PerFORM competition focuses on net-zero building design
This is the second year for Hammer & Hand’s perFORM Building Design Competition, which is open to architecture students and interns.
Finalists named for riverfront path design
Three teams are still in the running to design a public path through the former Blue Heron Paper Co. mill site in Oregon City.
Seattle architect Robert Hull dies in South Africa
Seattle architect Robert Hull, who created a nationally recognized style of Pacific Northwest regional design, died Monday from complications caused by a stroke he had while on sabbatical in South Africa.
Vancouver library set to open, but without its neighbors
The Vancouver Community Library will open soon, but the buildings planned around it in an original master plan have been delayed indefinitely.
Photos: Vancouver Community Library
The Vancouver Community Library, a five-story, 83,000-square-foot structure, will open July 17. The building was designed by Miller Hull Partnership and constructed by Howard S. Wright.
Miller Hull designs Olympia industrial center
The LOTT Clean Water Alliance’s new Regional Services Center in Olympia, Wash., next to the city’s sewage treatment plant, breaks the mold of a typical industrial center with spaces that actively engage the public.
Oregon Sustainability Center meets its Seattle cousin
The Oregon Sustainability Center, still being developed in Portland, is expected to be a superlative accomplishment for American green building. Meanwhile, another Pacific Northwest project – the Cascadia Center for […]
Miller Hull Partnership designs Fort Vancouver Regional Library
A four-story, 90,000-square-foot structure designed by Miller Hull Partnership of Seattle will provide three times as much space as the Fort Vancouver Regional Library has now, and will include indoor and outdoor meeting and presentation space to accommodate civic events.
News
- Multnomah County commits up to $101.6M for Moda Center
- Portland code changes to take effect in November
- Los Colibris project approved for Portland’s OMSI District
- Pacific Northwest projects totaling $9.9 million in top bidders | Aug. 7, 2026
- Oregon opens infrastructure grant program
- Ex-TV host claps back at Detroit officials in blight case
- 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
- Many Oregon counties struggling to maintain their fairgrounds
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