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Early Design Guidance Packet


The City of Seattle's Design Review Board holds Early Design Guidance meetings to determine which of the City's Design Guidelines are most important for the project and its site.

Instructions
An applicant prepares an Early Design Guidance packet in advance of the Early Design Guidance review. 

Information in an Early Design Guidance packet should include:

• statement of the development objectives for the site
• analysis of the urban design opportunities and constraints
• list of the City's design guidelines the applicant thinks are the most important for the project to address
• analysis of the site
• three feasible alternatives architectural concepts including a preferred concept and a code-driven alternative that are presented in the same graphic context
• potential standard development departures

All Early Design Guidance packets should be 11" x 17".

See detailed instructions.

Samples
Below are a few samples of Early Design Guidance packets that are well presented.

Small Projects

	Boylston Ave Condominium (3.0 MB) Type: Residential Address: 1416 Boylston Ave. Project Number: 2501974 Reviewer: Capitol Hill/First Hill/Central District Board Date: July 15, 2005  Architect: Daniel Umbach
	1911 E. Pine Street (4.8 MB) Type: Residential Address: 1911 E. Pine Street Project Number: 3004704 Reviewer: Capitol Hill/First Hill/Central District Board Date: June 14, 2006 Architect: b9 architects inc.

Medium Projects

	1500 E. Madison Street (3.8 MB) Type: Mixed Use Address: 1500 E. Madison St. Project Number: 3003718 Reviewer: Cpital Hill/First Hill/Central District  Board Date: January 18, 2006 Architect: Weinstein A/U
	4515-4525 41st Avenue SW (4 MB) Type: Residential Address: 4515-4525 41st Avenue SW Project Number: 3004618 Reviewer: Southwest Board Date: October 12, 2006 Architect: Nicholson Kovalchick Architect
	Ballard Park Mixed Use (4.9 MB) Type: Mixed Use Address: 5700 24th Ave. NW Project Number: 2306110 Reviewer: Northwest Board Date: January 12, 2004 Architect: Bumgardner

Large Projects

	9th and Cherry (8.3 MB) Type: Mixed Use Address: 710 8th Ave. Project Number: 2407617 Reviewer: Capitol Hill/First Hill/Central District Board Date: March 2, 2005 Architect: Perkins and Will
	2201 9th Avenue (3.0 MB) Type: Mixed Use Address: 2201 9th Ave. Project Number: 2409278 Reviewer: Downtown Board Date: April 12, 2005 Architect: Callison
	12311 32nd Ave (3.1 MB) Type: Mixed Use Address: 12311 32nd Ave. Project Number: 3004734 Reviewer: Northeast Board Date: March 5, 2007 Architect: Runberg Architecture Group

More design proposal packets can be found in the archive.

Drop-Off Submittal Option
Early Design Guidance packets and applications for Early Design Guidance may be submitted via a drop-off process. (See news story.)