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Willamette Falls Project – Visioning for Blue Heron

April 6, 2021

The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde purchased a 23-acre property at Willamette Falls that was formerly home to the Blue Heron Paper Company mill. The property sits on the east bank of the Willamette River in Oregon City and is located within the Tribe’s ancestral homelands land and holds significant historical and cultural importance for ...

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SLABTOWN MARKETPLACE AND LL HAWKINS: TRANSFORMING NORTHWEST PORTLAND

November 19, 2015

We are excited to announce the completion of the Slabtown Marketplace and LL Hawkins. These two projects represent the first completed city block (Block 296) within the Con-Way Master Plan, located in Portland’s Northwest District. The Master Plan, developed by GBD and adopted by the City in 2012, aims to integrate new mixed-use development with ...

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GBD WINS TWO IIDA AWARDS

November 3, 2015

We are very pleased to have won two awards at the 2015 IIDA Oregon Design Excellence Awards ceremony. The renovation of U.S. Bancorp Tower-Unico Tower and Plaza Atrium received Best in Category for Interior Urbanism, and AKQA received the Gray Award – presented by title sponsor GRAY Magazine. In awarding the Best in Category for Interior Urbanism, ...

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GBD HIRES NEW INTERIOR DESIGN PRINCIPAL

October 14, 2015

GBD Architects is pleased to announce the addition of Scott Brown, IIDA, LEED AP, as Principal. Scott brings with him 22 years of experience in corporate interior design, with an emphasis on tenant representation. While at Yost Grube Hall, Scott’s ability to create innovative and beautiful workplaces earned him multiple design awards, including a 2014 ...

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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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©GBD Architects Incorporated

  • 1120 NW Couch St., Suite 300 Portland, OR 97209
  • (503) 224-9656 gbd@gbdarchitects.com