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PacificNW Jun 23, 2007 11:50 PM

New Port of Portland Headquarters Rendering
 
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ortland001.jpg

PeterSmith Jun 24, 2007 1:16 AM

Pretty nice. I like the scale. The glass facade looks very intricate. It's rare these days that civic buildings are so elaborate. What's that big thing soaring on the left-center of the picture though?

EastPDX Jun 24, 2007 1:52 AM

Looks like a good start ...
 
... for the office. Seems to have a overlap look. The white tower in the image is the lower section of the FAA Control Tower.

EP

NW Mike Jun 24, 2007 4:02 AM

I like it.

Black Box Jun 24, 2007 5:18 AM

Agreed, nice structure.

zilfondel Jun 24, 2007 7:56 AM

Nice! Very nice. Glad they got creative with it.. their current building is kind of odd.

WestCoast Jun 24, 2007 3:03 PM

yikes, reminds me of ALB (Albany, New York) airport. Renderings were great, but the outcome was pretty boring and bland.

zilfondel Jun 24, 2007 9:10 PM

Well, most of that IS a parking garage.

mSeattle Jun 25, 2007 6:31 AM

Very nice!

65MAX Jun 25, 2007 8:03 PM

Nice facade on the garage, but the office portion looks like an afterthought. Hopefully the final product looks a bit more seamless.

pdxstreetcar Jun 26, 2007 2:53 AM

whats the exterior? are the openings clear glass and the rest of it tinted glass or are the openings glass and the rest of it a metal skin?

65MAX Jun 26, 2007 5:20 AM

I doubt there's any glass on the garage, too hard to keep clean. The skin is probably some kind of perforated metal, like on the tram, and the openings are, well, openings.

MarkDaMan Jun 26, 2007 2:46 PM

^so in essence this could turn out looking like a big tin shed?

65MAX Jun 26, 2007 7:57 PM

No, no, no. Of course not.

It'll look like a really, really big tin shed.... with a penthouse. :tup:

rsbear Jun 26, 2007 11:53 PM

Good grief, can this forum go a day without being so frackin' negative? Do you really think the Port would design/build their headquarters at the airport and make it look like a "big tin box" after all the great design work that went into the terminal and concourses? :shrug: :koko:

Dougall5505 Jun 26, 2007 11:57 PM

do we know who is designing it? ZGF?

65MAX Jun 27, 2007 6:02 AM

Um, I was being sarcastic. I actually like the metal skin.

MarkDaMan Jun 28, 2007 4:17 PM

For the record I was being sarcastic too. Having not seen more details about the materials, or a better rendering, I have no idea if it will be a tin shed or something fantastic. Considering it is a disputed public project, it is possible they've cheapend the materials to justify adding the new Port HQs on top.

MarkDaMan Jun 28, 2007 4:18 PM

dup?

PacificNW Sep 28, 2007 1:30 AM

Portland International Airport (PDX) News
 
Magazine Names Portland Best Airport
PORTLAND - An annual poll of business travelers by Conde Nast Traveler magazine has chosen Portland International Airport as the best airport in the country for the second consecutive year.

The Port of Portland says the airport received the highest score among airports for comfort and design and perceived safety and security there. It also got added attention for its green energy efforts, such as solar panels.

9/27/2007 :cheers:


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