Michael Eliason

Michael Eliason is an architect and founder of Larch Lab, an architecture and planning firm. He is also a researcher, writer, urbanist, and licensed architect based in Seattle. Michael has sixteen years of experience in the built environment and has worked in the U.S. and Germany. His writing and collaborations have been featured in Treehugger, Archinect, the Urbanist, Sightline Institute, the Seattle Times, Crosscut (Seattle), and City Observatory (Portland). He has been a guest critic and lecturer at several institutions and has presented internationally, and been featured on podcasts.

Building for People

Designing Livable, Affordable, Low-Carbon Communities

Picture a beautiful, green neighborhood where most of your needs could be met by walking, rolling, or accessing transit. There is a diversity of housing types with abundant affordable and middle-income options. Schools, services, and pedestrianized streets make the neighborhood family friendly. As cities turn brownfields into green fields and look to maximize public investment in transit and infrastructure, ecodistricts are the answer.