Autonomous driving vehicles have been a hot research topic in the United States for a number of years. A few companies have rolled out either self-driving vehicles or have set ambitious start dates for their vehicles in the PNW. Nico Larco talked with Oregon Public Radio about these developments and what to expect.

The Port of Portland has approved a lease for the University of Oregon’s acoustic research laboratory planned at the Mass Timber and Housing Innovation Campus at Terminal 2. The Oregon Acoustic Research Laboratory is the research and development anchor tenant planned for the campus, where the Port is transforming a former marine terminal in Portland’s Northwest industrial area into a manufacturing hub to support Oregon’s growing mass timber industry, create new jobs and address the region’s housing shortage.

During the 2024 fall term, University of Oregon students in Architecture Design Studio (ARCH 484/584) explored innovative solutions to sustainability through housing design projects for the City of Oakridge in partnership with the Sustainable City Year Program (SCYP).

STREETSBLOG USA annual gift guide lists "The Sustainable Urban Design Handbook" as one of their top ten books for the year. The publication believes the book "is the perfect way to splurge on the advocate in your life who wants to level up her understanding of what green cities are really made of – including the invisible forces that subtly shape how they're structured."

In the future, your new home might be delivered by flatpack like an IKEA bookshelf. Instead of a frame of two-by-fours, workers would assemble prefabricated panels that fit together like pieces of a gingerbread house — only much more precisely.

Courtesy of the Oregon Mass Timber Coalition and OSU, the following video captures the impressions of the excited group of developers, builders, researchers, and community members who came to tour the MPP Workforce Housing prototype in Corvallis.