Posts Tagged ‘Wind Turbines’

Indigo @ twelve|west Featured Article

10.11.10

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“Wind Steals the Spotlight: Rooftop turbines draw attention to this new mixed-use high-rise in Portland, but it’s the less visible systems and design choices that make it a beacon of green. Twelve West is best known in the neighborhood for its four rooftop wind turbines but, as developer Dennis Wilde of Gerding Edlen Development points out, those “are just a bit of frosting.” The more meaningful green strategy of this building is not so easy to see. That’s partly because it’s hidden inside the walls and systems, with predicted savings of nearly 50 percent in both energy and water use. Also less obvious is how the project revitalizes its surroundings”.- Via Project: Twelve West Catches the Breeze by Nadav Malin. Read More.

Wildwood Restaurant

05.27.10

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Indigo residents, join Wildwood restaurant hosting an evening of complimentary appetizers and wine tasting. The event will take place  in the Sapphire Room on Thursday, May 27 at 7 pm. Enjoy delightful eats, sip on wine, and meet your neighbors. If the weather permits, bring along something warm and sit fire-side on our rooftop terrace while enjoying the spectacular view of the city.

Awards, Excellence and the INDIGO!

05.21.10

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From the DJC Oregon, by Stephanie Basalyga: “Take four floors of space for the offices of a Portland architecture firm. Add 17 floors of apartments. Then top it all off with four rooftop wind turbines. The end result is a 23-story tower in downtown Portland that walked away with the “best in show” title at the Daily Journal of Commerce’s 2010 TopProjects event.

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Held Thursday at the Oregon Convention Center, this year’s TopProjects event paid tribute to nearly 100 projects completed last year in Oregon and Southwest Washington.

Twelve West, submitted by project designer ZGF Architects, took the top award as well as first place in the category of private buildings valued at more than $100 million. Members of the project team recognized included project developers Gerding Edlen Development and Downtown Development Inc., project engineer Glumac and general contractor Hoffman Construction”.

I’m not sure what else I could add to this except, “Wow”— and that we knew you were worthy all along Indigo. You have made us proud. Fun to live in, to work in, to look at from many vantage points— and now, pedigreed. Just thought you should know that where you reside, where your head hits the pillow every night, is an award winning place. Not just your home, but a place others get inspiration. Perhaps we are a beacon unto the future.

Indigo @ twelve|west Named Top Ten Green Projects

04.27.10

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Indigo.12Photo Courtesy of  Brian Libby

The News is out from Portland Architecture:

“For all of Portland’s leadership in the field of sustainable design, the city and its architecture firms have been continually on the outside looking in when it comes to the biggest national architecture prize for green buildings, The American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment’s Top Ten Green Projects list”.  Read the full article.

Gerding Edlen Development in the News

04.18.10

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Photo Courtesy of Torsten Kjellstrand/The Oregonian/2007.

What’s in the news? Check out today’s Oregonian Article, “Portland’s Gerding Edlen: a return to the heights?”. Gerding Edlen Development are the developers behind Indigo @ 12|west  in addition to a variety of other well-known projects throughout the downtown Portland area.