ENR West’s Northwest Best Projects competition honors an array of work from across Washington, Oregon and Alaska that displays dynamic and innovative design and construction methods.
The nonprofit Latino Network’s vision for its first-ever all-encompassing home, La Plaza Esperanza, translated as “a place of hope,” looked to bring programming and people together at the east Portland site.
Perched on a 23-acre site atop Lookout Mountain, the new Tekakapimək Contact Station invites visitors to explore the 87,563-acre Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in north-central Maine, showcasing its peaks and rivers, its night skies and wildlife.
This year, 32 projects—located in 24 countries—are recognized as exemplary examples of innovation, quality and hurdles overcome in global design and construction.
A combined tilt-up and CMU structural system proved to be a strategic solution to several challenges on this two-story high school in Tooele, Utah, merging modern educational design and advanced construction techniques to achieve an iconic aesthetic.
When Hines and its partners set out to bring their T3—timber, transit and technology—brand to Denver, they chose the city’s River North Art District (RiNo) for good reason.
While the former ENR MidAtlantic, ENR New England and ENR New York firm rankings now are merged under the ENR East umbrella this year, the regional Best Projects competitions are still separated into their previous three subregions.
The 2025 ENR West Best Projects for California, Nevada and Hawaii competition honors an array of projects boasting dynamic and innovative design and construction methods.
Not many stadiums have an outward design so clearly inspired by the sports hosted within, but Intuit Dome is one of the few that does, with a 2,700-ton diagrid structural steel frame on its exterior that’s inspired by a basketball net.