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Hancock 40 Building

Brooks and Cellie Bromley
Portland, Oregon
A new mixed-use building in the vital Hollywood area of Portland combines 5,000 square feet of ground floor storefront commercial space and secured parking with eight townhouse-style condominiums above. Elevator access to the housing allowed an innovative arrangement of third floor living spaces with bedrooms below to maximize views and spatial quality.

Broadway Veterinary Clinic
Portland, Oregon
A compact urban in-fill project provided the privately owned veterinary clinic with a mixed use building of ground floor clinic and upper level offices with a two-bedroom apartment. The signature form of the building responds to the internal functional areas and the daylighting requirements for the main staff space on the ground floor. A heat recovery mechanical system provides fresh air and energy efficiency.

74th and Sandy Building
Bitar Brothers, Limited Partnership
Portland, Oregon
New retail building with a mezzanine totaling 7,400 square feet on a small urban commercial property. The building is designed to accommodate multiple tenants and highlight the corner with a memorable form reminiscent of the roadside architecture along the historic highway now known as sandy Boulevard. Services included multi-discipline design and construction documentation, Planning Department adjustment process, neighborhood association presentations, and services during construction.

Fire and Earth Studio
Eichinger Sculpture
Portland, Oregon
The project is a collaborative effort with the artist who owns the one-story building. In addition to the ground floor studio improvements and seismic upgrades, two new floors of housing are planned.

41st and Sandy Storefront Improvements
Portland, Oregon
The design for the storefront improvements to a commercial building kitty-corner from the historic Hollywood Theatre responded to the exuberant and celebrated theatre faÁade and the modern expression appropriate to itís retail function on a major arterial. The design utilized tensile fabric awnings, steel awnings, and light shelves to enhance interior daylighting.

Old Hollywood Library
Portland, Oregon
The project for this Hollywood architectural icon included tenant improvements for a new daycare and a studio for recording music, seismic upgrades, and exterior improvements. The exterior design provided unique blade signs, steel and glass awnings, and a dynamic corner lighting element sympathetic to the distinctive modern expression of the original building.

Sylvia's Restaurant and Class Act Theatre
Portland, Oregon
Conceptual design analysis of dining and circulation improvements, and dinner-theatre expansion. Provided a master plan for incremental improvements.

Sunshine Dairy
Portland, Oregon
Commercial refrigerator installation in an existing warehouse and supportive office space. Refrigerator was accessible for forklift traffic.

Fujitsu Fab 1 Re-Tooling
Gresham, Oregon
Project architect services provided to IDC for the comprehensive re-tooling and re-building of an existing 37,000 square-feet wafer fabrication cleanroom.
Project includes an elevated clean-link bridge to connect two existing cleanrooms across a service yard. A $4 million addition constructed under budget and ahead of schedule.

Hollywood Theatre Security Fence
Portland, Oregon
The closing off access to a secluded area of the historic theatre needed to maintain egress code requirements, current city public right of way regulations, and blend with the historic architecture.

Hollywood Theatre Dressing Room Study
Portland, Oregon
A study to determine options on refurbishing of the long-neglected dressing rooms of the historic Hollywood Theatre needed to address budget issues, historic, sensitivity, and code and accessibility requirements.

Wafer Fabrication Building
Chandler, Arizona
A study to determine options on refurbishing of the long-neglected dressing rooms of the historic Hollywood Theatre needed to address budget issues, historic, sensitivity, and code and accessibility requirements.

Wells Fargo Tower Mechanical Systems Upgrade
Portland, Oregon
Architectural support of a major mechanical improvement project affecting most floors of a 40-story office building in downtown Portland, Oregon. Services included color selection, and unique floor pattern design for mechanical floor.

Lincoln County Courthouse Exterior Improvements
Newport, Oregon
The study to repaint the courthouse and adjacent justice center addressed issues of scale, community presence, and strengthening the relationship between architecturally disparate buildings and additions. We worked in association with Rosemary McGrath, Interior Designer. We provided the sketches, details, color consultation, and architectural imagery.

Pacific Northwest Title: Tenant Improvements
Portland, Oregon
Tenant improvements in the new Hancock 40 building included offices reception casework, conference rooms, staff break room, and open work area.

Tran Dentistry: 74th and Sandy Building
Portland, Oregon
A tenant improvement project to provide a new dental office of 2,200 square feet including six patient chairs, quiet room, offices, waiting, X-ray, Sterile, and laboratory. Close coordination with both client and dental equipment consultant was required. A unique ceiling configuration and other design elements provide a comfortable and welcoming patient experience and work environment.

Special Events Pavilion Study: Laurelhurst Park
Portland, Oregon
A study to design a special events pavilion in Portlandís venerable Laurelhurst Park.




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