Real Solutions for Virtual Reality
HKS Inc.’s visualization studio has built a powerful real-time rendering engine based on gaming software. But the technology is more than many architecture firms can handle, and, in most cases, it might be more than they actually need.

Public Architecture Works for Good and Does Good Work
1% program helps nonprofits find design resources
San Francisco-based nonprofit Public Architecture reaches its goals to bring high-quality design services to service agencies through a mix of high-profile design initiatives, grants, and successful relationships.

ZGF’s Light Rail Green Line Almost Ready to Go
Portland’s MAX system ventures into the underdeveloped suburban fringeZGF is continuing its long-term design stewardship of Portland’s MAX above-ground light rail system with the dual-phased installation of its Green Line. The first phase of this project will renovate Portland’s outdated Transit Mall to accommodate light rail and will bring rail service to further-east regions of suburban Multnomah and Clackamas County. The second phase will put a light rail line on the east side of the Willamette River, which will connect to the first phase’s Transit Mall extension. Because some of these suburban rail lines will be installed in sparsely developed areas, they’ll play a strong role in guiding the region’s growth sustainably.