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Organic Architecture Continues to Bloom in Portland

Robert Harvey Oshatz has been practicing out of Portland since 1971 and soon the city will welcome the architect’s first subdivision—The Royal Five—designed to feel “like a bouquet of flowers.”

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Portland’s Carnegie Libraries Reopen as Community Anchors

LEVER’s transformations of the Albina and North Portland libraries expand their civic role—pairing preservation with cultural investment and community-led design.

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Julia West House Offers Permanent Supportive Housing to Portland’s Elderly

The 12-story tower designed by Holst Architecture is also the state’s tallest mass timber building.

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The New Portland Art Museum’s Rothko Pavilion Favors Connection

The glass-ensconced expansion acts as a transparent crossroads between the museum’s two historic buildings while preserving a pedestrian pathway. 

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Forest to Frame: Why Portland’s Airport is a New Milestone for Mass Timber

Beneath a nine-acre prefab wood roof and dozens of skylights, PDX’s tree-lined terminal designed by ZGF Architects is a marvel of material sourcing and construction.

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This Mass Timber Office Tower Was Assembled Like a Giant IKEA Set

Waechter Architecture’s mixed-use, mass-timber office in Portland, Oregon, was prefabricated in a factory in Austria, flat-packed, and set up on site.

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Portland’s Beebe Skidmore Architects Serves up Housing with a Twist

Combining a new building and old house into one co-living development, The Outpost achieves affordability, preservation, and community through density.

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Hacker Architects Is Rethinking How Libraries Serve People

In a suburb of Portland, Oregon, the Ledding Library not only lends books, but also objects such as weed-whackers and air fryers.

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Path Architecture Builds a Modern, Mass Timber Answer to Assisted Living

A 70-unit apartment complex in Portland combines barrier-free design, eco-friendly construction, and a focus on human connections for active seniors.

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LEVER Architecture’s Meyer Memorial Trust HQ Balances Equity and Sustainability

A LEED Platinum-rated design was just the start. At the Meyer Memorial Trust headquarters, progress comes on many fronts.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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“Origami” Artfully Reimagines an Overlooked Housing Type

With Origami, Portland, Oregon’s missing-middle housing stock takes shape.

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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.