DIMENSION
DIMENSION lot size building size location primary project type
25,920 square feet 339,974 square feet 225 Cedar St, Seattle, WA 98121 residential - multifamily
DIMENSION seattle, wa 339.974 SF
Dimension provides generous design gestures that anchor a collection of high-impact residential towers the central Belltown neighborhood and strengthen pedestrian connections to Seattle Center, Tillicum Place, and Downtown Seattle. The design of the mixed-use, multi-family project is based on modernist principles. The building aesthetics are based on its purpose, its location, and accommodation of its intended users. The technology of the building is founded on economy of materials and logic. Dimension is a beautiful composition of necessities. It responds to the rules of zoning, the opportunity of the site, and the interests of urban-minded renters. Its design reflects urban life in Seattle - cool but not burdened by current day trends.
At 240-feet tall, the building mass is large, yet it does not overwhelm its context. The tower’s accentuated verticality against the modulated massing at the base creates scale which relates to the neighborhood. The most dramatic architectural gesture of the building is the angled west façade. This improves the massing relationship to the neighboring buildings and increases views to Elliott Bay. The angled façade extends from the base of the building to the full height and creates a slender profile enhanced by the use of colorful bay windows that organize the building setbacks, add visual interest, and produce valuable floor space within the apartments. Immediately above the street level is a series of terraces sheathed in a dark brick facing that is a direct visual gesture to small-scale brick apartments in the neighborhood. A series of setbacks produce scale and visual interest much like the buildings in other dense, urban cities; terraces for common and private use at the setback levels have an urban trellis form that also enhance the visual interest in the transition. The rooftop plaza is open on all sides to stunning views to the Sound, Space Needle, and surrounding urban village.
LAKE UNION
DENNY WAY
ST
5T
BR O
AD
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H
AV E ST
CL
AY
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99
4T
AV E
VI
NE
DIMENSION
3R ST
MERCER WAY
DA R
ST AV E
L
T
W AL
1S
AV E
AV E
ST
B
BE LL
ST
AD
O BR
ST
E DENNY WAY
BA TT
DENNY WAY
ER Y
W AL
L
DENNY PARK OLYMPIC SCULPTURE PARK
CAPITOL HILL ST
VI
NE
ST
SEATTLE CENTER
D
CE
SOUTH LAKE UNION
D
2N
DIMENSION
I-5
BELLTOWN
DOWNTOWN CORE
FIRST HILL N
N N
green
street
setba ck
LEVEL 3-6
ROOF LEVEL
LEVEL 2
LEVEL 14-26
LEVEL 1
LEVEL 7-13
240’ P
P
L
L
SEATTLE HEIGHTS BEYOND
GREEN STREET SETBACK
P
P
L
L
125’
85’ 65’
FUTURE DEVELOPMENT
RITE AID
RESIDENTIAL
RETAIL/ RESIDENTIAL LOBBY CEDAR STREET
VINE STREET PARKING
25,920 square feet 339,974 square feet 225 Cedar St, Seattle, WA 98121 residential - multifamily
DIMENSION seattle, wa 339.974 SF
Dimension provides generous design gestures that anchor a collection of high-impact residential towers the central Belltown neighborhood and strengthen pedestrian connections to Seattle Center, Tillicum Place, and Downtown Seattle. The design of the mixed-use, multi-family project is based on modernist principles. The building aesthetics are based on its purpose, its location, and accommodation of its intended users. The technology of the building is founded on economy of materials and logic. Dimension is a beautiful composition of necessities. It responds to the rules of zoning, the opportunity of the site, and the interests of urban-minded renters. Its design reflects urban life in Seattle - cool but not burdened by current day trends.
At 240-feet tall, the building mass is large, yet it does not overwhelm its context. The tower’s accentuated verticality against the modulated massing at the base creates scale which relates to the neighborhood. The most dramatic architectural gesture of the building is the angled west façade. This improves the massing relationship to the neighboring buildings and increases views to Elliott Bay. The angled façade extends from the base of the building to the full height and creates a slender profile enhanced by the use of colorful bay windows that organize the building setbacks, add visual interest, and produce valuable floor space within the apartments. Immediately above the street level is a series of terraces sheathed in a dark brick facing that is a direct visual gesture to small-scale brick apartments in the neighborhood. A series of setbacks produce scale and visual interest much like the buildings in other dense, urban cities; terraces for common and private use at the setback levels have an urban trellis form that also enhance the visual interest in the transition. The rooftop plaza is open on all sides to stunning views to the Sound, Space Needle, and surrounding urban village.
LAKE UNION
DENNY WAY
ST
5T
BR O
AD
H
H
AV E ST
CL
AY
ST
99
4T
AV E
VI
NE
DIMENSION
3R ST
MERCER WAY
DA R
ST AV E
L
T
W AL
1S
AV E
AV E
ST
B
BE LL
ST
AD
O BR
ST
E DENNY WAY
BA TT
DENNY WAY
ER Y
W AL
L
DENNY PARK OLYMPIC SCULPTURE PARK
CAPITOL HILL ST
VI
NE
ST
SEATTLE CENTER
D
CE
SOUTH LAKE UNION
D
2N
DIMENSION
I-5
BELLTOWN
DOWNTOWN CORE
FIRST HILL N
N N
green
street
setba ck
LEVEL 3-6
ROOF LEVEL
LEVEL 2
LEVEL 14-26
LEVEL 1
LEVEL 7-13
240’ P
P
L
L
SEATTLE HEIGHTS BEYOND
GREEN STREET SETBACK
P
P
L
L
125’
85’ 65’
FUTURE DEVELOPMENT
RITE AID
RESIDENTIAL
RETAIL/ RESIDENTIAL LOBBY CEDAR STREET
VINE STREET PARKING
