Photos: Unique office building takes shape
Crews are installing cross-laminated timber for a mixed-use building now rising on triangular lot in North Portland.
Portland-based firms receive regional AIA awards
ZGF Architects, Works Progress Architecture and Bora Architects won AIA Northwest and Pacific Region awards.
Food carts may not fit into hotel project proposal
The team designing an 11-story boutique hotel for the northwest corner of Southwest 10th Avenue and Alder Street received advice from the Portland Design Commission on Thursday.
Portland architecture firms vying for regional awards
Several Portland-based firms are finalists for the GRAY Awards – a competition that honors architecture and design excellence in the Pacific Northwest.
South Waterfront project has historical perspective
The Portland Design Commission on Thursday commended and approved a proposal to construct two seven-story buildings on blocks 42 and 45.
Walnut Park property eyed for mixed-use project
Multnomah County is considering options for a full-block redevelopment of property it owns at Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Killingsworth Street.
Photos: Jupiter rising on East Burnside
An expansion to the Jupiter Hotel is under way on East Burnside Street.
Design Week Portland set to kick off
Design Week Portland, an annual festival that starts Friday, offers a different perspective in 2017.
Hotel project barely OK’d by Design Commission
Plans for a new 15-story, 221-room hotel at the corner of Southwest 11th Avenue and Alder Street won conditional approval from the Portland Design Commission by a 4-3 vote.
Mixed-use projects fail to make the cut
The Portland Design Commission on Thursday found a proposal for a seven-story mixed-use building at 1331 N.W. 17th Ave. too imposing.
Design advice given for project bordering historic district
Preliminary plans for a $40 million, 13-story mixed-use building at 550 S.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard were examined by the Portland Design Commission on Thursday.
Photos: Slate opens at Burnside bridgehead
A new ten-story mixed-use project has opened at the bustling Burnside bridgehead.
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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