Rendering courtesy of LEVER Architecture
Mixed-use building featuring workforce housing, office and retail
90,000 sf
This 12-story building design helped further research on Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) and how this sustainable, lightweight material can be utilized in high-rise construction.
LEVER Architecture
The Framework Project, LLC
Pursuing 70% energy savings
U.S. Tall Wood Building Prize: $1.5 million to fund the research necessary to utilize wood products in high-rise construction.
Portland Design Commission Excellence Award
• Constructed almost entirely from locally sourced materials
• Provides the construction industry with new, innovative materials through research with Cross Laminated Timber (CLT)
• Utilizes an extremely airtight envelope design and natural ventilation to keep a comfortable indoor temperature
• Integrated green roofs and screening to use significantly less energy than a traditional code building
• Dedicated Outside Air System with heat recovery.
• High efficiency VRF system serving office and public spaces
• Window switches that will disable heating while windows are open
