Oregon Conservation
Center
Project Type: Mission
Office
Role: Fee Developer
Partners: Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy’s (TNC) new Oregon headquarters, the Oregon Conservation Center, demonstrates the conservancy's commitment to sustainability, diversity, and ecological wellness. The project is rooted in a deep belief that Oregon’s natural environment is a resource and was intended to complement and restore TNC’s existing 1970’s office building alongside of a new pavilion, to host on-site collaboration with other partner environmental organizations. The building utilized advanced solar and stormwater management technology, a landscape of native Oregon flora, innovative cross laminated timber (CLT), and other building materials sources from TNC’s project sites. The project was inherently values-driven. As the embodiment of environmentalism and sustainability, the Conservation Center connects people with nature in the heart of Portland.
Values: Design Excellence, Development Innovation, and Environmental Stewardship.
Completed by Anyeley as a partner of project^
Aerial View toward downtown. (Drone image/video courtesy of Michael Mann, Above the Northwest)
Oregon Conservation Center
Native and adaptive planting
Lobby
Entry to the building
Environmental messaging
Vernier Community Room
Lounge space
Kitchen
Indoor-outdoor connection
Lunch Room
Rooftop Deck
Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) stairs
Open office
Green Roof. Solar Array.
Project Details
Program: Office
Convening Space
20 kW Solar Array
Location: Portland, OR
Completed: 2019
Building Area: 15,288 SF
Total Cost: $5.8M
Sustainability: LEED v4 Gold
Status: Owned by TNC
Team
Architect: LEVER Architecture
Landscape Architect: Lando and Associates
Contractor: Lease Crutcher Lewis
Awards
AIA Northwest and Pacific Region
Design Awards, Citation Award
2020
AIA Portland
Portland Architecture Awards, Citation Award
2019
AIA Portland
Portland Architecture Awards, Significant Design Contribution Award to project^
2019
American Architecture Awards
Award, Institutional Category
2021
Architect’s Newspaper
Best of Design Awards, Editors’ Pick in Building Renovation - Civic
2019
Architizer
A+ Awards, Special Mention in Concepts – Plus-Architecture +Renovation
2020
Dezeen Magazine
Dezeen Awards, Longlist in Business Building
2020
Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
Leadership Awards, Honorable Mention in Design Build
2019
Gray Magazine
Gray Awards, Winner in Design for Good
2019
Portland Business Journal
Transformer Award
2019
The Chicago Athenaeum
Green Good Design Award
2020
WoodWorks
U.S. Wood Design Awards, Institutional Wood Design
2020