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Redfox Commons – 2nd Place (Office-Major Renovation)

By: scott.huish//December 12, 2020//

Redfox Commons – 2nd Place (Office-Major Renovation)

By: scott.huish//December 12, 2020//

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Office-Major Renovation
Redfox Commons
Submitting Company: LEVER Architecture
Location: Portland
Start Date: February 2017
Completion Date: March 2019
Owner/Developer: Langley Investment Partners
Architect: LEVER Architecture
Engineer: KPFF
General Contractor: R&H Construction
Subcontractors: Allegiance Corp., Anderson Sandblasting, Benson Industries, Cedar Landscape Construction, Cochran Inc.-Portland, Contemporary Visions Sign & Wayfinding, D & H Flagging, D & R Masonry Restoration, DeaMor Associates, DeBenedetto’s Commercial Flooring, Diverse Works, Eagle Striping Services, Grant Associates, Greg Law Landscape, Holes Unlimited, Hunter-Davisson, Instafab, JR Merit, Knez Building Materials, Kodiak Pacific Construction, Konell Construction & Demolition, Laneco, LaRusso Concrete, McDonald & Wetle, Metro Overhead Door, Mid-Valley, Minority Abatement Contractors, Pacwest Drywall & Painting, Pioneer Sheet Metal, Pioneer Waterproofing, Professional Minority Group, Prominent Construction, Pure Floors, Rayborn’s Plumbing, Safway Services, Shapiro Didway, Superior Fence & Construction, Temp-Air, ThyssenKrupp Elevator, Westlake Consultants, WFJ Janitorial Services, WMX Construction

Redfox Commons is an adaptive reuse project in Northwest Portland that transformed two former industrial structures into a light-filled campus for creative office tenants. The site was a gateway to the 1905 Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition and was later part of Guild’s Lake District, a significant industrial sanctuary.

The original heavy timber structures were built in the 1940s for J.A. Freeman & Sons. Recognizing the historic and environmental significance of the old growth wood structure, the renovation preserves and restores the original lumber. The existing trusses were sand blasted and remain exposed, highlighting the natural beauty of the wood.

New 80-foot clerestory windows were added to each roof to bring light into the large, open floor plates, which are distinguished by column-free spans of 100 feet. To uphold the project’s heritage, both buildings were completely rebuilt using an industrial vernacular of ribbon windows and weathering steel cladding.

During demolition, wood from an overbuilt mezzanine was salvaged to create a new timber and glass entrance that connects the two buildings. More than 6,500 linear feet of 4×12-inch boards were reclaimed, varying in length from 12 to 24 feet, in order to express the project’s heritage and environmentally conscious design.

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