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June 11, 2025

How architects can leverage smart zoning to diversify Seattle's housing stock

  • A Q&A with Ben Gist of Carrier Johnson + Culture

    • Photo via Seattle Pacific University [enlarge]
    Seattle allows fourplexes, like this one at the Seattle Pacific University campus, to be built on most residential lots citywide.

    In 2023, Washington state officially did away with single-family zoning with the passage of a new zoning law (House Bill 1110) that allows duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes to be built on former single-family zoned lots in most cities and neighborhoods.


     
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