Sixteen GBD Employees Certified as Disaster Service Workers
September 2, 2015
The Pacific Northwest is surrounded by natural beauty, shaped by tectonic forces over millennia. However, the same forces that have altered the landscape have the ability to significantly alter our lives. In the event of a natural disaster, buildings will need quick and accurate evaluations of their structural integrity in order to ensure the safety ...
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Velomor, Hassalo on Eighth’s first completed building, opens to residents
August 4, 2015
GBD is pleased to announce the opening of Velomor, a 6-story mixed-use building and the first to open within the Lloyd District’s new Hassalo on Eighth development. With a total of 657 housing units and over 50,000 square feet of retail space, Hassalo on Eighth is GBD’s largest project to date – three new buildings ...
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GBD makes its mark on the current Portland Office market
June 25, 2015
A new report by the Oregonian lists Portland’s top six existing office buildings that are garnering “Class A-Plus” rents. The list includes Fox Tower, First & Main, Moda Tower, the US Bancorp Tower, and two buildings in the Brewery Blocks. Of the six buildings on the list, GBD was involved in four. GBD designed the ...
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AKQA Featured on Archdaily
May 14, 2015
AKQA is a global digital agency who established their Portland office in 2012 with the help of GBD Architects. A recent expansion of their space in Portland’s Brewery Blocks has been featured in ArchDaily. The Brewery Blocks is also home to GBD, whose offices take up part of the third and fourth floor of the ...
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GBD Volunteers at Forest Park
May 7, 2015
GBD Spring Recess 2015 included pulling ivy and re-building trails in Forest Park–in the middle of a spring rain storm! We didn’t let a little rain stop us from volunteering our time with the Forest Park Conservancy, a great organization dedicated to the preservation, protection, and restoration of Forest Park–one of Portland’s most incredible natural ...
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AGUSTIN ENRIQUEZ HONORED AS ONE OF PORTLAND BUSINESS JOURNAL’S “40 UNDER 40”
February 23, 2015
Agustin Enriquez V, principal at GBD Architects, was named a 40 Under 40 Award Winner by the Portland Business Journal. A leading media platform for companies strategically targeting business decisions, the Portland Business Journal annually honors 40 emerging leaders under the age of 40. Recipients were chosen by an independent panel of business leaders. According ...
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