The Burnside Blog
Sustainability Center Finalists Duke it Out at City Hall

Who’s on the docket to design the Sustainability Center of Excellence? It’s almost as exciting as the Oscars!
Woonerf-ful life: Rick Potestio's Garden City vision

Portland architect Rick Potestio has ideas for 20-minute Neighborhoods, a 30-minute City, a 40-minute Region; and a city that supports woonerfs and finiculars and bikes, oh my!
Wisdom of Solomon

Daniel Solomon, FAIA walks you ‘round the block and let’s you know why Coco Chanel and Duke Ellington matter to affordable housing & good design
Art and Community: Shovel-ready Investments

Community investment, economic stimulus and Project Row Houses’ Rick Lowe—what’s the lesson learned?
If I Were King of the (Urban) Forest, part two

A bevy of Portland policy-players, makers, thinkers and doers answer questions related to our once and future city. Today’s guest: Mike Houck.
Portland: Critical Regionalism

Guest Blogger Edgar Papazian’s provocative perspectives on architecture, regionalism, and the future of “the city that works.”