Matt Hutchins AIA CPHD
@matthutchins.bsky.social
Principal at CAST architecture, urbanist and Planning Commission Co-Chair advocating for housing options, 15-minute cities and sustainable construction. Passivhaus designer. Former AIA Seattle President
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With the Manito Six in Spokane, we have proof of concept that stacked flats are viable to develop, give residents a wonderful quality of living, and fit nicely in established neighborhoods. Contact me about bringing stacked flat/middle housing to your neighborhood!
Our passive house project, Echo on Eastlake, just achieved a 0.37ACH, which is REALLY, REALLY GOOD!
November 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Our passive house project, Echo on Eastlake, just achieved a 0.37ACH, which is REALLY, REALLY GOOD!
Maybe false alarm! The fix is in the works!
Seattle is killing off DADUs unless you have an alley!
Being able to build in the rear yard was how DADUs were possible. If you need a 15 foot setback most DADUs will not work!!!
Need a fix before the one seattle plan vote!
@alexis4seattle.bsky.social
Being able to build in the rear yard was how DADUs were possible. If you need a 15 foot setback most DADUs will not work!!!
Need a fix before the one seattle plan vote!
@alexis4seattle.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Maybe false alarm! The fix is in the works!
I just heard the same, that this provision will get fixed before it kills off DADUs
Hearing this is getting cleaned up when the council passes the final version of updated neighborhood residential zoning on December 16.
Seattle is killing off DADUs unless you have an alley!
Being able to build in the rear yard was how DADUs were possible. If you need a 15 foot setback most DADUs will not work!!!
Need a fix before the one seattle plan vote!
@alexis4seattle.bsky.social
Being able to build in the rear yard was how DADUs were possible. If you need a 15 foot setback most DADUs will not work!!!
Need a fix before the one seattle plan vote!
@alexis4seattle.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I just heard the same, that this provision will get fixed before it kills off DADUs
@mba-ks.bsky.social you might want to look into this!!!
Seattle is killing off DADUs unless you have an alley!
Being able to build in the rear yard was how DADUs were possible. If you need a 15 foot setback most DADUs will not work!!!
Need a fix before the one seattle plan vote!
@alexis4seattle.bsky.social
Being able to build in the rear yard was how DADUs were possible. If you need a 15 foot setback most DADUs will not work!!!
Need a fix before the one seattle plan vote!
@alexis4seattle.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
@mba-ks.bsky.social you might want to look into this!!!
Seattle is killing off DADUs unless you have an alley!
Being able to build in the rear yard was how DADUs were possible. If you need a 15 foot setback most DADUs will not work!!!
Need a fix before the one seattle plan vote!
@alexis4seattle.bsky.social
Being able to build in the rear yard was how DADUs were possible. If you need a 15 foot setback most DADUs will not work!!!
Need a fix before the one seattle plan vote!
@alexis4seattle.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Seattle is killing off DADUs unless you have an alley!
Being able to build in the rear yard was how DADUs were possible. If you need a 15 foot setback most DADUs will not work!!!
Need a fix before the one seattle plan vote!
@alexis4seattle.bsky.social
Being able to build in the rear yard was how DADUs were possible. If you need a 15 foot setback most DADUs will not work!!!
Need a fix before the one seattle plan vote!
@alexis4seattle.bsky.social
Reposted by Matt Hutchins AIA CPHD
NEW STORY // Op-Ed: Making Seattle Neighborhoods More Accessible by Design
Op-ed by @matthutchins.bsky.social via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/16/o...
Op-ed by @matthutchins.bsky.social via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/16/o...
Op-Ed: Making Seattle Neighborhoods More Accessible by Design » The Urbanist
# Four case studies show how Seattle's new middle housing zoning incentives align with demographic shifts to meet housing demand.
www.theurbanist.org
November 16, 2025 at 6:11 PM
NEW STORY // Op-Ed: Making Seattle Neighborhoods More Accessible by Design
Op-ed by @matthutchins.bsky.social via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/16/o...
Op-ed by @matthutchins.bsky.social via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/16/o...
Next year Seattle will be doing long range planning for all the higher density areas—One Seattle Plan, Part Deux.
it's insane that seattle's zoning policy is effectively just 'rezone the areas renters already live ever other decade'
so instead of inducing walkable areas, we induce urban cannibalism and massive buildings that consume almost entire lot w/ little privacy
so instead of inducing walkable areas, we induce urban cannibalism and massive buildings that consume almost entire lot w/ little privacy
November 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Next year Seattle will be doing long range planning for all the higher density areas—One Seattle Plan, Part Deux.
We didn’t see the northern lights at all in Iceland, apparently they were over here.
November 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
We didn’t see the northern lights at all in Iceland, apparently they were over here.
I’m happy that Wilson will preside over our World Cup.
November 12, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I’m happy that Wilson will preside over our World Cup.
Some sketches from Iceland
November 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Some sketches from Iceland
News of Mamdani has reached Reykjavik.
November 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
News of Mamdani has reached Reykjavik.
4 case studies in using zoning incentives to design viable stacked flats here in Seattle. Two are market, two are subsidized, two are rental, two are ownership. More pathways to success!
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
4 case studies in using zoning incentives to design viable stacked flats here in Seattle. Two are market, two are subsidized, two are rental, two are ownership. More pathways to success!
If you've tried and failed to follow what Seattle's new zoning might allow, I've got you. Here are 4 case studies showing some of the exciting ways new incentives line up with current demand and emerging household demographic trends, with a focus on stacked flats.
medium.com/@matthutchin...
medium.com/@matthutchin...
Making Seattle neighborhoods more accessible by design
Four case studies on how new zoning incentives align with demographic shifts to meet housing demand.
medium.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:13 AM
If you've tried and failed to follow what Seattle's new zoning might allow, I've got you. Here are 4 case studies showing some of the exciting ways new incentives line up with current demand and emerging household demographic trends, with a focus on stacked flats.
medium.com/@matthutchin...
medium.com/@matthutchin...
Halloween 2025 may have been busted by the rain, but I love seeing all kids running amok.
November 1, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Halloween 2025 may have been busted by the rain, but I love seeing all kids running amok.
found this old Harrell clip and I wonder where did this earnest guy go?
The Harrell we have is detached, vindictive, entitled. When he went into politics, he had purpose.
now that’s he’s mayor whenever he’s involved he makes whatever it is worse.
His motivation now is stay mayor. Why? He can’t say
The Harrell we have is detached, vindictive, entitled. When he went into politics, he had purpose.
now that’s he’s mayor whenever he’s involved he makes whatever it is worse.
His motivation now is stay mayor. Why? He can’t say
October 31, 2025 at 1:43 PM
found this old Harrell clip and I wonder where did this earnest guy go?
The Harrell we have is detached, vindictive, entitled. When he went into politics, he had purpose.
now that’s he’s mayor whenever he’s involved he makes whatever it is worse.
His motivation now is stay mayor. Why? He can’t say
The Harrell we have is detached, vindictive, entitled. When he went into politics, he had purpose.
now that’s he’s mayor whenever he’s involved he makes whatever it is worse.
His motivation now is stay mayor. Why? He can’t say
Reposted by Matt Hutchins AIA CPHD
A budget amendment from Alexis Mercedes Rinck asks the Office of Sustainability and the Environment to study the replacement of on-street parking spaces with trees.
October 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
A budget amendment from Alexis Mercedes Rinck asks the Office of Sustainability and the Environment to study the replacement of on-street parking spaces with trees.
We’re bringing them back—here is the first of hopefully many sixplexes we build in Spokane!
October 28, 2025 at 10:40 PM
We’re bringing them back—here is the first of hopefully many sixplexes we build in Spokane!
Harrell’s re-election strategy is ‘how dare she.’
Bruce Harrell’s campaign just sent me one of the most out of touch campaign messages I’ve ever received. It says a lot about a person if they think grandparents helping to pay for child care is some kind of scandal. If this is the worst they’ve got on Katie Wilson, that’s practically an endorsement.
October 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Harrell’s re-election strategy is ‘how dare she.’
Big wind just took down a medium sized tree in my front yard, dropping it almost perfectly between the house and our other trees.
October 26, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Big wind just took down a medium sized tree in my front yard, dropping it almost perfectly between the house and our other trees.
"Architects and historians say that it is not unusual for designs to change during a project like this"
No, NYTimes, architects don't say this. This is madness.
The only upside is that he is going to fleece his billionaire simps out of 500 million dollars.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
No, NYTimes, architects don't say this. This is madness.
The only upside is that he is going to fleece his billionaire simps out of 500 million dollars.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Trump's Plans for the East Wing Keep Changing. Here's a Look. (Gift Article)
Here’s what we know about Mr. Trump’s plans to remodel the torn-down East Wing.
www.nytimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
"Architects and historians say that it is not unusual for designs to change during a project like this"
No, NYTimes, architects don't say this. This is madness.
The only upside is that he is going to fleece his billionaire simps out of 500 million dollars.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
No, NYTimes, architects don't say this. This is madness.
The only upside is that he is going to fleece his billionaire simps out of 500 million dollars.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Our passive house 10plex is looking good—omg it is TIGHT!
@lanefab.com —interior single stair+passive house is not for faint of heart design teams/GCs! Requires lots of troubleshooting when deployed on tiny urban lots!
@lanefab.com —interior single stair+passive house is not for faint of heart design teams/GCs! Requires lots of troubleshooting when deployed on tiny urban lots!
October 21, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Our passive house 10plex is looking good—omg it is TIGHT!
@lanefab.com —interior single stair+passive house is not for faint of heart design teams/GCs! Requires lots of troubleshooting when deployed on tiny urban lots!
@lanefab.com —interior single stair+passive house is not for faint of heart design teams/GCs! Requires lots of troubleshooting when deployed on tiny urban lots!
some of Harrell's record:
-miquetoast comp plan, years late, and he hasn't invested one iota of political capital.
-'Low Pollution N'hoods' will take 6-8 years
-Didn't go to bat for Housing Levy/Transpo Levy/social Housing/EDI/bike infra
-weak sauce contract w/SPOG
-miquetoast comp plan, years late, and he hasn't invested one iota of political capital.
-'Low Pollution N'hoods' will take 6-8 years
-Didn't go to bat for Housing Levy/Transpo Levy/social Housing/EDI/bike infra
-weak sauce contract w/SPOG
October 20, 2025 at 2:52 AM
some of Harrell's record:
-miquetoast comp plan, years late, and he hasn't invested one iota of political capital.
-'Low Pollution N'hoods' will take 6-8 years
-Didn't go to bat for Housing Levy/Transpo Levy/social Housing/EDI/bike infra
-weak sauce contract w/SPOG
-miquetoast comp plan, years late, and he hasn't invested one iota of political capital.
-'Low Pollution N'hoods' will take 6-8 years
-Didn't go to bat for Housing Levy/Transpo Levy/social Housing/EDI/bike infra
-weak sauce contract w/SPOG