Design Beyond Borders: McEvoy and Dupont Apartments
SERA Architects has designed a mass-timber development with 365 affordable housing units for a site in San Jose, California.
Design Beyond Borders: W San Francisco hotel renovation
Skylab Architecture recently designed an update for a 21-year-old hotel. The work involved nearly all of the guest rooms, event spaces and conference rooms.
Design Beyond Borders: San Francisco mixed-use building
A speculative 310,000-square-foot office building designed for property at Pier 70 will feature cross-laminated timber.
Design Beyond Borders: boutique ski hotel
A 30-room boutique ski hotel in Northern Idaho was designed by Skylab Architecture as a modern take on the ski lodge.
Design Beyond Borders: California pension headquarters
ZGF Architects is designing an expanded headquarters for the California State Teachers Retirement System in West Sacramento, California.
Design Beyond Borders: performing arts center
Texas Christian University is spending $53 million to build a performing arts facility on its campus’ eastern edge, where a parking lot sits currently.
Design Beyond Borders: Seattle mixed-use building
A new hotel is in the works near Seattle’s iconic Pike Place Market.
Design Beyond Borders: creative arts center
Several arts groups in San Jose, California, are getting a new home thanks to the efforts of Ankrom Moisan Architects and a nonprofit named SVCreates.
Design Beyond Borders: California office building
ZGF Architects is designing a $274 million office building to house California state employees in Sacramento.
Design Beyond Borders: Texas A&M building
When Texas A&M University officials sought to expand facilities to accommodate a growing student body, they looked to the same firm that had helped Oregon State University officials do the same: Bora Architects.
Design Beyond Borders: university arena
Opsis Architecture is designing a new basketball arena for the University of Idaho. The 4,700-seat facility will replace the ASUI Kibbie Activity Center, commonly called the Kibbie Dome, as the basketball team’s home.
Design Beyond Borders: Marea Alta
Ankrom Moisan Architects has designed Marea Alta -- an affordable housing development in San Leandro, California.
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- Oregon opens infrastructure grant program
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- 31-unit multifamily project in Portland land use review intakes | Aug. 3, 2026
- $2.4 million office renovation in Portland building permits | Aug. 3, 2026
- Transportation commission weighs ODOT budget cuts
- Lam Research planning $1.7 billion investment in Tualatin
- Pacific Northwest projects totaling $10.6 million in top bidders | July 31, 2026
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