Block 216 Receives Design Approval
December 14, 2018
Yesterday the Portland Design Commission unanimously approved Block 216. This milestone building will be Portland’s first project built on the Greenloop, and the largest development in the city since the US Bank Tower! The 35-story mixed-use tower will house condos, hotel, offices, retail, parking, event space, as well as a spa and restaurant on the 20th ...
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2018 Promotions
December 2, 2018
At GBD, we aim for something different. We make buildings that work hard, like we do. Buildings that are honest, wise, and give out more than they consume. We make thoughtfully and artfully crafted spaces that are quiet, majestic solutions to real human problems—not the source of new ones. We focus all of our talent and ...
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Broadway Tower Progressing in Downtown
July 20, 2018
Broadway Tower is nearly complete. The new mixed-use high-rise building located on a half block in Portland’s South Park Blocks will receive its certificate of occupancy in mid-October. The 309,000 square foot, 19-story building will combine the United States’ 2nd Radisson Red hotel, (including a world class bar and restaurant), with 175,000 square feet of Class A ...
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GBD Hosts WSU Graduate Design Studio
July 3, 2018
For seven weeks this summer, GBD has had the pleasure of hosting a Washington State University graduate architecture studio in our office. 15 students moved to Portland for the summer, relocating their homebase to GBD’s office while working to design eight blocks of a massive mixed-use project. The studio, led by Ashley Koger, Paul Soper and a team of ...
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GBD Celebrates LEED Milestones
March 14, 2018
With more than 11 million square feet of LEED-certified projects built over the last 14 years—including Portland’s Brewery Blocks, The Portland Armory, and the Lloyd EcoDistrict—the visionary firm takes sustainable design to a new scale. With the recent LEED® Gold certification of The Osprey Apartments in Portland’s South Waterfront, GBD reached a significant milestone: our 50th LEED-certified ...
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Helios opening: helping to transform downtown Seattle
March 8, 2018
After three years of construction, Helios (formerly 2nd & Pine), was completed and opened its doors in September of last year, and standing at 440 ft, the tower has begun to make an impact downtown. For years, the parcel was an open pit. Later, it was a surface parking lot. What was once a glaring ‘gap’ ...
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We Preserve the Things we Love
February 1, 2018
There are a couple things that we know to be true: 1) We preserve the things we love. 2) A well-designed and well-constructed building that meets real human needs will stand the test of time. At GBD, this means that we put careful thought into details around durability and quality design solutions to ensure building longevity, ...
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CUSHMAN AND WAKEFIELD OFFICE WINS 2017 IIDA DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARD
November 28, 2017
The design of Cushman Wakefield’s Portland office received an Honorable Mention for Design Excellence in the Corporate category at this years IIDA Oregon Chapter Awards ceremony. We are honored to have worked with such an excellent client and congratulate all the winners at this years event. ...
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Hassalo on Eighth Wins LEED Homes Project of the Year
September 12, 2017
We are honored that Hassalo on Eighth continues to serve as an example of what sustainable development can be. Check out the USGBC’s announcement of this year’s projects, developers and builders that are leading the residential market in sustainable development, excerpted below: Today, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced the recipients of its annual LEED ...
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2017 Promotions
September 6, 2017
At GBD, we aim for something different. We make buildings that work hard, like we do. Buildings that are honest, wise, and give out more than they consume. We make thoughtfully and artfully crafted spaces that are quiet, majestic solutions to real human problems—not the source of new ones. We focus all of our talent and ...
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