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Design Review Program
Boards: West

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West Board Members

Jill Kurfirst
Position: Community Representative
Term: First
Term expires: April 4, 2012
 
Jill Kurfirst 2010 Design Review BoardJill has 29 years of experience in creating commercial and multifamily residential developments with companies such as Stratford, Triad, Intracorp and as an architect for firms such as DKA, RTKL and Callison. She has strong communication skills, excellent analytical abilities, and a thorough knowledge of what it takes to meet challenging urban issues. She builds consensus among stakeholders so we can work towards meeting common goals. As an Architect, Developer and LEED Accredited Professional she makes environmentally sensible solutions a real priority. She served on DPD’s ad hoc committee to determine how to best incorporate greener building standards into density incentives as part of the rezoning of Seattle’s downtown. She worked closely with the Roosevelt Neighborhood Association to effectively organize city council, mayoral, and Sound Transit committee support to meet their goal to have the light rail station located on the 12th Ave NE corridor. For the last 4 years, she has participated with the International Sustainable Solutions to travel to other cities with developers and City planners, council members, and transportation staff to experience and bring back ideas to improve Seattle’s sustainability as a world class city. She has a Master of Architecture from the University of Washington and a Bachelor of Science from MIT.. 

Lipika Mukerji
Position: Design Professional Representative
Term: Second
Term expires: April 4, 2013
 
Lipika Mukerji Design Review Board

Lipika Mukerji is an architect who has worked at LMN Architects. Prior to LMN, she has worked at Perkins Will, Robert Harrison and PLACE Architects, all in Seattle. She also has worked at architectural design firms in London. She focuses on green building and use of green technology in architecture. She is a registered architect, LEED accredited professional, and is a board member and treasurer of the Association of Women in Architecture Seattle. She holds a Masters and Bachelors degree in architecture from the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.

 

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Position: TBD
Term: First 
Term expires: April 4, 2013
 
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David Delfs
Position: Local Residential Representative
Term: Second
Term expires: April 4, 2013
 
David Delfs Design Review Board

David Delfs is a real-estate investor and developer. He is a project manager for CDB General Contractors, which specializes in custom residential projects and small to mid-size commercial projects. He is a long time resident of Queen Anne and served on the Queen Anne Community Council, including its Land Use Review and Planning Committees. He set up a committee to capture community input and write Queen Anne-specific Design Review guidelines. He was a member of the Picture Perfect Queen Anne and Bicycle Alliance of Washington, and was a founding member of Sustainable Queen Anne. He earned an MBA from Seattle University and a BA from the University of Iowa.

 

Mindy Black
Position: Local Business Representative
Term: First
Term expires: April 4, 2013
 
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A long time resident of Queen Anne, and professional working in the South Lake Union neighborhood – areas covered by the Queen Anne Board – Mindy is a Senior Associate and Project Manager with Weber Thompson, where she has worked since 1999. Before moving to Seattle, Mindy served on the Telluride, Colorado Historic and Architectural Review Commission where she helped write Telluride’s “Design Guidelines”. She has been Weber Thompson’s representative to the Master Builders of King County since 2002 and remains active in preservation issues through Historic Seattle and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Mindy is a graduate of the University Of Oregon School Of Architecture where she was awarded a travel scholarship to Croatia. 


 

Last Updated:

January 13, 2012

Upcoming Project Reviews
Each of the seven Design Review Boards meets twice a month. See the upcoming schedule. 

Past Meetings

Search the past meetings to find design proposals and reports of project reviews.

Digital Submissions
Applicants must provide a .pdf file of their design proposals to DPD ten calendar days in advance of a board meeting. Download the instructions. Ready to send? Submit your .pdf file.

Design Guidelines

Thirty design review guidelines for multifamily and commercial buildings--along with neighborhood-specific supplements--form the backbone of the City's Design Review Program in Seattle's neighborhoods. Separate guidelines govern downtown development.

In early 2012, DPD will be updating the design guidelines for multifamily and commercial development.

Gallery of Great Examples

5th and Bell
See the 5th and Bell project and other great examples of projects that were developed through the Design Review process.

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