Summer 2023
It takes a village
For those open to it, in-person and real-life networks via cohousing really connect. » More ...
Architecture
Summer 2023
An introduction to cohousing
What exactly are cohousing and intentional communities?
Cohousing is a way of living where people choose to share space with their neighbors, get to know them, and look after them.
Architect Grace Kim (’93 Arch.) explains the idea, and its many benefits, in her 2017 TED Talk video below. Continue on for more resources on cohousing.
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It takes a village (WSM, Summer 2023)
Cohousing communities and more information at the Cohousing Association of the United States
Summer 2023
Weaving a tradition: The architect behind the President’s House
Visions of the past still resonate from what former President Enoch Bryan, writing in his memoir, remembered as “that beautiful corner of campus.” Work on a new home for the Washington State College president began there in 1912.
Sprawled across a grassy knoll, its elaborate garden-side façade remains visible behind thick foliage. More than a century since its completion, the newly re-dedicated Ida Lou Anderson House remains the premier representative of a transformational moment in the planning and design of the college grounds.
Designed by architect Rudolph Weaver, the new house for the college president offered a distinct example of the Georgian Revival: a … » More …
Fall 2022
Virtually — from all perspectives
Chris Chin blurs the lines between architecture in the real world and environments in the virtual world. » More ...
Summer 2022
Permanence
The ancient Roman architect Vitruvius conceived of three primary virtues for structures: beauty, utility, and firmitas, a term that can be translated as permanence. Naturally, buildings can’t be crafted to last through time immemorial. What is permanence if even stone monuments wear away into sand?
Moreover, as Washington State University architecture professor Ayad Rahmani asks in this issue’s essay, maybe the longevity of structures should be questioned. Rahmani writes about Frank Lloyd Wright’s organic view of buildings and their inevitable decay, and that we should perhaps consider their “measured return to the earth.”
We don’t really expect our buildings to last forever, but we rely … » More …
Summer 2022
Rethinking a virtue at long last
Building for permanence or not in architecture may matter less than how we transition between the two. » More ...
Summer 2022
Organic and geometric, reclaimed
A striking installation in Spokane illuminates and inspires. » More ...
Spring 2022
The betwixt and between of energy-efficient buildings
As Washington state adopts the nation’s strictest energy codes, Washington State University research and training does some serious looking at building efficiency. » More ...
Summer 2021
Significantly Washington
Washington’s iconic and classic architecture » More ...
Summer 2021
Twelve more significant buildings of Washington state
The Washington Classic Buildings project, led by Washington State University faculty, selected 235 structures across the state for the Society of Architectural Historian’s Archipedia. Below are 12 examples of that list.
Read more about the Washington Classic Buildings.
Lake Quinault Lodge, Quinault
J. Philip Gruen/SAH Archipedia
Nestled in the Olympic National Forest, the rustic, timber-framed, V-shaped Lake Quinault Lodge draws upon Colonial Revival traditions and features natural wood-stained shingles, gabled ends, dormers, and a cupola. Built … » More …