Twelve | West renews energy…and a neighborhood
Twelve | West, in Portland, OR, features street level retail space, four floors of office space for ZGF Architects LL P, 17 floors of apartments and five levels of below-grade parking. Four wind turbines sit prominently atop the building representing the first U.S. installation of a wind turbine array on an urban, high-rise. “The building is expected to serve as a catalyst for redevelopment of the West End neighborhood, building upon the successes of the Pearl District to the north and the Museum District to the south, effectively bridging the two,” says Peter van der Meulen, associate partner at ZGF and project manager on the Twelve | West building. “It takes a significant step across the busy fourlane Burnside Street, bringing renewed vitality into the neighborhood with high-quality apartments, office space, parking and retail. Twelve |West offers large, transparent retail facades that feature double-story windows and the anticipation of European-style café dinning, where residents, visitors and office workers can spill onto the street.”
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