Oregon

ZGF Architects transforms historic Portland bank building into Expensify office

December 27, 2018 Jenna McKnight 0
Expensify by ZGF

A swinging chaise and a hidden salon are among features in this tech company headquarters, housed inside a century-old bank in Portland, Oregon. Designed by local practice ZGF Architects, the office was created for Expensify, which develops software for tracking charges and creating expense reports. Founded in 2008, the company has offices in several cities

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Hay’s first US store opens in Portland

November 20, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

Danish design brand Hay has opened its first brick-and-mortar store in North America, hot on the heels of the dedicated e-commerce platform for the region it launched earlier this month. Colourful homeware contrasts industrial details at Hay Portland, located at 825 Northwest 13th Avenue in the Oregon city’s trendy Pearl District. Founded by Rolf and

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Behnisch Architekten overhauls business school at Portland State University

November 1, 2018 Jenna McKnight 0

German firm Behnisch Architekten has renovated a 1970s urban academic building in Oregon, and created an addition that consists of “shifting” wood-clad boxes and a glazed atrium. The Karl Miller Center houses the School of Business at Portland State University. The building is located within the University District in downtown Portland, just a few blocks west of

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Casework turns Portland industrial building into collaborative workspace

October 5, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

Interior design studio Casework has transformed a 20th-century building in Portland, Oregon, into a collaborative hub for a digital design agency. Occupying an 80-year-old structure in the city’s Chinatown, the office is the new outpost of digital product agency Work & Co, which was was founded in New York City five years ago and has

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Hundreds Of Bow-Tie Shaped Aluminum Pieces Make Up This New Sculpture In Portland

September 21, 2018 Erin 0

  Los Angeles based artist Rob Ley, has created ‘Ambiguous’, a new modern sculpture that sits in front of the Education Center at Oregon Zoo in Portland. The conceptual approach for this public artwork is based on the Education Center’s interpretive theme that “small things matter,” particularly how many small parts contribute to a whole. […]

High Desert Modern house in Oregon is designed to be “cool, calm and collected”

August 21, 2018 Jenna McKnight 0

American firms DeForest Architects and NB Design Group have created a dwelling in central Oregon with sliding panels that can either expose or conceal parts of the interior, such as a landscaped courtyard behind the front door. The High Desert Modern house is located in Bend, a small city within reach of the trails and

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High Desert Modern house in Oregon is designed to be “cool, calm and collected”

August 21, 2018 Jenna McKnight 0

American firms DeForest Architects and NB Design Group have created a dwelling in central Oregon with sliding panels that can either expose or conceal parts of the interior, such as a landscaped courtyard behind the front door. The High Desert Modern house is located in Bend, a small city within reach of the trails and

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Plans for “pioneering” Portland wooden high-rise put on hold

July 24, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

Construction of a timber-framed high-rise building proposed for Portland’s Pearl District, which would have become one of the USA’s tallest wooden structures, has been postponed indefinitely. Local firm Lever Architecture designed the 130-foot (40-metre) mixed-used Framework tower to be one of the country’s first high-rises to adopt a wooden construction, employing a mix of two types of engineered wood: cross-laminated

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High Desert Modern By DeForest Architects

May 24, 2018 Erin 0

Photography by John Granen   DeForest Architects have designed a new house in Bend, Oregon, for their clients, an interior designer and her husband, as a place to getaway, recharge, and relax.   The exterior of the house has custom stained cedar siding that helps to blend the house in with the varied textures and subtle […]

Architecture students use cross-laminated timber to build tiny classroom in Oregon forest

April 2, 2018 Jenna McKnight 0

Prefabricated panels of cross-laminated timber were used to construct this micro cabin in the Pacific Northwest, designed and built by architecture students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The Emerge cabin is located near Eugene, a small Oregon city that is surrounded by forests and farmland. The compact structure was created in three weeks by 13

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