Rafters and Ribbon: A New Home for Blu Dot in Portland
Blu Dot’s Portland showroom by Waechter Architecture combines historic craft and contemporary curves—much like the furniture company’s aesthetic.
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A Renovation Saves Michael Graves' Portland Building
DLR Group and contractor Howard S. Wright bring sweeping changes to the Postmodern landmark.
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.
A Historic Portland Building Turns Over a New Leaf—as a Stylish Hostel
In addition to restoring its Art Deco details, KEX Portland's design team infused the space with a cool Icelandic vibe.
"Origami" Artfully Reimagines an Overlooked Housing Type
With Origami, Portland, Oregon’s missing-middle housing stock takes shape.
Sumptuous Textures and a Rich Material Palette Define Portland's New Woodlark Hotel
R&A Architecture + Design transformed two historic buildings to create the new 150‐room boutique hotel in downtown Portland, Oregon.
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.
In the Wake of Inclusionary Housing, What Needs to Happen Next in Portland
In the Portland offices of TVA Architects, Metropolis’s director of design innovation Susan S. Szenasy led a lively discussion on healthy solutions to affordable housing.
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.
Pacific Northwest Design: How Abundant Natural Beauty And Rich Cultural Exchange Shaped a Region
An ambitious culture of craft and design lies amid the region's internationally successful creators of computer code and yoga pants.
Portland's ADX: A Makerspace with Urban Ambitions
The founder of Portland's ADX on sharing, hard work, and the next generation of makers
Beyond DIY: How a Small Portland Factory Is Leading a New Makers Movement
Spooltown combines craft with factory scales of production.
How New Architecture Is Pointing the Way to Portland 2.0
Two recent projects by Portland-based Lever Architecture gesture towards the city's future.
Inside PIE, Portland's Latest Experiment in Tech Incubation
An innovative tech incubator that occupies a surprising niche in the city's downtown
