Posted Feb 21, 2008, 9:39 PM
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From a pure architecture standpoint, LAB is by far the best. Centennial Mills is very similar to the Mill City project designed by the lead architect of the LAB team. I'll echo others and say that project is stunning and you can see its influence in the PDX project. The pedestrian bridge entrance into the big cut in the larger mill building is amazing. This will be a fitting finally of the boardwalk that flows through the pearl.
The others seem insular and don't make much of a connection to what is happening to the West. You have the suburban crap that is cornish and the Has been architecture of ZGF (when is the last time they created anything worth a mention?)
If the LAB project can incorporate enough unique draws (museum, public market, etc) then I'd say they are a slam dunk.
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