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Portland, Oregon's new mixed-use development, known as Slate, consists of a shifting stack of volumes that reflect the vibrancy and complexity of the neighborhood...

Portland, Oregon is home to more bike parking spaces on city streets than any other city in North America. But that also means there are more opportunities for bike thieves. So the city is rolling out a new bike rack design...

The nation’s tallest wooden high-rise will soon take shape in Portland, Oregon. Funded by a $1.5 million-dollar award from the U.S. Tall Wood Building Prize Competition, the innovative timber building, named Framework,...

Portland is searching for alternative sources of energy in unlikely places - including the city's sewage treatment plants. New infrastructure at the Columbia Boulevard Wastewater Treatment Plant will allow the city to produce...

Portland just announced that it plans to be completely powered by clean energy by 2050, making it one of the largest cities in the country to make the move...

Portland is a mecca of environmentally friendly design and the city’s new sculptural One North complex is keeping that green reputation alive. Holst Architecture recently completed the eye-catching office project that draws...

 Portland, Oregon, has started a pilot program to bring car sharing and alternative fuels to low-income neighborhoods where residents might not consider either type of transportation accessible...

We don’t often think about whether there are toxins in the plants around us – those are natural, right? Yet researchers in Portland, Oregon made an unsettling discovery: common tree moss in the area contained heavy metals...

Despite Portland’s notoriously overcast gray skies, the Skyline Residence receives an impressive amount of natural daylight year-round. The architects achieved this by stacking the home into three levels and orienting the...

Shopping while vegan can be tough: in conventional supermarkets, you're lucky to have a tiny section dedicated to meat and dairy substitutes. Frustration over how difficult it was to shop vegan in Germany was what led former...

Cities worldwide are harnessing the power of gravity to generate electricity from public drinking water pipes

Considered one of the top destinations for tourists in Oregon, the Portland Japanese Garden has experienced rapid visitor growth over its 52-year lifespan and currently serves 300,000 visitors a year—a number that’s ten...

Greenpeace climbers plan to spend days hanging from the bridge in Portland, Oregon in an attempt to hinder Shell’s Arctic oil drilling plans

Scientists have discovered a new strain of seaweed that tastes like bacon. Not even kidding. The strain is a type of dulse, which is actually a common sea vegetable used in Asian cooking for its high protein content and umami...

Designer Jacinda Martinez takes ‘playing with your food’ to a whole new level, turning common vegetables into wearable works of art. For the last six years, the Portland-based artist has dabbled in transforming vegetables...