Oregon’s Out’n'About Treehouse ‘Treesort’ has the World’s Highest Concentration of Treehouses

Vintage Trailer Transformed Into Adorable Holiday Hair Studio in Portland

‘Washed Ashore’ Sculptures of Marine Life are Made from the Debris That Endangers Them

KEEN Footwear Opens Factory Just 5 Miles from Its Oregon Headquarters

KEEN Footwear is going green and helping out its local economy by opening a new 15,000-square-foot facility just five miles from its headquarters. The decision to build the facility, which is located on

Olson Kundig Glass Farmhouse Floats on Oregon’s Wheat Fields

Facebook Shares Multimillion Dollar Specs Behind Its New Energy Efficient Data Center

Facebook spent tens of millions of dollars developing a super energy efficient data center, the specifications of which will now be available to whoever wants it. Following the success of open source

Core77.com Launches Their First Flagship Retail Store!

Any design buff knows that the best place outside of Inhabitat to get to scoop on all the hottest new industrial designs is Core77. As huge fans of the site, we were more than thrilled to hear that this

DOE Loans to Make Nevada the “Saudi Arabia of Geothermal Energy”

Of all the ‘mainstream’ forms of renewable energy, it seems that geothermal power is always left in the shadows compared to solar and wind power. However, that looks set to change with news

Portland to Get 250ft Vertical Garden With Vegetated Fins

Vertical gardens are nothing new — avid readers of Inhabitat may even remember PNC Bank’s announcement that it completed North America’s largest living wall back in September — but

The Sage Residence: Super High Scoring LEED Platinum Home

LEED residences are becoming a standard item these days, but this particular residence hit our radar because of the high LEED score and its stunning appearance. The Sage Residence in Eugene, Oregon was

PREFAB FRIDAY: ‘Watershed’ Sustainable Writer’s Retreat

It’s easy to see how inspiration takes hold in ‘Watershed’ – a 100 square foot writer’s retreat in Oregon that is as sustainable as it is engaging. Commissioned by a well-known nature

INTEGRATING HABITATS Design Competition

Out of a pilot program called the Wild Urbanism design studio at the University of Oregon’s Department of Architecture comes Integrating Habitats, an open design competition focused on the interface

ECOTOPIA!

For those of you in the New York area, this is your last chance to see the Ecotopia exhibit currently on view at the International Center For Photography in Manhattan. In a time of rampant natural