Many of the Best Project and Award of Merit winners in the latest incarnation of the competition conquer and compliment nature on high-tech and infrastructure projects alike

Home to the Oregon Ducks softball team, the 1,500-seat Jane Sanders Stadium in Eugene, Ore., includes locker rooms, meeting spaces, coaches’ offices, training rooms and equipment space.

Originally built in the 1980s for industrial use, the historic Ivar’s Pier 54 was deteriorating and in need of seismic improvements following the 2001 Nisqually earthquake and a decade of deferred maintenance.

Built to bring outpatient services closer to patients, Seattle Children’s South Clinic is located within a shopping center in a former Circuit City store.

The $13-million Navos Behavioral Healthcare Center for Children, Youth & Families sits on the shores of Lake Burien and includes five buildings on 7.5 acres.

This five-acre campus in Kirkland was built to meet the rapid growth of Google’s engineering teams in Washington state.

The 127,000-sq-ft Eugene Veterans Affairs Health Care Center, a full-service outpatient clinic, is the first new VA clinic in Eugene, Ore., in 16 years.

To create the new MAX Orange Line, part of the existing light rail system in Portland, Ore., workers added seven miles of track from southeast Portland to Milwaukie.

The $59-million Kodiak Airport project extended two runway safety areas 600 ft into the Gulf of Alaska by constructing an adjacent rock revetment, new service roads and taxiway, and by installing material arresting systems.

The $9.6-million Common Ground School’s Community Arts and Science Building is not just an educational facility, it’s also a teaching tool.

While the multilevel Uniqlo store in Boston’s Quincy Market now boasts a sleek, modern look, the store maintains Faneuil Hall’s historic vibe with restored granite, windows and exposed brick.

The third subway station built in the U.S., Government Center Station in Boston hadn’t had a significant face-lift in more than 50 years.