- Weekly Roundup: Block 216, Blackburn Building, Tree Farm, and more
Portland Architecture talked to Ben Carr of Brett Schulz Architect, whose projects include the under construction Tree Farm building.The developer of Block 216 announced that they have secured a $460 million construction loan. A groundbreaking ceremony for the ... read more - Design calendar: July 16-31
Schnitzer Center, Pacific NW College of Art (Wikimedia Commons) BY BRIAN LIBBY NW Broadway Corridor TourThis Architectural Heritage Center walking tour offers an in-depth look into some of Portland’s most histoiric public and private buildings located near and along NW Broadway. In addition to the architectural details, attendees will ... read more - Metro Reports: Market Hill Commons, Live Nation South Waterfront, 1430 N Killingsworth, and more
Early Assistance has been requested for a redesign of the Market Hill Commons. The project was approved in 2016, but has yet to break ground.Every week, the Bureau of Development Services publishes lists of Early Assistance applications, Land ... read more - Lincoln High School Returns in Front of Design Commission (images)
The proposed replacement of Lincoln High School has returned in front of the Design Commission, for its fourth and final Design Advice Request (DAR) prior its full Design Review submission. The new campus is being designed by Bora architects and Mayer Reed landscape architects.read more
- From Pioneer Lavada Jones and Bell Labs to Tree Farm: talking with Benn Car of Brett Schulz Architect
The under-construction Pioneer Lavada Jones project (Brian Libby) BY BRIAN LIBBY Over the past decade-plus, perhaps the most interesting and iconoclastic Portland development firm I've followed has been Guerrilla Development. Whether it's the Fair-Haired Dumbbell, that eye-catching office building at MLK and Burnside that's covered in a colorful mural, ... read more - Metro Reports: PAE Living Building, Pepsi Blocks Phase 1A, LISAH, and more
The PAE Living Building at SW 1st and Pine was recently approved by the Historic Landmarks Commission, and has now been submitted for building permit review.Every week, the Bureau of Development Services publishes lists of Early Assistance applications, ... read more - Weekly Roundup: HB 2001, 10th & Alder Carts, Portland Design Commission, and more
The 10th & Alder food cart pod closed over the weekend, in advance of construction of Block 216. The 35-story tower will include a food hall along its entire SW 9th Ave frontage.Oregon’s first-in-the-nation middle housing bill ... read more - Design calendar: July 1-15
Willamette River and former West Linn Paper Company site (Brian Libby) BY BRIAN LIBBY South Park Blocks Walking TourThis eleven-block portion of the downtown area was first platted and donated to the City of Portland in 1852, transforming a fire break parcel into the most desirable residential area of ... read more - Metro Reports: Oregon Zoo, Galleria, 2933 SE Division, and more
Building permits were issued for the Oregon Zoo Polar Passage project.Every week, the Bureau of Development Services publishes lists of Early Assistance applications, Land Use Reviews and Building Permits processed in the previous week. We publish the highlights. This post covers June ... read more - Auditing the Portland Building reconstruction, pre-completion
The Portland Building under construction, 6/20/19 (Brian Libby) BY BRIAN LIBBY In an article for CityLab published yesterday, I wrote about the latest in a long line of controversial moments for the Portland Building, that flawed landmark of Postmodernist architecture that is now in the final stages of a ... read more - Friends of the Green Loop Moving Forward With Culinary Corridor (images)
A concept sketch for the Culinary CorridorA private/public partnership, led by the Friends of the Green Loop, is moving forward with the ‘Culinary Corridor’, a concept for how to accommodate food carts in the right-of-way. An initial trial will see ... read more - Weekly Roundup: HB 2001, Block 216, Elks Children’s Eye Clinic, and more
Construction is proceeding rapidly at the OHSU Elks Children’s Eye Clinic on Marquam Hill.The Portland Business Journal reported that the 251 hotel rooms at Block 216 will become the Pacific Northwest’s first Ritz-Carlton hotel. ... read more - Metro Reports: 1336 E Burnside, Rocket Empire Machine, 804 SW 12th, and more
Guerrilla Development’s Rocket Empire Machine project includes the adaptive reuse of a 1949 building into four micro restaurants and a bar, along with the construction of an adjacent two story apartment building with 11 units.Every week, the ... read more - Morningstar at Laurelhurst Receives Design Advice (images)
Design Advice has been offered for the Morningstar at Laurelhurst, a proposed senior living facility on NE Sandy Blvd. The five story building, being designed by Ankrom Moisan Architects for Morningstar Senior Living, would include 113 units of memory care and assisted living. Approximately 70 vehicular parking spaces would be ... read more - Weekly Roundup: Portland Building, Architecture Employment, HB 2001, and more
A report by the City Auditor was critical of aspects of the Portland Building rebuild.The Daily Journal of Commerce wrote about how architecture and engineering employment continues to surge*, with firms such as SERA, LRS and ZGF ... read more