SAR+’s Sean Jursnick Explores the Rise of Point Access Blocks in Seattle
Check out this article by SAR+’s Sean Jursnick, AIA exploring the innovative “Seattle Special” housing style (AKA Point Access Blocks).
Built in 1978 with a view of Seattle’s historic Pike Place Market, the Pike and Virginia Building (figure 1) initiated a housing style unique to US cities. Locally dubbed the Seattle Special, this type of housing is a multifamily dwelling built up to six stories in height, constructed with a small footprint on an urban lot, also known as an infill lot, and served by a single staircase.
Read more from Sean’s article for George Mason University here.
If you haven’t heard about the Denver Single Stair Housing Challenge, check out the competition website here. There’s still time to register!
