Oregon

The Albina Riverside adaptive reuse project in Oregon has been designed by US studios AD—WO, Mall, and Wayside Studio to reuse a former grain terminal complex along the Willamette River. Commissioned by the nonprofit 1803 Fund, the forthcoming Albina Riverside project supports the 1803 Fund’s intent to enable “multiple stages for play, exploration, learning, and ritual”

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An event pavilion and aerial tree walk are among the enhancements to Portland’s Leach Botanical Garden, which is being upgraded by a team that includes US studios Land Morphology and Olson Kundig Architects. Located in southeast Portland, the city-owned park encompasses 16 acres (6.5 hectares) and is open to the public. In 2015, Land Morphology

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Waechter Architecture has completed an “all-wood” commercial building in Portland, which it says is the first commercial building in Oregon to “use mass timber construction for all components of the building”. The building, called Mississippi has structural elements made from cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels and glued-laminated timber (glulam) beams. Apart from the exterior weathering steel

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