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Shaping Seattle Architecture celebrates a wide range of those who helped form the region's built environment, providing updated information about many of the architects and firms that were profiled in the beloved and iconic first edition.

About the Author

Jeffrey Karl Ochsner is professor of architecture and associate dean for academic affairs in the College of Built Environments, University of Washington. He is the author of Lionel H. Pries, Architect, Artist, Educator and Furniture Studio and coauthor of Distant Corner: Seattle Architects and the Legacy of H. H. Richardson. Shaping Seattle Architecture was guided by an editorial board including Dennis A. Andersen, Duane A. Dietz, Katheryn Hills Krafft, David A. Rash, and Thomas Veith.

Reviews

"Shaping Seattle Architecture reminds us of the responsibility we bear for future generations. Well illustrated and accessibly written, the book is a fundamental work for anyone seeking to understand Seattle." - Seattle City Council President Sally J. Clark, Chair, Committee on Economic Resiliency and Regional Relations "Shaping Seattle Architecture is the single indispensable guide to understanding the built environment of the Pacific Northwest's largest city and the men and women who designed it. Based on meticulous research and enlivened by fresh insights and new discoveries, the book is both an essential resource for students of architecture and history and a fascinating guide for anyone who cares about the city we live in now." -Leonard Garfield, executive director, Museum of History & Industry "Every major city should be so fortunate as to have a historical compendium of the architects who have given form and character to the urban landscape. Jeffrey Ochsner and his colleagues have prepared a book with enduring value as a means of fostering public appreciation of the built environment and this updated and expanded edition should prove no less valuable than the original volume was when it was published twenty years ago." -Richard Longstreth, George Washington University "What defines a city? Through changing times memories of our past can be forgotten and history lost. This updated and expanded edition of Shaping Seattle Architecture provides the most authoritative compendium of architects and their buildings that have profoundly shaped the Seattle we know today - an invaluable resource!" -Peter Steinbrueck, fellow of the American Institute of Architects and former Seattle City Councilmember