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Metro YMCA Workplace Adaptation / Bora Architects + LEVER Architecture

Pilar Caballero — Fri, 04 Dec 2020 19:00:00 +0000

This project was a unique challenge to breathe new life into an iconic building we completed over 40 years ago, adapting it for an entirely new use for current and future needs. In 1977 we designed the original YMCA athletic facility to blend into its park-like site at the base of a prominent hillside, its sweeping northeast radius following the topography while defining a cantilevered internal running track. The building’s excavation into the slope intensified its relationship to the forested hillside in the backdrop. The “Metro Y,” as it came to be known, was lauded for its contemporary, modernist design, appearing in Progressive Architecture Magazine in 1978.

Redfox Commons Renovation / LEVER Architecture

Andreas Luco — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 13:00:00 +0000

Langley Investment Partners commissioned LEVER to design Redfox Commons, a 60,000 sf renovation that knits together two World War II era warehouses to form one light-filled creative office campus. The buildings, once home to an agricultural equipment company, are located at Guild’s Lake Industrial Sanctuary, one of Portland’s largest industrial areas. This project sits at the southern end of the industrial park, bordering a residential neighborhood, the city’s largest urban park, and the Willamette River.

Flex Commercial Building / LEVER Architecture

Daniel Tapia — Mon, 22 Apr 2019 19:00:00 +0000

The project is a 19,000 sqft commercial building that is an exploration of the industrial building typology typically know as “Flex." Generally constructed as simple industrial structures with metal roll-up doors and interior mezzanines, the design elevates this ubiquitous typology with mass timber structural elements and a distinctive angular building form. Its large 200’ x 95’ open floor plate is divisible into eight, 24’ structural bays, allowing the building to be partitioned for diverse tenants, from a restaurant to small maker spaces.

Albina Yard / LEVER Architecture

Pilar Caballero — Fri, 21 Dec 2018 13:00:00 +0000

First building in the US made from domestically-fabricated Cross Laminated Timber (CLT)

L’Angolo Estate / LEVER Architecture

Daniel Tapia — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 11:00:00 +0000

This new family-owned winery is located on 23 acres outside of Newberg, Oregon in Yamhill County. The goal was to create a tasting room experience that reflects the family’s approach to winemaking—a direct expression of the Oregon soils and climate without embellishment.

TreeHouse / LEVER Architecture

Daniel Tapia — Wed, 14 Feb 2018 11:00:00 +0000

Treehouse is a 7-story, 69-unit, multi-family apartment building located on a steeply forested site on the Marquam Hill campus of the Oregon Health & Science University (OSHU) in Portland. The project program provides housing for OHSU staff, students, and affiliates who are interested in a live/work/no-commute lifestyle, as well as a new retail destination on the ground floor.

The United States' First Mass-Timber Highrise Receives Planning Permission

Patrick Lynch — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 16:15:00 +0000

The United States’ first mass-timber highrise (defined by Emporis Building Standards as a building with an architectural height of 115-328 feet, or between 12 and 40 floors) has been granted planning permission, allowing construction on the landmark project to begin. Located in downtown Portland, Oregon, the building known as Framework will cap out at 12 floors and approximately 128 feet, ushering in a new era of tall building construction in the US.