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.

ZGF Announces 2019 Scholarship Winner: Hong Xi

We recently sat down with Hong to discuss where he gathers inspiration and what he’s looking forward to this summer as an intern in our Portland office.

Community
May 03, 2019

Strategies for Biophilic Site Design

March 25, 2019

Interior Design Announces ZGF is #1 Most Admired Healthcare Design Firm

March 06, 2019

Why Healthcare Needs Science Fiction

If you were to ask what keeps me up at night, it would be this: are we headed toward the dystopian society we fear, or inching closer to the utopia we seek? And how can healthcare design help steer us toward a more equitable future?

February 07, 2019

Expedia Reveals New Seattle Headquarters

Designed by ZGF, the 40-acre campus integrates biophilic design, flexible floor plans, open workspaces, outdoor areas and much more.

Methodology
November 29, 2018

ZGF and PAE Engineers Partner for Portland’s First, and Oregon’s Largest, Living Building

We hope the PAE Living Building will serve as a replicable model for future market-rate urban Living Buildings and an example of what’s possible to achieve with energy performance in an urban environment.

Sustainability
November 29, 2018

4 Trends Driving STEM Design in Higher Education

Our designers have identified four key trends driving the design of impactful STEM spaces in higher education.

November 12, 2018

The Sanctuary: An Urban Bee-con of Light

What began as a humble preservation story now serves as a showcase example of how sustainable design comes full circle when you connect the past to the future in a meaningful way.

October 12, 2018

ZGF’s Kari Thorsen on Five Ways Design is Transforming Behavioral Healthcare

July 11, 2018

10 Trends Driving the Future Tech Workplace

Tech firms—their products have transformed the ways that we live, work, and interact, and their workplaces are increasingly doing the same.

June 28, 2018

Post-Occupancy Evaluation: Swedish Medical Center Ballard Behavioral Health Unit

June 20, 2018

ZGF Announces 2018 Scholarship Winner: Stanislas Chaillou

We sat down with Stanislas to ask him about his inspiration, current work, and hopes for the future.

Community
May 10, 2018