Hood River’s mixed-use Outpost achieves industrial chic with mass timber
About an hour west of Portland, Oregon, a stretch of post-industrial waterfront along the Hood River has been revitalized...
Portland welcomes first Living Building Challenge project
Pacific Northwest architecture firm Mahlum has made history with the certification of its new architecture...
Wedge-shaped Sideyard champions CLT construction
When Portland, Oregon reconfigured the roadways in the Central Eastside community, a 9,000-square-foot berm space...
A pair of industrial buildings are reborn as a creative office in Portland
In Northwest Portland, two former industrial structures have been given a new lease on life as Redfox Commons,...
Historic schoolhouse is reborn into a contemporary hotel in the Columbia River Gorge
Historic preservation meets modern hospitality design in The Society Hotel in the Columbia River Gorge, a new 20,000-square-foot...
A young couple creates a dreamy Scandinavian-inspired yurt home in Oregon
When filmmaker Zach Both decided to hit pause on his itinerant lifestyle after three years on the road in a self-converted...
A 1940s cottage is transformed into a solar-powered Hanok-inspired home
Portland-based collaborative design practice Woofter Architecture has recently completed the expansion and renovation...
LEED Platinum home generates net-positive energy in Oregon
Built for clients who wanted a home with minimal site impact, the Live Edge residence is an environmentally friendly...
Bottle recycling in Oregon hits 90 percent record high
Oregon is seeing record-breaking recycling rates for their progressive movement dating back to 1971. As the first...
This green-roofed home for a master gardener embraces nature
Tapped to design a home for a master gardener in Portland, Oregon, Olson Kundig crafted the Country Garden House,...
Oregon initiates first modern statewide refillable glass bottle system in the US
At the beginning of the century, refillable bottles were the only option when you purchased a beer or soda from...
Hood River retreat boasts minimal environmental impact
Lovers of the Columbia River Gorge will swoon over this beautiful vacation retreat perched right on Neal Creek,...
The largest solar farm apiary in the US opens this week
An important feature of permaculture is the concept of stacking functions, or finding multiple uses for the same...
Metal-clad Treehouse for “no-commute lifestyles” mimics Portland’s forests
With projects like LEVER Architecture’s recently completed Treehouse, it’s little wonder Portland, Ore. scores...
Ryan Zinke recommends shrinking two more national monuments
United States Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke has recommended that two more national monuments in the West...
Hundreds of organisms hitch a ride from Japan to Oregon on waves of plastic trash
Japanese marine animals have hitched a ride all the way to the United States with unlikely help from plastic garbage....
Staggered volumes help make Portland’s Slate building an energy-efficient marvel
Portland, Oregon's new mixed-use development, known as Slate, consists of a shifting stack of volumes that reflect...
Kengo Kuma just unveiled his first U.S. home in Portland, Oregon
Acclaimed architect Kengo Kuma has crafted a stunning cross-cultural home that combines the best of American modern...
Oozing hagfish spill covers Oregon highway with slime
These images aren't from a horror show in which alien creatures paralyze highways and melt cars wherever they fall...
Nation’s tallest timber building to rise in Portland
The nation’s tallest wooden high-rise will soon take shape in Portland, Oregon. Funded by a $1.5 million-dollar...
Snøhetta unveils spectacular makeover for nation’s second-largest waterfall
The nation’s second largest waterfall by volume will soon reopen to the public for the first time in over 150...
Oregon Ducks hit a home run with über-green Jane Sanders Stadium
The Oregon Ducks hit a home run recently with the addition of the Jane Sanders Stadium, a svelte new home for the...
Desert Rain House in Oregon is one of the greenest homes in the world
There's a new contender for the world's greenest home: Desert Rain House in Bend, Oregon. Designed by Tozer Design,...
Judge greenlights kids’ climate change lawsuit against US govt
Kids may not be able to vote, but they are finding other ways to hold government leaders accountable for their...
Video captures vandals toppling 18-million-year-old sandstone formation in Oregon
An iconic sandstone formation on the Oregon coast known as “the duckbill” is no more, after a group of vandals...
Basecamp tiny home boasts a large rooftop deck for mountain-climbing couple and 3 dogs
Tina and Luke moved from Massachusetts across the country to Oregon to build their tiny house and start Backcountry...
Oregon and California sea star populations rebound 2 years after devastating viral outbreak
Two years ago, scientists were baffled by a massive sea star die-off off the coast of California. A viral disease,...
How design humanizes patients’ experience at the St Charles Bend Cancer Center
The architects set out to create a design that humanizes healthcare facilities by bringing relaxation and serenity...
The world’s first all-vegan supermarket chain is coming to Portland
Shopping while vegan can be tough: in conventional supermarkets, you're lucky to have a tiny section dedicated...
Couple turns a 40-foot-tall fire lookout into a spectacular off-grid home
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkArlRbA9VM Though they’ve spotted fires from their lofty home before, Tompkins...