First built as a temporary facility more than 45 years ago, the TriMet Powell Garage was overdue for a modernization to improve safety, capacity and employee well-being.
With a design inspired by the Sonoran desert, Atlantic Aviation’s new hangar features a facade composed of a random pattern of vertical and diagonal reveal joints and an undulating parapet line that together create an abstract composition that complements the nearby McDowell Mountain Range.
Faced with the constraints of an extremely narrow site, the Electric Park Garden Bar addition team found ways to leverage prefabrication to reduce downtime for subcontractors and keep the project on track.
The $50-million Carson Group headquarters features a six-story office structure joined to a four-story tower by an amenity hub. Both buildings use electrochromic envelopes to reduce energy loads and emissions.