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Seattle's design review process doesn't help at all. They have awful taste. I'm sure their bad decisions are cloaked in the right architectural terminology, and I'm sure they have some great architectural theorists. The problem is that a lot of the current architectural theory is totally against what makes buildings attractive -- it's about "honest use of materials" and creating vertically-segmented buildings that "inform" the mix of uses. Infuriating. What I wouldn't give for some detailing and color.

While this isn't a great looking building, I don't particularly mind it. One big improvement from the last: they finally have that horrible little rental car property on the left, and the building now extends farther south.