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Elliot Mono Cabin / Drop Structures

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© Ryan Abernathy

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  • Architects: Drop Structures
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  144 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2018

The Complete City: Imagined - A Design Competition to Celebrate Portland, Maine

In 2017, the Portland Society for Architecture (PSA) asked citizens and visitors to provide their vision of Portland on blank maps of the city. PSA distributed these maps as a tool to encourage civic engagement in defining Portland. The completed maps offer unique perspectives and insight into how the city might grow and flourish.

2019 Young Architect Conference

Have you heard of architect Michael Riscica? Radical blogger, podcast host, and educator, Riscica empowers architects-in-the-making. You may have met him on one of his speaking tours where he visited over 50 cities to speak on topics like entrepreneurship and the architect exam. We even featured him as an ARE prep expert here at ArchDaily. Now, Riscica onto his latest groundbreaking venture: The Young Architect Conference.

Flex Commercial Building / LEVER Architecture

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Autodesk HQ / Mackenzie

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  • Architects: Mackenzie
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  60000 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2018
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Coalesse, Davis, Emeco, FilzFelt, Fluxwerx, +5

Albina Yard / LEVER Architecture

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Karl Miller Center, Portland State University / Behnisch Architekten + SRG Partnership

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Expensify Portland Office / ZGF Architects

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  • Architects: ZGF Architects
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  17312 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2017
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Pure + FreeForm, Bolyü, Covering Chile, Kahrs, Milliken, +3
  • Professionals: KPFF, Code Unlimited, Glumac

Fair-Haired Dumbbell / FFA Architecture and Interiors

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Division Street Residence / Emerick Architects

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  • Architects: Emerick Architects
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  10 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2012
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Subzero/Wolf, Chicago Faucets, Marvin, Schoolhouse Electric, Ventahood

Oregon Becomes the First State to Legalize Mass Timber High Rises

Oregon has become the first state in the U.S. to allow timber buildings to rise higher than six stories without special consideration. The recent addendum to the state's building code is the result of Oregon’s statewide alternate method (SAM), a program that allows for alternate building techniques to be used after an advisory council has approved the “technical and scientific facts of the proposed alternate method.” The decision stands as a precedent for future construction across the United States.

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Portland Japanese Garden Cultural Village / Kengo Kuma & Associates

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Facade of Michael Graves' Postmodernist Portland Building Dismantled in Preparation for Recladding

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The Portland Building under construction. Image © Iain MacKenzie. via Docomomo

Work has begun on the dismantling of the facade of Michael Graves’ iconic Portland Building, part of a $195 million project that could see the building lose its inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places.

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New Renderings Show Off Plans For What Could Become Portland's Future Tallest Building

New renderings have been revealed of Kaven + Co. and William / Kaven Architecture’s plans for the new Broadway Corridor in Portland, showcasing the full masterplan for the first time. Conceived as a new mixed-use district and transportation hub connecting Union Station and the Pearl District, the Broadway Corridor will feature the city’s new tallest and one of the west coast’s tallest buildings.

TreeHouse / LEVER Architecture

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  • Architects: LEVER Architecture
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  45000 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2015
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Oregon Lumber Company, Skyline Sheet Metal, TechLighting

Siskiyou House / Beebe Skidmore Architects

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HOMB | Taft House / Skylab Architecture

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William Kaven Architecture Reveals Proposal for Portland's Tallest Building

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Courtesy of William Kaven Architecture

William / Kaven and Kaven + Co. have unveiled plans for a bridged mixed-use skyscraper development that, if built, would become the tallest building in Portland, Oregon.

The project would replace the city’s soon-to-be-demolished USPS headquarters with a new 5-million-square-foot development consisting of multiple high-rise buildings containing facilities for retail, office, residential and a hotel.

The plan is organized around two central skyscrapers, the taller of which would top out at over 970 feet – more than foot feet taller than the city’s current tallest building, the Wells Fargo Center. The two skyscrapers would be linked at 680 feet high by a 236-foot-long glass-walled bridge housing a skygarden and offering unparallelled views of the city and the surrounding landscape.