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Designing a contemporary home on a steeply sloping site in Seattle - Part 2

Steeply sloping lots pose serious design challenges for Seattle architects. This is the 2nd article in a series where I describe how we dealt with those challenges on a home I designed on SW Manning Street in West Seattle.
Let’s recap. The lot slopes steeply down from the street (front to back) and the [...]

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Designing a contemporary home on a steeply sloping site in Seattle

A lot of my work as an architect is within the City of Seattle. Almost every home I’ve designed the last few years has been affected by Seattle’s steep slope critical area regulations. Designing a home for a steeply sloping site is a lot more complex than simply working up a floor plan [...]

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