skip to main | skip to sidebar

built PDX

Created environment

Tuesday, August 7, 2007

Briefed 8.7

The O profiles Alta Planning + Design's Mia Birk, who helped weave the city's bicycle connections.

Union Station's control tower will get a new life as the communications hub for the new MAX line, the Trib reports.

Also in the Trib, an infill twist: An existing apartment complex works to fit within the neighborhood developing around it.
Posted by Alison Ryan at 3:17 PM
Labels: ALTA PLANNING + DESIGN, INFILL, TRIMET

No comments:

Post a Comment

Newer Post Older Post Home
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

About Me

My photo
Alison Ryan
Ali Ryan writes about architecture, sustainability and design in Portland, Ore. She's also into candy, cassette tapes, crossword puzzles, foliage, reference books, biscuits and gravy, bar art, glitter and spell-check.
View my complete profile

TIPSTERS

Send ideas, news tips, press releases, rumors, commments, criticism and drink recipes to builtpdx@gmail.com.

Blog Archive

  • ▼  2007 (70)
    • ►  September (1)
    • ▼  August (25)
      • This old open house
      • Briefed 8.29
      • Briefed 8.28
      • Briefed 8.27
      • Second opinions
      • Briefed 8.23
      • Good neighbors
      • Briefed 8.22
      • Talking points
      • Let's have discourse
      • Three to judge PDX designs
      • Down for the count
      • In with the in crowd
      • Doll house
      • Briefed 8.14
      • Minus Andy Warhol
      • Well, the odds were good
      • Briefed 8.10
      • Briefed 8.9
      • Briefed 8.7
      • Swan song
      • Briefed 8.6
      • Modern is good for NoPo infill site, design commis...
      • Briefed 8.3
      • Briefed 8.1
    • ►  July (21)
    • ►  June (7)
    • ►  May (14)
    • ►  April (2)

Blogs I read

  • Blogtown
  • Jetson Green
  • Metroblogging Portland
  • Naked Energy (DJC reporter Libby Tucker's blog)
  • PORT
  • Portland Architecture
  • The Dirt
  • Transmaterial
  • Urban Planning Overlord

News I read

  • Daily Journal of Commerce
  • The Oregonian
  • Willamette Week
  • Portland Mercury
  • Portland Tribune
  • Architecture Week
  • ArchNewsNow