A 12-storey building proposed for Portland's Pearl District has received the go-ahead from planners, paving the way for it to become the USA's first high-rise wooden structure. More about Portland tower becomes first timber high-rise to gain planning consent in the US
Snøhetta has unveiled its plans to transform an abandoned paper mill blocking a view of Oregon City's Willamette Falls and waterfront into a cultural complex looped by an elevated pathway. More about Snøhetta set to overhaul former paper mill to offer views of Oregon waterfall
US firm Holst Architecture took cues from Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí while conceiving a pair of commercial buildings in central Portland. More about Holst Architecture wraps curvaceous facades of Portland office buildings in cedar
Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has completed a new complex for an urban garden in Portland, Oregon, that features a central courtyard and buildings topped with pagoda-style, green roofs. More about Kengo Kuma's major expansion of Portland Japanese Garden opens
US studio Lever Architecture has completed a tasting room for a family-owned winery that features sloped roofs with deep overhangs, and walls made of cedar and glass. More about Oregon wine tasting room by Lever Architecture embraces fertile landscape
Work is nearly complete on a major expansion to an urban Japanese garden in Oregon – the first public commission in America for architect Kengo Kuma. More about Kengo Kuma's expansion of Portland Japanese Garden set to open in April
Portland studio Architecture Building Culture has created a gabled structure to accommodate more residents at a local communal home for single mothers (+ slideshow). More about Architecture Building Culture adds housing units to recovery centre in Portland
This cedar-clad dwelling in Portland, Oregon, by local studio Beebe Skidmore Architects serves as a modern interpretation of the historic Craftsman-style bungalows found throughout the city (+ slideshow). More about Beebe Skidmore's dark green Portland home takes cues from Arts and Crafts architecture
This week's roundup of American houses from each of the 50 states brings us to Oregon, where a house built atop a pond and a home and studio nestled in a defunct warehouse are among our favourites (+ slideshow). More about Five of the best houses in Oregon on Dezeen
Oregon firm Scott Edwards Architecture has created a home in Portland that includes soundproof rehearsal spaces for a family of musicians (+ slideshow). More about Scott Edwards Architecture creates home with acoustically separate spaces for a Portland family
Visitors must traverse a bridge to enter this family dwelling by US studio Cutler Anderson Architects, which was built atop a pool in Oregon (+ slideshow). More about Cutler Anderson builds wooden Newberg Residence over an Oregon pond
Lever Architecture has designed a 12-storey tower for Portland, Oregon, that will be one of the tallest wooden buildings in the US. More about Lever Architecture proposes timber-framed tower for Portland
Hennebery Eddy Architects has clad a fire station in rural Oregon with charred wood, turning "the destructive manner of fire into an image of beauty" (+ slideshow). More about Oregon fire station by Hennebery Eddy features a burnt wood facade
This small commercial building in Portland, Oregon, designed by Works Partnership Architecture has an engineered timber frame that is visible behind a glass curtain wall (+ slideshow). More about Glass facade reveals timber structure of Frame Work building in Portland
A small late-Victorian dwelling in Portland, Oregon, has been transformed into a modern home with a monochrome red steel and wood exterior (+ slideshow). More about Waechter Architecture updates century-old Portland house with a bright red facade
Pomo summer: Michael Graves' pink and teal Portland Municipal Services Building in Portland, Oregon, is one of Postmodernism's most important structures – and also one of its most divisive. As our season dedicated to the controversial movement nears its end, we revisit the building that kickstarted the debate about preserving Postmodern architecture. More about Postmodern architecture: the Portland Municipal Services Building, Oregon, by Michael Graves
Architect Kengo Kuma has designed an expansion scheme for the Portland Japanese Garden that preserves existing gardens while adding new buildings to the verdant site (+ slideshow). More about Kengo Kuma expansion plan unveiled for Japanese garden in Oregon
Snøhetta has unveiled plans to build the first official market building in Portland, Oregon, for over 70 years. More about Snøhetta reveals design for Portland's first city market since 1942
Architecture and landscape firm Snøhetta has been appointed to develop plans for a new public access route along Willamette Falls in Oregon, the second largest waterfall in the US (+ slideshow). More about Snøhetta team to design river walk next to America's second largest waterfall
Four "legs" support the upper level of this house in Portland, Oregon – a design intended to offer the openness of a glass house, without compromising on privacy (+ slideshow). More about The form of Ben Waechter's Pavilion house is derived from a dining table