/news/2012/07/11/65-unit-housing-office-project-proposed-for-lloyd-district/ Building and Construction News in Portland, Oregon and the Pacific Northwest Tue, 17 Jul 2012 03:28:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.6 /news/2012/07/11/65-unit-housing-office-project-proposed-for-lloyd-district/#comment-70413 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 03:28:19 +0000 /?p=85417#comment-70413 Its always great to see density in this part of town although I’d much prefer the vacant lots be developed before demolishing functioning buildings. But this proposed building is a real eyesore, no two ways about it. It may just be the poor quality of the rendering but from what I can see, the facade has absolutely no rational. It appears random and a very juvenile attempt at what should be a carefully considered building in terms of materiality, rhythm and scale of various elements. An opportunity in this neighborhood should not go to waste on an ugly design like this. Maybe the developer should hire a firm that has experience in mixed-use urban projects, because as far as I know, Group Mackenzie is mostly a Fred Meyer and warehouse firm.

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