FEATURE

Party Power

Sellwood neighbors build a block party into a civic tradition.

06/22/2009 By Randy Gragg

Architecture

Building Blocks

A new generation of young architects is reaching beyond the expected to blend high density, sustainability, and thrift into a bolder breed of Portland building. At last.

06/22/2009 By Amara Holstein

Slideshow

Slide Show: Party Power

06/22/2009

Habitat

Revisionist History

Inspired by the decorator even Martha Stewart seems to worship, a Portland couple reinvents a Southwest carriage house.

05/26/2009 By Camela Raymond

Slideshow

Slide Show: Revisionist History

05/26/2009

(It's the place to be.)

Green Acres

Think communes went out with the 1960s? Welcome to Cedar Moon, where the quinoa grows tall, Nubian goats mow the lawn, and life (almost) off the grid is sweet.

05/19/2009 By Bart Blasengame

Sustainability

Greened Spaces

On September 19, Portland will trade parking spots for parks.

05/19/2009 By Kasey Cordell

Living Here

Portland Polemic

For Oregon natives who fled to larger cities and then came back, homecoming isn’t always so easy.

05/19/2009 By Anna Hirsh

Habitat

Life as Story

A careful eye and meaningful keepsakes make a masterpiece of a Dolphin Park bungalow.

05/19/2009 By Anna Sachse

Home Decor

Ready Made

To achieve superior interior design with minimal elbow grease, it pays to be a household of artists (or at least to know a few).

05/19/2009 By Anna Hirsh

Habitat

Prefabulous

Stylish living, straight off the factory floor

05/19/2009 By Camela Raymond

Green City

The Ripple Effect

Portland is the center of the green revolution.

05/19/2009 By Christian DeBenedetti, Camas Davis, and John Chandler Edited by Kasey Cordell

Article

Good Buy

Hang your hat at one of the state’s greenest homes.

05/19/2009 With Brian Barker

Market Watch

Hot ’Hoods

No matter what kind of buyer you are, one of these six ’hoods has a welcome mat with your name on it.

05/19/2009 By Stacey Wilson With Brian Barker

Housing Trends

The Home Front

Seven trends that are shaping how and where we live

05/19/2009 By Stacey Wilson, Kasey Cordell, and Camela Raymond

Real Estate

Buy Here Now: Real Estate 2008

Why Portland is still America’s Hottest Hometown

05/19/2009 Edited by Kasey Cordell

Market Watch

Above the Clouds

The national housing market is in free fall, but we’ve managed to stay aloft. Here’s why.

05/19/2009 By Stacey Wilson

Habitat

Lake Escape

"Remodel" would be an understatement for the overhaul that Bob and Stevie Burke gave to their spectacularly sited Lake Oswego home.

05/19/2009 By Harriet Klein

Habitat

Perfect Pitch

On a Mountain Park slope, Litmus Design’s modern twist on a Japanese lodge finds harmony with a plant enthusiast’s 50-year-old garden.

05/19/2009 By Camela Raymond

Green City

A Garden in the Forest

On a wooded slope near the city's most famous park, a private two-acre oasis blooms.

05/19/2009 By Emily Chenoweth