Ex-industrial building becoming creative office space
A 97-year-old single-story warehouse slightly north of Portland’s Pearl District has received several renovations over the years. The latest one might be the most extensive.
Thumbs-up for Portland sky-bridge proposal
The Design Commission on Thursday OK'd a plan for a structure that would connect an existing residential building with a new one.
Affordable housing units’ arrival celebrated
The Louisa Flowers -- the largest affordable housing development to arrive in Multnomah County in the past half century -- is now open in Lloyd.
Ex-theater space converted into bookstore
A Japanese retail chain has expanded into a downtown Portland space that formerly was used for performing arts.
A conversation with LRS Architects President Trish Nixon
The 91ÊÓÆµ recently spoke with Trish Nixon about her new role with Portland's third-largest architecture firm, her career and the industry as a whole.
Architecture and engineering employment continues to surge
A decade past a devastating recession that halted construction projects around the country, local architecture firms are hitting something of a peak.
High-end senior housing complex Springs up
A McMinnville-based developer is bringing to Lake Oswego a five-story, 216-unit building to serve active seniors.
Portland architecture firm reportedly set to dissolve
After nearly 20 years in business, Myhre Group Architects will soon shut down, according to a former client.
Materials library provides a broad selection
A young, Portland-based company is aiming to be a ‘technology flywheel’ to facilitate critical connections for the building industry.
Mass timber to suit a mass of housing units
Construction is under way in Hillsboro on a highly significant cross-laminated timber project.
Pearl District affordable housing is Vibrant!
Vibrant!, a 12-story mixed-use tower on a quarter-block at the northwest corner of Northwest 14th Avenue and Raleigh Street in the Pearl District, opened last week.
Gearing up for conversion to creative office space
An upcoming adaptive reuse project will convert a former machine shop slightly north of the Pearl District into a creative office space with nods to the building’s industrial past.
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