Environmental Works

10/22/2026

Curious about designing supportive spaces? Come tour Plymouth Redmond Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) with us!

AIA Seattle’s Committee on Homelessness (COHO) is hosting a construction tour of Plymouth Housing’s new PSH project in downtown Redmond.

The tour will look at some of the design decisions that are especially important in Permanent Supportive Housing, including how the building directly supports people transitioning out of homelessness - prioritizing dignity, healing, and belonging. We hope to see you there!

$5 Registration

📅Wednesday, November 11 | 2-3pm
✔️1 LU/HSW
🔗Registration link in bio

AIA Seattle Walsh Construction Co. Environmental Works Plymouth Housing

10/21/2026

What a treat to spend a few days in Bozeman with fellow community design centers and colleagues from across the country!

We’re back from ACD49 with lots of ideas, great conversations, and plenty of appreciation for this community of people doing thoughtful, community-centered work in so many different ways.

A HUGE thanks to the Association for Community Design, Montana State University, and everyone who made these inspiring few days possible!

🤓... In maybe our faaaaavorite news of the weekend… Environmental Works is HOSTING ACD50 next year!!
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– Put us in your calendars, folks - we can’t wait to welcome everyone to Seattle in 2027! 🗓️

Association for Community Design

10/16/2026

What an amazing opening day for the skate park! 🥹

10/08/2026

A new look at Plymouth Redmond as construction gets closer to the finish line!!

This aerial video from Walsh Construction Co. shows just how much has changed on site. The new Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) building is now VERY much part of downtown Redmond, just steps from the light rail station 🚊 grocery stores🛒 retail 📚and restaurants🍜!

When it opens, Plymouth Redmond will provide 💯 new homes for people exiting homelessness, along with on-site services for residents. 🏠🫂🙌

Several of us from Environmental Works recently attended Plymouth Housing Keys to Hope luncheon, where we ✨so✨many inspiring messages from Plymouth staff about how important and effective their services are!

It made us reflect on how the design of this project really has done its best to embrace Plymouth’s PSH mission, and we’re so excited to see it moving toward completion by the end of this year.

🚧 And stay tuned — AIA Seattle Committee on Homelessness is hosting a construction tour 👷‍♀️of Plymouth Redmond in November. We’ll be sharing more details soon!

Video courtesy of our amazing partners Walsh Construction Co. 💗

09/23/2026

06/12/2026

Just a year ago, this was an empty lot, and on Tuesday, we joined Island Roots Housing and a packed crowd of community members in Langley to celebrate the completion of Generations Place! - the first new affordable apartments built in Langley in more than 35 years!

It was 💙wonderful🩵 to see so many people gathered around a project that has been shaped and supported by the community from the very beginning.

One thing we kept hearing throughout the event was how much these homes FEEL like Langley. People were so excited to see new homes for local workers and families, but they were also genuinely proud of what had been built. 🏡 🪴 From the planted courtyard winding between the buildings to the artistic details 🐦 🪺 woven throughout the site, there was a lot of appreciation for the care that went into making this place feel at home on the main street.

The celebration closed with a community blessing for the future residents, wishing peace, harmony, prosperity, and joy for the families who will soon call Generations Place home.

A special shoutout to our EW team members Christina and Markus, who were invited to help with the ribbon-cutting. Projects like this take years of dedication from so many people, and it was heartwarming to see them celebrating alongside the community that brought it to life.
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A HUGE congratulations to everyone who helped make Generations Place happen! GenCap Construction Corp. Goosefoot Community Fund Morphology Metal melissakoch Melissa Koch

05/06/2026

Environmental Works took a recent field trip to check out construction progress by at Bryant Manor!

For Environmental Works’ Aaron, Director and Senior Architect, this meaningful project has been nearly 10 years in the making, so getting to walk the site with the team and share it in person was a big moment.

As Aaron put it, “It’s been a real pleasure to share the project with our team—and to introduce them to the Compass crew, who have been doing an amazing job and who we’ve built a strong relationship with over the years.”

Moments like these are a great reminder of how many people carry a project forward over time, and just how much those relationships matter!

This one has been shaped by a LOT of hands over the years, all in support of First A.M.E. Housing’s mission to provide affordable housing in the Central District and help keep families connected to their community.

04/30/2026

We are HIRING!
We have two open roles, and would love to hear from anyone who might be a good fit for our collaborative, community-focused, design team.

SENIOR ARCHITECT: Architect/Project Manager with 20+ years’ experience. This position will be focused on the renovation and rehabilitation of affordable, multi-family housing.

PROJECT ARCHITECT/ MANAGER: Architect/Project Manager with 12-20 years’ experience. This position will be focused on the renovation and rehabilitation of affordable, multi-family housing.

Position details and application instructions can be found here:
https://www.eworks.org/join-our-team

04/28/2026

We’ve had a lot of interest in how we came to reside in Capitol Hill's historic Firestation No. 7! 🚒

As the Seattle DON story shares, it was the result of passionate community action in a city ready to embrace change.

We pulled a few of our favorite flyers and letters from the 1970’s archives that we thought folks would enjoy.

People were organizing, writing, and making it clear that this place, and the organizations it housed, mattered. The neighborhood didn’t want another parking lot! 🌎 🕊️ 🤝 💙

It’s refreshing how direct it all is. Show up. Speak out. Take care of your community.

It’s STILL good advice!

Haven’t had a chance to read the full story yet? Visit the link in our bio

04/22/2026

Earth Day is our BIRTHDAY!

Environmental Works was founded on the very first Earth Day in 1970, built on the idea that caring for our environment is a shared responsibility, and that design can be a tool to grow real community change.

We sat down with the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods to share the story of how we came to occupy Fire Station 7 alongside other community-serving nonprofits, an early chapter that still shapes our work today.

Read the full story from Seattle Department of Neighborhoods, and celebrate 56 years of Environmental Works with us!

Historic Preservation Community Occupation Series – From Surplus to Shared Space: How Neighbors Saved Fire Station 7

https://frontporch.seattle.gov/2026/04/15/from-surplus-to-shared-space-how-neighbors-saved-fire-station-7/