Ideas

Our design process guides us to plan for today’s requirements and prepare for tomorrow’s unknowns. Here we pull back the curtain on our practice to share that process with you.

Design Your Future: ZGF Announces 2024 Scholarship Recipients

ZGF is thrilled to announce this year’s Norm Zimmer Scholarship and Emerging Black Architects Scholarship recipients.

News
May 01, 2024

Maternal Fetal Medicine Improves Outcomes for Parents & Babies

With a growing population of newborns needing access to neonatal intensive care, more health systems are co-locating their maternal fetal programs within children’s hospitals.

Community
April 24, 2024

Cultivating a Replicable and Transparent Wood Supply Chain at PDX Airport

When phase one of the new main terminal at Portland International Airport (PDX) opens, it will be the first major airport in the US with a mass timber roof.

Sustainability
April 23, 2024

Amanda Snelson Honored with 2024 AIA Young Architect Award

ZGF is thrilled to announce that Amanda Snelson, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, is a recipient of the 2024 AIA Young Architects Award.

Community
April 02, 2024

ZGF Partners with LeaderFlow to Accelerate Diverse Leadership

ZGF partners with LeaderFlow to help accelerate the pipeline to diverse leadership.

Community
December 21, 2023

Buildings That Serve Everyone Should Include Everyone

ZGF Partner Victoria Nichols shares lessons learned in our efforts to make the design process more inclusive.

Community
October 24, 2023
Graphic that reads, "ZGF 2023 Scholarships Managed by The Oregon Community Foundation."

Empowering the Next Generation of Architects & Designers

We chatted with 2023 Norm Zimmer Scholarship and Emerging Black Architects Scholarship winners Nicole Niava, Teonna Cooksey, and Lauren Jasper about their diverse paths to design. 

Community
June 07, 2023
Lobby of hospital featuring upscale design.

Healthcare Has Long Covid, Architecture Can Help

Architecture offers a solution to the challenges of delayed care. Here are Janet Pangman's tips on how to approach an adaptive reuse opportunity.

Methodology
May 10, 2023

Karen Braitmayer Shares Why Accessible Design is a Social Justice Issue

Karen Braitmayer, FAIA, recently joined us for an educational session on designing for accessibility.

Community
September 15, 2022

Caring for Healthcare’s Greatest Asset: Caregivers and Staff

The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of leading with empathy, continuing to have honest conversations with our clients, and ensuring our healthcare providers and staff have a voice in the care that they give and receive.

Community
April 04, 2022

International Women’s Day 2022: Spotlight on Shara Castillo

Community
March 07, 2022

What Does it Mean to Be Able to Bring your Whole Self to Work? Five Members of ZGF’s LGBTQ+ Community Discuss

As a firm in service of design for equity and the human experience, we know that—individually and collectively—people are their most creative, collaborative, and innovative selves when they’re able to bring their whole selves to work. 

Community
June 22, 2021