A Renovation Saves Michael Graves' Portland Building
DLR Group and contractor Howard S. Wright bring sweeping changes to the Postmodern landmark.
Author: Brian Libby
A Colorful Portland Prototype Reinvents the SRO
Argyle Gardens, the nation’s first affordable housing project to open during the pandemic, was designed by Holst Architecture to also be replicable.
Mahlum Architects' New Office is the First Living Building–Certified Project in Portland
By following rigorous LBC guidelines, the group has turned the location into a model of its organizational values, including sustainable design.
How Hacker Architects Put a Middle School on the Path to Net Zero
The Gilkey International Middle School in Portland, Oregon, makes the most of its forest site, harnessing natural light, fresh air, and biophilia.
"Origami" Artfully Reimagines an Overlooked Housing Type
With Origami, Portland, Oregon’s missing-middle housing stock takes shape.
Using CLT, Hacker Architects Helps Connect a Workplace to Its Surrounding Nature Preserve
The First Tech Federal Credit Union office—at five stories and 156,000 square feet—became America’s largest CLT-framed building by area when it opened this past summer.
Super-Sustainable Addition to Business School Quickly Becomes Center of Portland State Campus
Even more than its newly renovated home and an expansion next door, the Karl Miller Center’s five-story atrium gives Portland State University a sense of place.
Skylab Architecture Designs a Unique Tower/Podium Hybrid in Portland
The luxury mixed-use development, dubbed the Yard, is leading Portland’s east side into a taller future—and a citywide conversation.
Compact Comfort
Ziba’s JumpSeat elegantly bridges a design gap between folding chairs and theater seats.
Tribal Plan
Holst Architecture shapes new offices to reflect Ziba’s unique culture of design.
Follow the LEEDer
Portland’s Gerding Edlen Development continues to break new ground in green design.
Tokyo Style
Uniqlo hires Japan’s hottest retail designer to apply his distinctive brand of showmanship to the company’s new Soho flagship store.
The Art of Compromise
A LEED Platinum rehab in Portland finds a balance between preservation and sustainability.
Kyoto’s Adaptive Advice
An international conference focuses on practical designs for aging societies.
Going the Google Route
The challenge was a relatively simple one: take the bus near my home in southeast Portland, Oregon, across the Willamette River to a laboratory just north of downtown on Naito Parkway, about five miles away. I was to plan the…
Feathering the Office
Artist Patrick Dougherty builds a nest where Portland creatives can hatch new ideas.
Returning to Its Roots
With a new block-size park by Herbert Dreiseitl, Portland restores a piece of its natural environment.
Hilton Aims to Become First LEED-Rated Hotel
Of the hundreds of building projects that have earned the U.S. Green Building Council’s coveted Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating since the program’s inception in 2000, not one has been a hotel. But the new Hilton Vancouver…
Paint by Letters
Architect Randy Higgins makes over a Portland art school with a fresh coat of paint.
Is China Ready to Embrace Sustainability?
Over the next two decades, China’s urban population is projected to increase by 250 million people; these city dwellers use up to 3.5 times more energy than rural denizens. Yet China has relatively few fuel resources, and burning coal—its most…
