Twelve West (stylized as twelve , west) is a 22-floor, mixed-use
apartment
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and
office building
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located in downtown
Portland
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* Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States
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,
Oregon
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,
United States
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. The building is home to INDIGO @ twelve , west apartments and
ZGF Architects LLP
ZGF Architects LLP (ZGF), formerly Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership, is an American Architectural firm founded in 1942 based in Portland, Oregon with seven offices in the United States and Canada.
History
The company was founded in 1942 in Por ...
. During design and construction the building was known as “12W” and “ZGF Tower”,
but the name changed after a naming contest in July 2009.
Initial plans included a hotel and a total of 31 floors, but they were revised after the hotel company withdrew.
Wind turbines
Four 45-foot-tall (14m)
wind turbine
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s are mounted on the roof for the purpose of research and generating electricity.
The turbines were expected to generate 9,000 kilowatt hours yearly and provide data on wind flows
and bird-strikes.
However, a study from the
NREL
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in the US specializes in the research and development of renewable energy, energy efficiency, energy systems integration, and sustainable transportation. NREL is a federally funded research and d ...
indicated that the turbines are less productive; the system "generates approximately 5,500 kilowatt-hours (kWh)/year."
[Technical Report NREL/TP-5000-65622: "Deployment of Wind Turbines in the Built Environment: Risks, Lessons, and Recommended Practices." Jason Fields, Frank Oteri, Robert Preus, and Ian Baring-Gould (June 2016). National Renewable Energy Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy. Golden, CO. https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy16osti/65622.pdf]
Tenants
There are three distinct uses for twelve , west in separate parts of the building. Ground floor provides retail space, a building lobby, and garage access.
Floors 2–5 are offices, currently the headquarters of
ZGF Architects LLP
ZGF Architects LLP (ZGF), formerly Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership, is an American Architectural firm founded in 1942 based in Portland, Oregon with seven offices in the United States and Canada.
History
The company was founded in 1942 in Por ...
, the architect of the building.
See also
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List of tallest buildings in Portland, Oregon
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Architecture in Portland, Oregon
Portland architecture includes a number of notable buildings, a wide range of styles, and a few notable pioneering architects.
The scale of many projects is relatively small, as a result of the relatively small size of downtown-Portland blocks (2 ...
References
External links
INDIGO @ twelve , west websiteIndigo 12 Westat
Emporis
Emporis GmbH was a real estate data mining company that was headquartered in Hamburg, Germany. The company collected data and photographs of buildings worldwide, which were published in an online database from 2000 to September 2022.
On 12 Sept ...
"Indigo @ 12 West" By N.P. ThompsonCenturies Since the Day
2009 establishments in Oregon
Buildings and structures completed in 2009
Skyscraper office buildings in Portland, Oregon
Residential skyscrapers in Portland, Oregon
Southwest Portland, Oregon
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