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Urban
Design/Design Review
Design Review Board
The City's Design Review
Board is comprised of citizens and practicing professionals
who represent a diversity of design and technical professions.
These include: architecture, landscape architecture, planning,
engineering, arts, and real estate development.
Board members are nominated by the Mayor, appointed by City Council,
and serve without compensation.
How we can help you
The City of Spokane recognizes that the best design solutions involve
creative responses to multiple factors including a site, its
surroundings, community goals, and project goals. The Urban Design
Office and the Design Review Board are advocates for design
excellence in Spokane. We work to protect and enhance Spokane’s quality
of life by helping applicants interpret the spirit and intent of the
City’s adopted codes, policies, and design guidelines for
projects requiring design review.
Additionally, in the Downtown, the DRB can recommend
flexibility from code requirements for the design features outlined in
the design standards found in
SMC
17C.124 Downtown Zones.
The Board’s recommendations for projects requiring design review, as
well as for those seeking flexibility from code requirements, will be
forwarded to the appropriate hearing or permitting official.
When preparing an application for design review, project proponents are
encouraged to consider the following objectives:
Quality
How will your
project help raise the bar in Spokane?
Context
How does your proposal show respect for its
surroundings and the neighborhood?
Character
Thoughtful design
- how will the design of your project contribute to an endearing
community character?
Connections
How does your proposal contribute to building a district or
neighborhood? How does it recognize, respond,
and build relationships - visual, historical, and social? How
does it accommodate pedestrian connections?
More information can be found at
Design Review's FAQ
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Spokane Mayor's Urban Design Awards
2009 Award Recipients
Announced by Mayor Verner and Rod Butler, DRB Chair
at the September 14, 2009, Spokane City Council Meeting.
2007 Award Recipients
Announced by Mayor Hession at the September 24, 2007,
Spokane City Council Meeting.
Award Criteria:
2009 Call for Entries
The awards are a bi-annual event. The next Call for
Entries will be announced in the spring of 2011.
Julie Neff, Urban Designer
Phone: (509) 625-6082
Email:
jneff@spokanecity.org
Design Review Library
Effective 1/16/2010
2010 DRB Application Handbook
2010 Downtown Design Guidelines
2009 Downtown Character Area Considerations
Public Project Guidelines
Making Better Places: Ten City Design Resolutions - SpeckTenResolutions
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