Dead zones expand in the Gulf of Mexico and on Oregon coast
Scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced last week that the dead zones...
Oregon's Bootleg Fire is creating its own weather
Usually, weather conditions influence how wildfires behave. But southern Oregon’s massive Bootleg Fire is so...
PSU’s LEED Platinum School of Business features regionally sourced timber
Downtown Portland’s reputation for sustainability has been elevated yet again with Portland State University’s...
Oregon State University building on a reclaimed mine targets net-zero energy
Seattle-based SRG Partnership has unveiled designs for Edward J. Ray Hall, a new Oregon State University Cascades...
LEED Gold Columbia Building cleans stormwater runoff with green roofs
When Portland-based Skylab Architecture was asked by the City of Portland’s Bureau of Environmental Services...
LEED Gold-targeted Knight Campus advances scientific innovation
The University of Oregon recently welcomed the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact,...
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...
