The Oregonian

Extinguished by renovations, regulations, and rust, the old metal fire escape veers towards obsolescence.

Universities planning to build new sports facilities are being hit with construction costs twice as high as a decade ago.

A new, sustainably-built home seeks produce as much energy as it consumes.

Measure 37 dramatically altered the planning and development landscape in Oregon. Now community-based environmental planning may be the only alternative for environmentalists.

TriMet's design for the new transit mall harms businesses and creates safety concerns.

Will Oregon's famously tough urban-growth boundaries be breached? It appears so, as Oregon's sweeping property-right law is upheld by the state's Supreme Court.

Readers respond to President Bush's statement that the nation is addicted to oil.

Office space in the Portland metro area grew by a net 1.45 million square feet in 2005, but only 150,000 was added to Portland's commercial core in Multnomah county. The rest, almost 90 percent, was distributed across three suburban counties.

School officials in Oregon are learning a thing or two from a prototype uber-green classroom near Salem, which uses a large skylight and other technologies to enhance and regulate the natural light coming into the space.

Joseph Cortright offers a rebuttal to Joel Kotkin's criticism of Portland as an 'Ephemeral City'.

Can a city like Portland survive -- and thrive -- primarily as a marketer of an urban experience, asks Joel Kotkin.

The Northwest is home to several prominent environmentally friendly architecture and development firms that are paving the way for a 'green' renaissance.

Oregon's land use laws were thrown into new controversy as a Marion County Circuit Court Judge ruled last November's property rights initiative invalid.

This article linking urban land use and obesity suggests that planning exercise-friendly communities might be a big waste of money because of how people choose where to live. [Updated]

State leaders sue feds to bring back "roadless rule."

Lawsuit by California, Oregon, and New Mexico seeks to reinstate Clinton-era roadless forests rules reversed by the Bush administration.

Metro, Portland's regional government, is considering strategies to keep megastores from revived urban centers.

Portland's policies to discourage panhandling backfire, exposing the 'hidden homeless'.

Vancouver is experiencing an unanticipated traffic jam -- hundreds of baby strollers.

Measure 37 -- Oregon's new property-rights law -- is inspiring property rights advocates nationwide.