Dehen Place is a 15 story mixed-use tower located in the heart of Portland, Oregon. It is integrally composed of retail, offices, apartments, penthouses, and walk-up townhouses; all with direct acccess to the new Central City Streetcar line, the Pearl Arts District and the Park Blocks. The primary motivation of the design was to allow for ample daylight to every unit and the shared outdoor spaces, which creating a provokative high-density urban form that integrates as a work of art.















PROJECT: dehen place
CLIENT: enterprise development
LOCATION: pearl district, portland, oregon
BUDGET: $165 / sq.ft.
SIZE: 35,000 sq.ft. footprint @ 15 stories
MIX: 214 market rate lofts, 9 penthouse condominiums, 4 live/work townhouses; 7,300 sq.ft. retail, 284 parking spaces
LEADER: JEFFREY D. LAMB
TEAM: lamb design studios inc.:
kimberley a. shiell; fredrick h. zal, livia nicolescu, sally spencer
DATE: 2001