Centering People and the Planet: Strategies in Placemaking, Tenant Experience, Carbon Reduction, and Regeneration

What You’ll Learn:

• Gain insights into how Seattle’s leading architects are shaping the city’s next chapter through adaptive reuse, placemaking, and community-centered design strategies.
• Explore how design professionals are transforming underutilized assets — from vacant offices to public spaces — into vibrant, human-focused environments that support evolving urban lifestyles.
• Understand how architecture firms are approaching electrification, regenerative design, and high-performance strategies to meet both regulatory requirements and long-term sustainability goals.
• Stay informed on updates to Seattle’s building codes, energy regulations, and performance standards — and how architects are navigating these shifts in real time.
• Discover how firms are addressing embodied carbon, material transparency, and system electrification to drive measurable environmental impact.
• Learn how collaboration across disciplines — from engineering to development to product manufacturing — is helping design teams deliver innovative and cost-effective solutions.
• Identify the tools, technologies, and mindsets architects are using to design for a more resilient, equitable, and carbon-conscious future.