At a nexus of busy arterials across from Washington Park Arboretum, Pagliacci's artisan pizzeria and delivery kitchen is a compact composition of glass, dark brick, white stucco, variegated wood and bright signage.

The building received LEED Gold certification in 2013; the first stand-alone pizzeria in Seattle to achieve it.

The decision to reduce environmental impacts through sustainable design came early in the process. The building envelope is 45% more efficient than ASHRAE standard, LED lighting 55% more efficient. Strategically placed windows and skylights minimize lighting loads and maximize daylighting.

Green siting strategies breathed new life into what was otherwise a neglected street corner in the Madison Park neighborhood. The project rehabilitated a former brownfield (the site had been home to both a gas station and dry cleaner) and negotiated project stopping site constraints, including construction in environmentally critical steep slopes and next to a public utility main that crisscrosses the site.