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December 10, 2008
AIA Project of the Month: Mambo Palazzo works a little magic on Queen Anne
A modest renovation and new building, joined at the shoulder, set a new pace along West Galer.
Mambo Palazzo is a free spirit next to its older neighbor, now Cafe Fiore. The street setback works as a garden that is not public, but permeable.
What's there to like in a ragged two-story, 1910 apartment-over shop building that has been through too many remodels? Maybe not a lot — but give it some company.
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Previous columns:
- AIA Project of the Month: 100 years later, a civic dream comes true in South Park, 11-19-2008
- AIA Project of the Month: Tacoma's Stadium High is old, yet brand new, 10-08-2008
- AIA Project of the Month: UW's new Conibear Shellhouse is ‘so Seattle', 09-10-2008
- AIA Project of the Month: North Cascades center lives up to its promises, 08-13-2008
- AIA Project of the Month: Virtual surgery center offers real training for doctors, 07-09-2008
- AIA Project of the Month: Live Aboves: A wise, modest project meets its lofty goals, 05-14-2008
- AIA Project of the Month: Flexibility, durability and a place kids call their own, 04-09-2008
- AIA Project of the Month: The winery gets reinvented in Woodinville, 03-12-2008
