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Seattle is just now allowing wood construction in high rise buildings. Previously they were an early adopter in mid-rise buildings which is why you see a lot o
by jdsully 8y ago
Seattle is just now allowing wood construction in high rise buildings. Previously they were an early adopter in mid-rise buildings which is why you see a lot of apartment buildings with exactly 6 stories around (1 concrete ground, 5 wood as allowed by the building code).
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/washington-state-to-allow-mid-and-high-rise-mass-timber-buildings-300760329.html https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/washington-state-to...
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- walrus01 8y agoIn South lake Union Seattle also has a lot of midrise because of height restrictions around the space Needle. The needle is not actually that tall, the city is afraid that rampant real estate developers could completely hide it in the skyline.
- lenocinor 8y agoActually I think it's because of the seaplane flight path https://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/OPCD/OngoingInitiatives/SouthLakeUnion/SouthLakeUnionEISAppendixFAdditionalFlightPathAnalysis.pdf https://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/OPCD/OngoingIn...