PORTLAND, Ore. — Two Portland city councilors are pushing a resolution to reform the city’s design review process and perhaps provide a temporary exemption for housing proposals. The effort represents ...

Developers, architects, city officials and neighborhood activists all see ways to improve Seattle's design review process, although they disagree on just how flawed it is now. In a report released ...

After working with the building owner to develop the owner’s project requirements (OPR) document for a project, one of the first activities for a commissioning professional is conducting third-party ...

Seattle, like many other urban environments across the United States, still grapples with meeting the rising demand for affordable housing to support the needs of low-income families and individuals.

Seattle’s design review process could get a major overhaul if Mayor Bruce Harrell gets his way. On Tuesday, Harrell proposed a swath of reforms to the city’s design review process that could cut the ...

As more building project teams look for ways to collaborate better, technology continues to provide solutions. Yet, as I learned from the experience of one of my customers, choosing the wrong ...

As the Architectural Project Delivery Leader for the new $2 billion (Canadian), 3.5 million square foot Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) hospital project in Montreal, Canada, Matt ...

Senior Associate Tony Perez of Berkeley-based Opticos Design Inc., which was hired to prepare the standards, says creating objective design standards for Santa Barbara was easy because of all the ...

MORNING HEADLINES | Charleston City Council members voted 12-1 to approve a controversial ordinance that exempts city-led projects from much of the design review process. Council member Aaron Polkey ...

On Wednesday, the Eureka Planning Commission unanimously recommended the adoption of the city’s 2026 Inland Zoning Code Update. The update will proceed to the city council for a public hearing March 3 ...