Ankrom Moisan Architects (AMA), an award-winning firm specializing in integrated architectural, interior design, urban design and branding services, has moved into its new founding office at 38 Davis in Portland's Old Town Chinatown District. Encompassing 58,000 square-feet and three floors of the six-story 38 Davis, AMA is the largest tenant of the district's first ground up new construction project in a decade.
Ankrom Moisan had considered more than 25 different locations for its new Portland office before developer Gerding Edlen engaged AMA in 38 Davis as a tenant, and subsequently, as project architect. The firm seized the opportunity to build its dream creative workplace in the mixed-use building, which will also house University of Oregon (UO) classrooms and retail space on the ground floor, UO administrative space on the second floor, and a mix of affordable and market rate housing on the top two floors.
"Our new workplace at 38 Davis resulted from our pursuit of a space that directly reflects our mission, values, culture and identity," said Murray Jenkins, executive vice president at AMA. "In every Ankrom Moisan project we strive to create places where people and communities thrive, and we are extremely proud to have accomplished this on our own behalf at 38 Davis."