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Design Review Committee

The City's Design Review Committee is comprised of eleven citizens and practicing professionals who represent a diversity of design and technical professions.  These include:  architecture, landscape architecture, planning, engineering, building, arts, historic preservation, and small business.  Committee 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 Committee 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 Central Business District, the DRC can recommend flexibility from code requirements for the design features outlined in 11.19.198 CBD Review and Approval Process C. Design Flexibility. 

The committee’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.

 

 

During workshops, the committee wants to hear how project proponents are addressing 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

   

2007 Spokane Mayor’s

Urban Design Awards

 

Award Certificate

 

Friends of the Falls Award Certificate

 

2007 Urban Design Awards WINNERS

 

2007 Award Call for Entries

 

 

 

 

Design Review Library

 

Design Review Application

Public Project Guidelines

PUD Guidelines

Downtown Guidelines

Downtown Plan

 

 

Staff Contact

Julie Neff, Urban Designer

Phone: (509) 625-6082

Email: jneff@spokanecity.org

 

 

Design Review Committee Meetings

 

Where:                                             When:

Temporarily - 2B (until further notice)    Design Review Committee regularly meets

2nd Floor, City Hall                             on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each

808 W Spokane Falls Blvd                   month at 5:30 PM

Spokane, WA  99201

 

 

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Created in May of 2003

Last modified: June 19, 2008 11:30 AM