For the first time in 115 years, there are no students this fall on the Northeast Portland campus of Concordia University. The lawns are...

One of the grand beauties of architectural preservation is that a dedicated single individual can save a historic building and assure its co...

  Flatworks Building (TVA Architects) Robert Thompson is one of the lions in Portland’s contemporary architecture world.  As a founding part...

  The verdict is in for the soon-to-be “old” Multnomah County Courthouse.  It looks like an excellent victory for preservation and for findi...

  Coming next (Emerick Architects) In the history of Portland's architectural preservation battles, the story of the Nathan Simon house ...

  135 NW Park Ave.  The handwriting is on the wall – er, in the windows – for two old brick buildings at 105 and 135 NW Park Ave. on the wes...

  We venture out of our customary urban jungle today to celebrate reconstruction of what might be Oregon’s oldest building.   It is known as...

Household washing machines were far in the future when James F. Tait, a Scottish immigrant, opened his Portland laundry service in 1889.  I...

One of the ugliest squabbles in Portland preservation history may be drawing to a close thanks to proposed new rules that would determine wh...

Few Portland neighborhoods care as much about their architectural heritage the sprawling Northwest District Association.   Back in 1989...

Planning is in the final stages for renovation of Benson Polytechnic High School.  The expansive project presents the difficult chore of...