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The Portland Building, alternatively referenced as the Portland Municipal Services Building, is a 15-story municipal office building located at 1120 SW 5th Avenue in downtown Portland, Oregon. Built at a cost of US$29 million, it opened in 1982 and was considered architecturally groundbreaking at the time.
The estimated $22-million project was proposed due to the building failing to comply with the city codes for earthquakes and fires. [28] Northern light well, with hanging art exhibit, 2008. Some preparatory work for the renovation began in November 1995. [29] On May 3, 1996, City Hall closed and offices relocated for the renovation project. [30]
[10] [11] This building was subject to the 2015 International Building Code (IBC), under Type III-A construction [12] which limits wood buildings to six stories with height 85’ but designers planned for 8 stories, which led to extra time and cost in getting approvals as the City of Portland had never reviewed a tall CLT project before. [11]
In 2016, the building underwent major upgrades, including a full renovation of the main lobby, improvements throughout the building and some vacant suites. The lobby is home to a 32-screen media wall, which is the largest media wall in the city of Portland.
The Public Service Building is a historic 67.06 m (220.0 ft), 15-story office building in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. The building and its attached parking garage have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Public Service Building and Garage since 1996. [ 4 ]
The building was designed by the architectural firm of Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects (ZGF). It is the largest convention center in Oregon, at nearly 1 million square feet (93,000 m 2). The complex includes 255,000 square feet (23,700 m 2) of exhibit space. It features the largest ballroom in the City of Portland at 35,000 square feet (3,300 m 2).
The KOIN Center building on SW 3rd. Portland architecture includes a number of notable buildings, a wide range of styles, and a few notable pioneering architects.. The scale of many projects is relatively small, as a result of the relatively small size of downtown-Portland blocks (200 feet by 200 feet) and strict height restrictions enacted to protect views of nearby Mount Hood from Portland's ...
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