North Williams Avenue developments will break ground: North and Northeast Portland
By Casey Parks | [email protected]
on September 27, 2013 at 8:40 AM, updated September 27, 2013 at 8:41 AM
The developers who are bringing a few projects to the North Fremont Street block where LV’s Twelve-22 used to be have released more detailed plans. They were calling the project FreWil Dock, but they’ve changed the name to One North. According to the Website they launched this week, the project is three office/retail buildings with a large open courtyard.
For real?? This looks like a high school project at best. CAB you are always being down on slab buildings...for what? This is more. Reasonable...is it just more creative at the expense of being ugly and not the least graceful?
For real?? This looks like a high school project at best. CAB you are always being down on slab buildings...for what? This is more. Reasonable...is it just more creative at the expense of being ugly and not the least graceful?
I find it both graceful and attractive, as well as different than everything else being built around town right now.
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I like the radiator building design. the other two buildings? not so much. those are going to look very dated in 10-20 years, I would guess. is that a Holst project? seems completely out of character for them, and very disappointing if it is.
I do love the site layout, however. that plaza space should be awesome even with all the curvy weirdness around it.
I like the radiator building design. the other two buildings? not so much. those are going to look very dated in 10-20 years, I would guess. is that a Holst project? seems completely out of character for them, and very disappointing if it is.
I do love the site layout, however. that plaza space should be awesome even with all the curvy weirdness around it.
I agree with FishB8. Little too much confidence is being put on the curvilinear and materials.
That entire development looks awesome to me. Those two buildings to the east may look "dated" in the future, sure -- but in a way that I anticipate feeling more comfortable with than, say, the Albert across the street. Also, if that's a high-school level project, can we please send some of those high schoolers over to LRS asap?
That entire development looks awesome to me. Those two buildings to the east may look "dated" in the future, sure -- but in a way that I anticipate feeling more comfortable with than, say, the Albert across the street. Also, if that's a high-school level project, can we please send some of those high schoolers over to LRS asap?
Truth about LRS needing some inspiration. Those images are just cartoons. They have no sense of materiality, or scale. I guess that kind of half thoughtful architecture just annoys me. Sure throw in a curve, a step and slip, but be convincing about how you deal with insulating thermal bridging and the tectonics of material. The joke obviously is that these are not high schoolers, so then why even advertise these ill conceived forms. CAB I would rather see a slab building with a little pizzaz...
I really like the renderings for this project. I think it will add to the uniqueness that is the North Williams St area. It will definitely make a bold statement, though I do have to agree with another poster, it is hard to tell what the materials will look like and that can totally make or break a project no matter how cool the renderings look.
I think I like it - but this project will all come down to the quality of the exterior materials, even more so than for most projects. If the wood looks gorgeous, the buildings will look gorgeous. If the wood looks like a cheap fake-wood, the whole thing will look like trash. I'm really hoping the wood looks as rich as they're making it look in the images above.
I already was liking the Radiator from the rendering I have seen around. The rest of the block looks good too! Definitely different than more of the apartment buildings going up!
Sorry Fish, looks like you're out numbered. I really like the scale of this development. Good break up of the buildings, nice connections to the street, little bit of unique flair. Its a good break from traditional box development. Agree, the wood choice will make a huge difference, but the basic fundamentals of the building are pretty bold but keep a very nice pedestrian friendly flow. I love it.
Sorry Fish, looks like you're out numbered. I really like the scale of this development. Good break up of the buildings, nice connections to the street, little bit of unique flair. Its a good break from traditional box development. Agree, the wood choice will make a huge difference, but the basic fundamentals of the building are pretty bold but keep a very nice pedestrian friendly flow. I love it.
I appreciate the moxy of the project....but really this is anything but convincing. Throw in some Swiss cheese cut outs of a block and now it is better than a block? The materials and details will prove whether this is good or just fun paper architecture.
I appreciate the moxy of the project....but really this is anything but convincing. Throw in some Swiss cheese cut outs of a block and now it is better than a block? The materials and details will prove whether this is good or just fun paper architecture.
Well said. The fancy renderings and ideas are vastly easier than actually accomplishing the building without ending up in litigation for all manner of rainscreen leaks and/or structural problems. Much less having it actually work well. More power to them though! Love to see the moxy.
First renderings of the Path/Kaiser proposal for the SE corner of Williams and Fremont. This is the one that City Council changed the zoning for, to allow for more height, against vehement neighborhood opposition.
What I would give to lock the architects (there must be one or two, right?) at LRS in a dark room together to take note of these proposals.
I was confused by this one at first (why situate them in Tanner Springs park?) but I think they're going to be built along the eastern property line, as visible in the above renderings.
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I really like the scale of this development. Good break up of the buildings, nice connections to the street, little bit of unique flair. Its a good break from traditional box development. Agree, the wood choice will make a huge difference, but the basic fundamentals of the building are pretty bold but keep a very nice pedestrian friendly flow. I love it.
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