Framework (building)
{{short description|Cancelled building project in Portland, Oregon, United States}}
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| location_city = Portland, Oregon
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| building_type = Mixed-use
| structural_system = Post-tensioned Pres-Lam Cross-laminated Timber (CLT) Rocking Walls, CLT floors over Glulam Beams and Columns
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| architect = Lever Architecture
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| main_contractor = Walsh Construction Company
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Framework was a planned mixed-use building in Portland, Oregon, United States, that would have been located in the Pearl District neighborhood.{{cite news|url=http://www.opb.org/news/article/portland-wooden-highrise-sustainable-building/|title=Portland Company Building Highrise From Wood|last=Montecillo|first=Alan|publisher=Oregon Public Broadcasting|date=October 7, 2015|access-date=March 14, 2017}} Designed by Lever Architecture, it would have been the tallest timber building in North America,{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2017/03/12/519638180/oregon-lumber-community-looks-to-trump-and-innovation-to-survive|title=Oregon Lumber Community Looks To Trump And Innovation To Survive|last=Goldman|first=Tom|publisher=NPR|date=March 12, 2017|access-date=June 9, 2017}} and was called the "nation's first high-rise building made of wood".{{cite news|last=Njus|first=Elliot|title=Timber high-rise gets construction permit|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=June 7, 2017|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2017/06/timber_high-rise_planned_in_pe.html|access-date=June 9, 2017|page=B17}} This project was cancelled in 2018 due to a funding shortfall.{{cite news|last=Monahan|first=Rachel|title=Plans for Record-Setting Timber Tower in Downtown Portland Fall Through|newspaper=Willamette Week|date=July 16, 2017|url=http://www.wweek.com/news/city/2018/07/16/plans-for-record-setting-timber-tower-in-downtown-portland-fall-through/|access-date=July 16, 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Njus |first1=Elliot |title=Plan for timber high-rise in Pearl District shelved |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2018/07/plan_for_pearl_district_mass_t.html |access-date=July 17, 2018 |work=The Oregonian |date=July 17, 2018}}
Description
The Framework building was designed by architect Thomas Robinson. The timber material planned for the building was cross laminated timber (CLT) utilizing Pres-Lam rocking walls for lateral resistance. The architecture firm had planned to use CLT from D.R. Johnson Lumber Company from Riddle, Oregon. The building's number of stories had been given both as 12 and as 11. Construction was expected to begin in fall 2017.
The mixed-use building would have provided office space on floors two through six, and affordable housing may have been placed on floors seven through eleven.{{cite news|url=http://www.nextportland.com/2016/09/15/framework-approved/|title=Design Approved for Framework, America’s Tallest Timber Building|publisher=Next Portland|date=September 15, 2016|access-date=March 14, 2017}}
History
The project team won a $1.5 million grant from the USDA in September 2015 for participating in the Tall Wood Building Prize Competition.{{cite news|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/real-estate-daily/2015/09/portland-firms-nab-1-5m-prize-to-build-12-story.html|title=Portland firms nab $1.5M prize to build 12-story high-rise in the Pearl District|last=Bell|first=Jon|newspaper=Portland Business Journal|date=September 17, 2015|access-date=March 14, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2015/09/17/secretary-announces-new-york-and-oregon-tall-wood-building-prize-winners|title=Secretary Announces New York and Oregon Tall Wood Building Prize Winners|last=Parrott|first=Charles|publisher=U.S. Department of Agriculture|date=September 17, 2015|access-date=March 14, 2017}}
The design phase included extensive fire, structural and acoustic testing. Building assemblies tested during this phase met the requirements of the Oregon Building Codes Division.{{cite news|url=http://pamplinmedia.com/but/239-news/327172-206928-burn-baby-burn-framework-moves-ahead|title=Burn baby burn! Framework moves ahead|last=Gallivan|first=Joseph|newspaper=The Business Tribune|date=October 13, 2016|access-date=March 14, 2017}} Framework was approved by the Portland Design Commission in September 2016, and the construction permit for the project was approved by the state's Building Codes Division on June 6, 2017.
See also
- Carbon12, another wooden building in Portland, Oregon (as of 2017, the tallest in the United States)
References
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External links
- [http://leverarchitecture.com/work/framework-2/ LEVER Architecture – Framework]
{{Pearl District, Portland, Oregon}}
Category:Buildings and structures in Pearl District, Portland, Oregon
Category:Proposed buildings and structures in Oregon
Category:Wooden buildings and structures in the United States