Portland airport grows with expansive mass timber roof canopy

Post by bobthepanda » Fri, Dec 06, 2024, 5:08 AM UTC

Schiendelman wrote: post #52

astrange wrote: post #27

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Much of the issue is that city planners like it that way. The building codes require it, and when they don't, they'll have design review requirements where the planners will make you change it. There's a common modern look called a 5-over-1 which usually looks like a giant box made out of four different colored Lego sets. The random different colors are forced on them by planners who think it provides "articulation".…

You can thank former Seattle CM Sally Clark almost singlehandedly for the articulation bullshit. And a lot of the dumb townhouse rules that made them all identical for a decade. And you know design review was created by an initiative on an off election? 15% of registered voters voted in favor. I think design review could be overturned constitutionally. But few people seem to focus on that issue for long enough to lea…

Post by UncleOxidant » Fri, Dec 06, 2024, 5:21 AM UTC

georgeburdell wrote: post #50

im_down_w_otp wrote: post #21

I just flew through there and saw the renovation for the first time, and it is an absolutely stunning transformation. Just incredible. I loved it. The whole thing. From the ceiling to the ticketing islands to the reworked security to the amphitheater style seating areas at the terminal exit where friends & family can await your arrival. It feels spacious, natural, functional, and hospitable.

Please tell me they kept a patch of the iconic carpet around

Post by seanmcdirmid » Fri, Dec 06, 2024, 5:29 AM UTC

astrange wrote: post #27

lordofgibbons wrote: post #7

I wish we had more pretty architecture like this in the U.S. Our architecture is so utilitarian/corporate and built at the lowest price and just enough to meet building codes. I get why it is the way it is, but I can still wish.

Much of the issue is that city planners like it that way. The building codes require it, and when they don't, they'll have design review requirements where the planners will make you change it. There's a common modern look called a 5-over-1 which usually looks like a giant box made out of four different colored Lego sets. The random different colors are forced on them by planners who think it provides "articulation".…

Post by astrange » Fri, Dec 06, 2024, 5:35 AM UTC

seanmcdirmid wrote: post #85

astrange wrote: post #27

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Much of the issue is that city planners like it that way. The building codes require it, and when they don't, they'll have design review requirements where the planners will make you change it. There's a common modern look called a 5-over-1 which usually looks like a giant box made out of four different colored Lego sets. The random different colors are forced on them by planners who think it provides "articulation".…

I think it’s 4 over 1 here in the Seattle area. Concrete floor one with retail followed by 4 wooden floors of apartments, although that is changing to 5 over 2 in the last few years. Developers love them because they are easier to build and maximize sellable space.

Post by seanmcdirmid » Fri, Dec 06, 2024, 5:41 AM UTC

efitz wrote: post #79

rootusrootus wrote: post #55

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As far as I can tell, those guys mostly only exist in the fever dreams of online commentators.

Except when they're firebombing Portland: - https://www.portlandoregon.gov/police/news/read.cfm?id=27143... - https://www.newsweek.com/molotov-cocktail-portland-protester... Oh look, here's a video showing a guy lighting a firebomb and throwing it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMkTfGlM-f0&t=190s Hmmm, left a bomb behind (guy was caught, extradited and sentenced to 4 years) - https://apnews.com/article/race-and-et…