About Us

Who We Are

The Seattle Architecture Foundation enhances the public’s awareness of and engagement with the built environment through educational programs and collaboration with community partners. 

Learn more about SAF at our website:  SeattleArchitecture.org

Exhibit History 

The Seattle Architecture Foundation’s first model exhibit, “Inhabitable Sculpture”, was produced by a volunteer committee in 1998 as a program of AIA’s Seattle Architecture Week. Featured models included the Experience Music Project, Seahawks Stadium (CenturyLink Field), and Safeco Field (T-Mobile Stadium). Initially produced as a way to spotlight new Seattle buildings with traditional 3D models and drawings, the exhibit has morphed to include abstract-sculptural, digital, and even VR pieces. 

The model exhibit has been free and open to the public for over two decades, allowing everyone a chance to peer inside the design process and see how their city gets made. Small but mighty, the exhibit has explored big themes like adaptation, accessibility, sustainability and density but always with a PNW lens. The exhibit is a community endeavor and wouldn’t be possible without the many volunteers, participants, sponsors, and attendees who’ve supported it throughout the years. 

See past exhibits below.