Akeny Lofts (images courtesy KuDa Photography)
BY BRIAN LIBBY
This post begins a new series on Portland Architecture called Portfolio in which we offer a collection of images from a project either recently completed, a project in the works, or a collection of projects by one firm or architect.
We debut with the Ankeny Lofts by Colab Architecture + Urban Design, which is actually the second phase of a project we first covered in 2011. Completed in December, the 7,400 square foot project was built for $1.18 million. Ankeny Nest LLC (Jeff Gersh and Colab's Mark Engberg) is the developer, with Rainier Pacific Development serving as general contractor.
Thanks to Colab Architecture for providing these images. If you'd like to submit a project for the Portfolio photograph series, or a group of projects, contact us anytime.
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Are you kidding me? Aside from stucco, I'm not sure you can put a worse combination of elements into the Pacific Northwest climate. Between the flat surfaces and the exposed wood, concrete, and metal, that is going to be a runny mess of algae, rust, and moss in twenty years. Of course, you probably notice that quite as much as the vinyl windows that are going to crumble from oxidation in the same timespan. Bad architecture that fails to consider context... ugh.
Posted by: Scott | February 06, 2015 at 03:08 PM
I would like to thank you for this post and all the others I've enjoyed them
Posted by: Gabe | February 06, 2015 at 10:27 PM
Aluminum doesn't rust. As for the other materials... practically every house in Portland sports wood siding. Sounds like someone is a concrete fanboi.
Posted by: was carless | February 08, 2015 at 03:53 PM
Is parking provided?
Posted by: john | February 09, 2015 at 12:01 PM