Gallery: Inside Vestas' new digs

Vestas and Gerding Edlen teamed up on the Meier & Frank renovation. Vestas leases 133,258 square feet of workspace from Gerding, the building's owner, which occupies a diminutive 8,000 square-foot office on the first floor.

The second floor of the building is a parking garage, available office expansion space in the future.

Vestas-America President Martha Wyrsch worked closely with Flemming Lofberg, left, a senior project manager for Vestas who led the headquarters renovation project.

Vestas asked that an atrium be added to the middle of the building to let in more natural light. As Lofberg puts it: "We're Danish, we're light-deprived."

The centerpiece of Vestas' "floating" boardroom is an enormous, sustainably sourced black walnut table with matching cabinetry.

Gathering spaces are scattered throughout the building to encourage collaboration.

An outdoor patio on the top floor provides a lunch spot alongside the building's ecoroof and 112-kilowatt solar array — the largest in downtown Portland.

In addition to an airy cantina on the top floor of the building, Vestas added seating areas on every floor to encourage employee interaction around the coffee machine.

A small auditorium at the base of the atrium provides a large gathering area. If it calls to mind a similar space at Wieden + Kennedy's offices, it's no coincidence. Lofberg visited the ad firm's offices for inspiration. Still to come: pillows upholstered with fabric remnants from Pendleton Woolen Mills.

Vestas commissioned two major pieces of art for the new building including this installation by New York artist Bryan Hunt that plays with light from the atrium.

This sculpture, by Portland artist Lee Kelly, was commissioned for the main lobby area.

Colorful touches abound, including this Italian-made lobby furniture. The windows throughout the building are energy-efficient replicas of the original.

Signs throughout the building tout its sustainability features, including one that describes the 160,000 gallon cistern that gathers rainwater for use in toilets and landscape irrigation.

"We wanted to do whatever we could to encourage wellness," Wyrsch said. The workout room is open to all employees along with well-appointed locker rooms.

Encouraging the bike commute is another wellness initiative.

Wyrsch said she was gratified to see new levels of employee interaction take off after consolidating Vestas employees who used to work in four different buildings into one.

Mark Edlen, CEO of Gerding Edlen, was proud to show off his company's new headquarters, which trades in private offices for all common space.

Gerding Edlen's offices feature recycled shipping crate flooring from Viridian and 100 percent recycled carpet.