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2025 Architectural Record Awards Winner: Portland International Airport Main Terminal

Portland, Oregon

RECORD Editors

November 24, 2025

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Learn more about the awardee in the Transportation & Infrastructure category by ZGF Architects.

Continuing Education: Building Technology

ZGF Architects’ Geo-Exchange System for Princeton Leads an Underground Revolution

Princeton, New Jersey

James S. Russell, FAIA Emeritus

November 12, 2024

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The university's TIGER and CUB facilities make sustainable infrastructure visible, turning energy plants into teaching tools.

ZGF’s Portland Airport Terminal Sees the Forest for the Trees

Leopoldo Villardi

September 23, 2024

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A verdant main terminal expansion at PDX ushers in a new era of civic-scale mass-timber construction, with sustainable forestry practices top of mind.

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PAE Living Building Team Shares Lessons Learned

Engineering News-Record Staff

May 31, 2024

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The PAE Living Building is the 35th building in the world to earn full certification from the Living Building Challenge, the International Living Future Institute's rigorous sustainability program.

ZGF's Portland Airport Expansion Takes Its Cues from the Forests of the Pacific Northwest

Portland, Oregon

Randy Gragg

June 1, 2023

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Stumptown's mass-timber airport terminal prepares for takeoff.

ZGF's Mass-Timber Design Wins Competition for Research Hub in Barcelona

Matt Hickman

January 13, 2023

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Adjacent to one of the Catalan capital’s most fabled parks, the winning design promotes a "radical degree" of collaboration between two leading scientific institutions.

Nancy Friend Pritzker Psychiatry Building.

DESIGN:ED Podcast: Justin Brooks

RECORD Editors

August 24, 2022

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Justin Brooks, principal of ZGF Architects in Portland, Oregon, joins the podcast to discuss the design process behind the UCSF’s Nancy Friend Pritzker Psychiatry Building, designing for mental health, and how the built environment impacts patient care.

A Soaring, Light-Filled Atrium Is at the Heart of this San Francisco Facility Serving Mental Health Needs

Clare Jacobson

July 5, 2022

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A psychiatry building by ZGF Architects caters to a range of patients, clinicians, and researchers while adapting to its lively neighborhood.

Mover and Shaker: Steven Lewis

James Gauer

September 1, 2020

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The peripatetic urban designer has long advocated for Black architects in the profession.

Continuing Education: Carbon Crackdown

Joann Gonchar, FAIA

March 2, 2020

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After focusing for decades on energy efficiency, the green building movement sets its sights on “up-front” emissions.

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 ICC CEU

Evaluate emerging restroom design strategies, materials, and specification options that enhance functionality, inclusivity, user comfort, and sustainability.

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 ICC CEU

Explore how privacy curtain systems can enhance occupant comfort, operational efficiency, and sustainability across healthcare, education, hospitality, and senior living environments.