Nike Shoe Dog Bridge: A Portal for Dreamers in Motion
Honorable Mention in Architectural design
Suspended in silence, the Nike Shoe Dog Bridge unfolds like a dream - a portal between past and future, nature and innovation, stillness and motion. A landmark of ambition and artistry, designed by a landscape architect, it spans federally protected Cedar Mill Creek wetlands, linking the original Nike World Headquarters with a new campus shaped by the vision of sports for all. An iconic experience of moving forward, it invites pause, reflection, and a heightened awareness of the surrounding natural world. Forged from carbon-sequestering timber, the bridge emerges from the land, entwined with Oregon’s most enduring resource - its forests, its legacy. A revered connector, it listens, propels the momentum, and becomes one with the landscape.
Participant category: Company 11 - 100 employees
Company name: PLACE
Country: United States
Location: Beaverton, Oregon, United States
Client: Nike, Inc
Team: PLACE (Architecture, Landscape Architecture) Mortenson Carpentry Plus Catena Stonewood Engineering Glumac WHPacific Stephen Goetz
Edition: 2025
Project status: Realised
Website: https://place.la/