blocks pass Design Review.

Our design collaboration in the West Seattle Triangle, adjacent to the future Sound Transit Avalon Light Rail Station︎︎︎, received Design Review approval today︎︎︎.  The project includes two city blocks flanking a redesigned streetscape that connects high-quality public space to the future Avalon Light Rail Station, a network of hillclimbs and landscaped courtyards, over 500 units of housing, along with new retail and commercial spaces for local businesses.

October 17, 2021

Cattle disturbance resets Clark Fork LiDAR targets.

The site of the former Smurfit Stone / Frenchtown Mill, 11 miles West of Missoula Montana, was flown for LiDAR scanning on schedule after engineers on the ground drove the 5,000-acre site to reset and tie mapping targets that were displaced... by a herd of grazing cattle.

September 21, 2021

ULI publishes the TAP report for the Everett Station District TOD.

With the long-awaited arrival of regional light rail transit and the construction of an Everett Station, the City of Everett and its partners face a need to secure the best outcome for the city and plan for transit-oriented development (TOD) in the Everett Station District.  

Our study for Housing Hope, through funding from the Washington State Department of Commerce and J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation, focused on master planning opportunities for publicly-owned properties in the station neighborhood to meet the City's and region's needs. As part of the study, the Urban Land Institute Northwest︎︎︎ convened a Technical Assistance Panel (TAP) to provide.  The Panel published a series of overarching recommendations that parallel our work with Housing Hope and the Everett Station District Alliance.

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Housing Hope︎︎︎
ULI TAP Report︎︎︎

September 9, 2021

Spring District Pavilion receives Certificate of Occupancy.

The Spring District Pavilion has received a Certificate of Occupancy.  Achieving this milestone, the Pavilion implements key urban design and placemaking goals of the Bel-Red Subarea Plan and the Spring District Master Development Plan.  The project is designed to become a hub of activity for the emerging Spring District neighborhood, and a waypoint for transit riders and cyclists.

June 17, 2021

US EPA meetings on-site for the Northwest Studio-led Clark Fork Masterplan in Missoula Montana.

With the public comment period now open for the draft Risk Assessments, Northwest Studio convened onsite with the US EPA and Montana DEQ to review the progress of investigative activities in coordination with master planning studies for the site.

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USEPA MISSOULA︎︎︎

August 12, 2020

Northwest Studio Transforms Oklahoma City Icon for Echo Energy Headquarters.

World Architecture News features our Echo Energy Headquarters project.

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WAN︎︎︎