The Cost of High-Rise Housing in Portland, OR
| dc.contributor.author | Wilson, Richard H. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-04-17T18:09:34Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-04-17T18:09:34Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-12-08 | |
| dc.description | 14 pages | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The actual cost of high-rise housing in comparison to its land use can be an obscure topic. Information may not be widely available to determine the benefits of constructing tall buildings. This research paper aimed to document three specific case study high-rise housing projects, then compare them to one small scale housing type. This helped in understanding the primary differences between tall and small construction, and hinted, in a minor sense, at the sustainable implications of each. It was found that high-rise housing can be two to four times more costly than low-rise housing types. However the value in high-rise housing may be found, not in up-front cost to developers and investors, but to the community at large, and the preservation of diminishing natural landscape. This paper shall not conclude which is a better choice - high-rise or low-rise construction. However it should provide some figures to help better understand the potential cost difference. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1794/18861 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of Oregon | en_US |
| dc.rights | All Rights Reserved. | en_US |
| dc.subject | High-rise housing | en_US |
| dc.subject | Housing prototypes | en_US |
| dc.subject | High-rise cost | en_US |
| dc.subject | Portland (Or.) | en_US |
| dc.title | The Cost of High-Rise Housing in Portland, OR | en_US |
| dc.type | Other | en_US |