Port of Vancouver — Terminal 1

Location: Vancouver, WA
Year: 2023
Type: Workplace
WORK @: westofwest.com

Illuminated TERMINAL 1 sign spanning the courtyard stair at blue hour

Aerial view of the Columbia River, the Interstate Bridge and the Terminal 1 waterfront district — 01Waterfront context

Terminal 1 at sunset behind a passing freight train, its facade catching low orange light — 02Rail edge at sunset

Street-corner view of Terminal 1 at dusk with lit interiors and autumn street trees — 03Corner at dusk

Portrait view of the Terminal 1 entry canopy and concrete porte-cochère from the street — 04Arrival canopy

Stepped massing of the Terminal 1 volumes seen against an overcast sky — 05Stacked massing

Close view of the ribbed metal facade turning a corner against a blue sky — 06Facade corner

Terraced courtyard stairs, planters and weathering-steel screens below the office volumes — 08Terraced courtyard

Glazed skybridge framing a sunset view over the river from the upper courtyard — 09Skybridge and river

People sketching and walking through the upper courtyard beneath the glazed skybridge — 10Upper courtyard

Courtyard benches and planting at dusk with people talking in front of the dark facade — 11Courtyard at dusk

Overhead view of the courtyard's angular paving, planting beds and stairs — 12Courtyard from above

Notes

Terminal 1 rebuilds a working stretch of the Columbia River waterfront as a set of stacked office volumes over ground-floor retail, tuned so the public route through the site never closes.

The facade holds a single ribbed metal language across every elevation; scale shifts come from the depth of the fins, the concrete plinth and the terraced landscape that steps down to the river.