Machine Works building | 9 floors | Complete - Page 2

der Reisender · #21 Posted **Feb 3, 2007, 12:12 AM**

i think when the paper called it "bold" they must have been referring to the lack of any housing units and above grade parking

zilfondel · #22 Posted **Feb 4, 2007, 2:41 AM**

That rendering is of such low quality, that I won't hold any judgment on this thing until it OPENS. I could imagine, particularly from the street level, that with an appropriate level of detail, material palette, and color, that it certainly could look nice. However, the rendering above doesn't look very realistic at all - it misrepresents what glass, metal, and concrete even look like at the most basic level, so it shouldn't be interpreted as what the building will actually look like. Honestly people, let's just wait and see!

bvpcvm · #23 Posted **Jun 24, 2007, 8:33 PM**

The Machine Works building is fenced off and being demolished.

Pearl_Steve · #24 Posted **Sep 27, 2007, 2:53 PM**

The crane is going up at the Machine Works site today.

PDX City-State · #25 Posted **Sep 27, 2007, 8:09 PM**

The Machine Works crane is up!

Aya Murase · #26 Posted **Sep 28, 2007, 12:15 AM**

I think the rendering for this building, along w/ much of Group Mackenzie's work (and website) is dull and uninspired. Ugly, suburban, 80's office plaza pretty much sums it up.

... subjective opinion, of course.

Castillonis · #27 Posted **Sep 28, 2007, 2:37 AM**

On a positive note, this design is much better than the Fred Meyer design. It has more windows.

Sioux612 · #28 Posted **Sep 28, 2007, 2:45 AM**

This is seriously the best rendering they could provide?!

Pearl_Steve · #29 Posted **Sep 28, 2007, 6:10 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sioux612

This is seriously the best rendering they could provide?!

A pic of the sign outside the construction site:

rsbear · #30 Posted **Sep 28, 2007, 6:34 AM**

What is that, the world's largest air conditioner above the retail level? Kidding. Seriously, what is that?

Sioux612 · #31 Posted **Sep 28, 2007, 6:37 AM**

Thanks Steve! The middle part, isn't that parking?

Pearl_Steve · #32 Posted **Sep 28, 2007, 7:11 AM**

As Sioux612 said that is parking, I believe three levels.

WestCoast · #33 Posted **Sep 29, 2007, 3:22 AM**

meh, it could look worse. not everything can be a home run, and I think it will blend into the pearl fine.

zilfondel · #34 Posted **Sep 29, 2007, 8:37 AM**

The building wasn't half bad until you get to the office portion. Yuck. Absolutely no design sense... and I just realized the Group MacKenzie is the one who has done some buildings in Kruse Way and that POS office building next to the Strand.

HOWEVER, their new headquarters building on the east side next to the Hawthorne Bridge is really cool - albeit a renovation (extreme renovation) of an older warehouse. I would hope that their future work would be more artistic and coherent.

Castillonis · #35 Posted **Jan 22, 2008, 3:08 AM**

I took this photo at the SE corner of the Machine works construction site at about 1600 on Mon 21Jan08.

1200x900 Machine Works

I have a panoramic that I will post tonight when I am at home with better software tools.

philopdx · #36 Posted **Feb 11, 2008, 2:26 AM**

MarkDaMan · #37 Posted **Feb 11, 2008, 6:27 AM**

such an ugly building. It looks like they could be building the Edge, BEFORE the design committee reviews.

philopdx · #38 Posted **Feb 24, 2008, 4:33 AM**

Wow, folks a ton of progress on this one in the past two weeks. Let's bring out the steel!

Portland · #39 Posted **Feb 28, 2008, 4:10 AM**

The Borg ship cometh, resistance is futile...

Castillonis · #40 Posted **Mar 7, 2008, 12:43 AM**

Machine Works construction photo update from the NW corner looking SE. You can see the corner of the Wyatt to the left side of the photo.

1260x575 17" monitors

1960x895 22" monitors
http://aycu14.webshots.com/image/455...7277655_rs.jpg

NOTE: I took the photos that comprise this panoramic image of the Machine Works construction site on Sun 02Mar08 at 15:23.