When Northgate Mall—now slated for a big transit-oriented development and hockey practice facility—opened in 1950, it launched a new era in retail architecture, being the first shopping center to be designated a mall. It was all started by John Graham, Jr. He went on to design many other malls throughout the world.

Victor Steinbrueck and Paul Hayden Kirk—another prominent midcentury Seattle architect—designed this faculty club overlooking Lake Washington in 1960. Both were graduates of the UW architecture program.

Louisa Boren Park—originally Viewpoint Park— was a collaboration between groundbreaking landscape architect Richard Haag, who also headed up the adaptive reuse of Gas Works Park, and Victor Steinbrueck.

John Graham, Jr. designed this iconic duo of round towers, both the original 1969 tower—when it was named the Washington Plaza Hotel—and its sibling in 1982, shortly after it was renamed the Westin.

The park now bears the name of its architect, but when Victor Steinbrueck designed it (again, teamed up with Richard Haag), it was called Market Park. That came a couple of decades after a massive historic preservation movement led by Steinbrueck, which saved the Market from demolition and created the Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority.

Near the West Seattle Junction, the 1948-built West Seattle Bowl is a holdout from a different bowling era, complete with wooden lanes. There have been some updates in recent years, but the building maintains a vintage vibe inside—originally designed by John T. Ridley.