2024-05-17T00:32:42-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150311178/take-a-first-look-inside-adidas-new-north-american-headquarters Josh Niland 2022-05-25T18:13:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/cd/cdcaec0af727d694120638bbc1f8fcaf.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>When it premiered last fall, <a href="https://archinect.com/leverarchitecture" target="_blank">LEVER</a>&rsquo;s new building for the Adidas North American Headquarters in Oregon was talked about as a potential game-changer for an industry still struggling to find answers about the future of workplace design. Celebrated as one of the most inspiring corporate office concepts in recent memory, the effort was included in the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/bustler/8649/technical-innovation-and-beauty-present-amongst-2022-wood-design-awards-winners" target="_blank">2022 Wood Design Awards</a> and recently got the profile treatment from <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90753094/adidas-jaw-dropping-new-office-sets-an-audacious-standard-for-the-future-of-work" target="_blank"><em>FastCompany</em></a>.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/aa/aa3a785482b51c935c16ad7187b1d533.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/aa/aa3a785482b51c935c16ad7187b1d533.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo: Jeremy Bittermann.</figcaption></figure><p>In collaboration with San Francisco's&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/o-plus-a" target="_blank">Studio O+A</a>, LEVER was able to erect two new buildings on the apparel giant&rsquo;s existing Adidas Village campus just north of Downtown Portland in University Park.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ee/eea45a06790edf25329f8ae8467c5a7a.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ee/eea45a06790edf25329f8ae8467c5a7a.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo: Jeremy Bittermann.</figcaption></figure><p>One, a six-story glass-curtain facade design called the <em>Gold Building</em>, features a variety of collaborative work considerations such as flexible workstations, a caf&eacute;, and several maker spaces contained within what the firm deems as a &ldquo;unique hybrid structural system&rdquo; composed of pre-cast concrete columns and girders, ...</p>