Eleanor Apartments

The 260-unit Eleanor Apartments is located a block from a future light rail station in Seattle’s Roosevelt neighborhood. A century earlier, natural and man-made forces profoundly affected the neighborhood’s old growth forest. The building design expressly celebrates the motion of water. The scale and traffic noise from Interstate 5, which is adjacent to the site, provides a distinct counterpoint to the tranquility of the surrounding single-family neighborhood. The Eleanor responds to this urban condition with the use of two distinct residential buildings. The east building breaks down the scale of the structure, acknowledging the single-family residences nearby, while the larger form of the west building expresses movement while sheltering the courtyard and east building from the freeway.

  • Client

    Mack Urban
  • Status

    Completed 2016
  • Total SF

    305,536
  • Residential SF

    191,111
  • Residential Units

    260
  • Certifications

    LEED Gold Certification

  • Partners

    • Compass Construction
    • Coughlin Porter Lundeen
    • Hewitt
    • Mercedes Fernandez Interior Design
    • 4EA Building Science
    • Rushing
    • O’Brien360
    • A3 Acoustics

Rainwater collected from the roof runs through exposed downspouts and open runnels around the site, recalling historic streams that once ran through the neighborhood.