Twenty projects are honored in ENR Northwest's annual Best Projects competition.

Expensify’s new Portland office features a ‘floating’ 100-ton steel conference tower and high-tech touches among classic columns

Design firm survey spotlights transportation and water; specialty firms offer expertise.

Located in the Cascade mountain range, Cowlitz Falls Dam sits in a narrow canyon across the Cowlitz River, where it has served as a power station and fish collection facility for 24 years.

The $10-million Skate Ribbon converted a brownfield site in downtown Spokane, Wash., into more than 14,000 sq ft of skating space.

Anchorage’s Seward Highway expansion helps transport more than just trucks and cars.

Decommissioned in 1969, the reduction oxidation facility at the Hanford Nuclear Site deteriorated over the years, making it vulnerable to high winds, severe weather and earthquakes.

When construction began on Tower 12, several aspects of the project threatened to push the 34-story residential tower beyond its budget.

Sloping outward from a narrow base and topped by a rooftop pool and a 45-ft mountain hemlock tree, Seattle’s Kinects Tower overturned typical high-rise designs.

The renovation of the century-old Maritime Building on the Seattle waterfront preserved the structure’s historic exterior while opening up the interior for modern use.