Gallery: The four faces of Edith

By Wendy Culverwell

Real Estate Daily editor

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  • Roof-to-street reeds filter sun on the west-facing side of the Edith Green-Wendell Wyatt federal office building, which is midway through a major renovation. This photo was taken looking up.

  • The exterior renovations of the Edith Green-Wendall Wyatt federal office buildings are largely complete. Finishing the interior will take almost a year.

  • A worker is framed against the girders at what will be the main public entrance to the Edith Green-Wendell Wyatt federal office building.

  • A view to the north from the old roof of the Edith Green-Wendell Wyatt federal office building. Renovations include a new canopy, shown at the top in this photo, that will hold a solar electric array and gutter system to harvest rainwater for use in the building's toilets.

  • An unfinished floor in the Edith Green-Wendell Wyatt federal office building. The project included extending the old facade roughly a foot beyond the existing perimeter, a seen from the position of the steel girders just back from the glass wall in this photo. 

  • Chris Cirlincrone of Dynalectric Co. wires light sensors in an office space in the Edith Green-Wendell Wyatt federal office building. In this image, coils are visible in the ceiling panels. The water-based system will reduce ambient noise in the building and is very energy efficient.

  • Copper coils in ceiling tiles are part of a radiant cooling system that will help keep workers comfortable at the Edith Green-Wendell Wyatt federal office building.

  • A series of holes in the first floor bring daylight into the basement of the Edith Green-Wendell Wyatt federal office building. This photo was taken in space that will house the Internal Revenue Service's taxpayer assistance center. 

  • A crane lifts a pallet of photovoltaic panels to the roof of the Edith Green-Wendell Wyatt federal office building. The solar system is one of the last exterior jobs for the $152 million makeover. The crane will be removed in July as construction work shifts inside.

  • A worker from Dynalectric Co. wires a rooftop canopy for a future solar array high above the streets of downtown Portland at the Edith Green-Wendell Wyatt federal office building.