2017

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ENR Northwest Best Projects honorees tackled a wide range of challenges

Master craftsmanship and intricate designs create a sanctuary of idealized beauty

To minimize disruption of the Columbia-Snake River navigation system, the gate replacement at the Dalles Dam Navigation Lock was completed in the depths of an Oregon winter.

Chester Morse Lake in the Cascade Mountains is the major reservoir for Seattle’s water system, providing the region with more than two-thirds of its drinking water.

The Cowlitz Indian Tribe’s $196-million reservation development is actually three projects in one. 

Each step in industrial papermaking presents its own hazards, from headbox to press to dryer to winder.

Like its namesake passenger ferry that operated on Puget Sound well over a century ago, the Cyrene apartment building runs on steam.

The renovation of Denny Hall, the oldest building on the University of Washington’s Seattle campus, restored the 1890s grandeur of heavy timber and stone while modernizing building systems.

The modernization of historic Washington Hall preserved more than the original brick, plaster and wood finishes.

As a modern office building on a historic square in Seattle, the Weyerhaeuser headquarters at 200 Occidental Ave. combines the old with the new.