A large, empty store in Oregon, USA, has been transformed into a net-zero library operations centre by Hennebery Eddy Architects, which incorporated an abundance of solar panels and colourful artwork. More about Vacant supermarket in Portland converted into library facility by Hennebery Eddy
US architecture studio Lake Flato and engineering and construction firm Structurecraft have experimented with dowel-laminated timber for a pavilion at the Mass Timber Conference in Oregon. More about Experimental pavilion in Oregon "challenges the rectilinear logic" of mass timber
The Albina Riverside hotel and arts centre project in Oregon has been designed by US studios AD—WO, MALL, and Wayside Studio around the reuse of a former grain terminal complex along the Willamette River. More about Portland grain silo to be converted into cultural complex based in "Black spatial tradition"
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a collection of reflective cabins designed by prefabricated housing company ÖÖD for a remote hotel on Oregon's Rogue River. More about "These guys sure must hate birds" says commenter
A collection of reflective cabins designed by prefabricated housing company ÖÖD have been added to the site of a 1970s hotel on Oregon's Rogue River. More about Mirrored cabins by ÖÖD extend Oregon riverside retreat
Seattle studio SHED Architecture & Design has renovated a 1960s house designed by American architect Saul Zaik on a forested site overlooking Mount Hood in Portland, Oregon. More about SHED Architecture & Design centres Portland house renovation around skylight
Design studio Rios has presented an installation made of timber panels for the International Mass Timber Conference in Oregon, USA, to demonstrate the "innovative potential of mass timber construction". More about Rios creates "spiraling timber coil" Campfire installation from reclaimed wood
Portland-based studio Hacker Architects has replaced an outdated lodge with a blackened wood-and-glass structure featuring elements informed by the volcanic landscape of Sisters, Oregon. More about Volcanic landscape informs Hacker Architects design of Oregon lodge
Portland-based Waechter Architecture used metal cladding with a red colour derived from a popular wine blend to create an angular winery on a site effected by logging in Oregon. More about Waechter Architecture clads Oregon winery building with red-coloured metal
American studio ZGF Architects has completed an expansion to the main terminal at Portland International Airport, installing a massive mass-timber roof that was prefabricated to keep the airport operational. More about ZGF Architects places nine-acre mass-timber roof on Portland airport terminal
Tall roof monitors lend a sculptural look to the Gradient House and Studio, which was designed by Oregon studio Linden Brown Architecture for the founders of a shoe design company. More about Linden Brown Architecture creates "live-work" building for Portland shoe designers
Local studio Hacker Architects has renovated and expanded a 60-year-old athletic facility at the Oregon Episcopal School, aiming to make it an "inclusive, equitable and future-forward campus hub". More about Hacker references nearby woods in revamp of athletic centre at Portland school
US studio Waechter Architecture has completed a courtyard-style home in Oregon that consists of steel-clad pavilions set around a rainwater-fed garden of native plants. More about Waechter Architecture places rain garden within Meadow House in Oregon
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. More about Land Morphology and Olson Kundig update Oregon botanical garden
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". More about Waechter Architecture completes "all-wood" building with steel jacket in Portland
Architecture firm Ueda Design Studio has completed the Eola Hills Residence, a spacious Oregon family home that takes cues from Japanese design and "serves as refuge from work life". More about Cedar siding wraps Oregon house by Ueda Design Studio
Increasing use of mass timber in architecture is driving good forest management practices in the United States, says Forest Business Network co-founder Arnie Didier in this interview as part of our Timber Revolution series. More about Mass timber should "always start with forest health" says timber industry expert Arnie Didier
Colourful furnishings and large stretches of glass feature in a 1970s library building that has been updated by US studio Hacker Architects. More about Hacker overhauls "fortress-like" brutalist library in Oregon
Mork-Ulnes Architects has completed a single-family residence in Oregon with a dark exterior and interconnected spaces without corridors that was built using American-made cross-laminated timber. More about Mork-Ulnes completes eight-sided Octothorpe House in Oregon desert
Mass-timber framing, compostable toilets and a rooftop photovoltaic array are among the sustainable features in PAE Living Building, an Oregon office building that was designed and partly funded by US studio ZGF Architects. More about ZGF completes mass-timber PAE Living Building in Portland