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ZGF Architects LLP ( ZGF ), formerly Zimmer Gunsul Frasca ___MASK92___ , is an American ___MASK8___ with offices in Portland , Oregon ; Seattle , Washington ; Los Angeles , California ; Washington D . C .; New York , New York ; and , as ZGF Cotter Architects Inc ., in Vancouver , Canada . Founded in 1942 , the firm was listed in 2011 as the # 4 ___MASK8___ in the United States by " Building Design + Construction ", and ranked the # 9 ___MASK8___ by " Architect ". In 2016 " Architect " named ZGF the # 1 architecture firm in the country , citing the organization ' s dedication to sustainability as a major deciding factor . Between the company ' s five offices in the United States and their office in Canada they employ more than 500 employees . A ___MASK25___ , high - rise , apartment tower , residential tower , apartment block , block of flats , or office tower is a tall building or structure used as a residential and / or office building . In some areas it may be referred to as an " MDU ", standing for " Multi Dwelling Unit ". In the United States , such a structure is referred to as an apartment building or office building , while a group of such buildings is called an apartment complex or office complex . California is the most populous ___MASK69___ in the United States and the third most extensive by area . Located on the western ( Pacific ___MASK22___ ) coast of the U . S ., California is bordered by the other U . S . states of Oregon , Nevada , and Arizona and shares an international ___MASK14___ with the Mexican ___MASK69___ of Baja California . The ___MASK69___ ___MASK82___ is Sacramento . Los Angeles is California ' s most populous city , and the country ' s second largest after New York City . The ___MASK69___ also has the nation ' s most populous county , Los Angeles County , and its largest county by area , San Bernardino County . An ___MASK29___ ( in American and Canadian English ) or a flat ( in British English ) is a self - contained housing unit ( a type of residential real ___MASK23___ ) that occupies only part of a building , correctly , on a ___MASK63___ level without a stair . Such a building may be called an " ___MASK29___ building ", " ___MASK29___ complex ", " flat complex ", " block of flats ", " ___MASK25___ ", " high - rise " or , occasionally " mansion block " ( in British English ), especially if it consists of many apartments for rent . In Scotland it is called a block of flats or , if it ' s a traditional sandstone building , a " tenement ", which has a pejorative connotation elsewhere . Apartments may be owned by an " owner / occupier ", by leasehold tenure or rented by " tenants " ( two types of housing tenure ). Scotland ( Scots : ) is a ___MASK28___ that is ___MASK44___ of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the ___MASK86___ of Great Britain . It shares a border with ___MASK47___ to the south , and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean , with the North ___MASK39___ to the east and the North Channel and Irish ___MASK39___ to the south - west . In addition to the mainland , the ___MASK28___ is made up of more than 790 islands , including the Northern Isles and the Hebrides . A ___MASK99___ is , in most English - speaking areas , a substandard multi - ___MASK67___ ___MASK41___ in the urban core , usually old and occupied by the poor . In Scotland it still has its original meaning of a multi - occupancy building of any sort , and in parts of England , especially Devon and Cornwall , it refers to an outshot , or additional projecting part at the back of a terraced house , normally with its own roof . A ___MASK79___ or edifice is a ___MASK1___ with a ___MASK20___ and walls standing more or less permanently in one place , such as a house or factory . Buildings come in a variety of sizes , shapes and functions , and have been adapted throughout history for a wide number of factors , from ___MASK79___ materials available , to weather conditions , to land prices , ground conditions , specific uses and aesthetic reasons . To better understand the term " ___MASK79___ " compare the list of nonbuilding structures . Canada ( French : ) is a ___MASK28___ in the northern half of North America . Its ___MASK73___ provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean , covering , making it the world ' s second - largest ___MASK28___ by total area and the fourth - largest ___MASK28___ by land area . Canada ' s ___MASK14___ with the United States is the world ' s longest land ___MASK14___ . The majority of the ___MASK28___ has a cold or severely cold winter climate , but southerly areas are warm in summer . Canada is sparsely populated , the majority of its land territory being dominated by forest and tundra and the Rocky Mountains . About four - fifths of the ___MASK28___ ' s population of 36 million ___MASK75___ is urbanized and live near the southern ___MASK14___ . Its ___MASK82___ is Ottawa , its largest city is Toronto ; other major urban areas include Montreal , Vancouver , Calgary , Edmonton , Quebec City , Winnipeg and Hamilton . ___MASK68___ ( sometimes known as arenite ) is a clastic sedimentary ___MASK10___ composed mainly of sand - sized minerals or ___MASK10___ grains . ___MASK12___ ( Spanish for " The Angels "), officially the City of ___MASK12___ and often known by its initials L . A ., is the second - most populous city in the United States ( after New York City ), the most populous city in California and the county seat of ___MASK12___ County . Situated in Southern California , ___MASK12___ is known for its mediterranean climate , ethnic diversity , sprawling metropolis , and as a major center of the American entertainment ___MASK55___ . ___MASK12___ lies in a large coastal basin surrounded on three sides by mountains reaching up to and over . Vancouver , officially ___MASK60___ of Vancouver , is a coastal ___MASK37___ city on the mainland of British Columbia , Canada , and the most populous city in the province . Twelve West ( stylized as twelve west ) is a 22 - floor , mixed - use ___MASK29___ and ___MASK45___ building located in downtown Portland , Oregon , United States . The building is home to INDIGO @ twelve west apartments and ZGF Architects LLP . During design and ___MASK78___ the building was known as `` 12W '' and `` ZGF ___MASK94___ '' , but the name changed after a naming contest in July 2009 . Initial plans included a hotel and a total of 31 floors , but they were revised after the hotel company withdrew . The building is located on S . W . Washington Street , north side , spanning the block from 12th to 13th Avenues . Housing tenure refers to the financial arrangements under which someone has the right to live in a ___MASK19___ or ___MASK29___ . The most frequent forms are tenancy , in which rent is paid to a landlord , and owner - occupancy . Mixed forms of tenure are also possible . ___MASK79___ Design + ___MASK78___ is a trade ___MASK2___ and web site serving the information needs of designing , ___MASK79___ , and owning firms in the non - residential ___MASK78___ ___MASK55___ . Portland is a ___MASK37___ and the largest city in the U . S . state of Oregon and the seat of Multnomah County . It is in the Willamette Valley region of the Pacific Northwest , at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia Rivers . The city covers and had an estimated population of 632 , 309 in 2015 , making it the 26th most populous city in the United States . Approximately 2 , 389 , 228 people live in the Portland metropolitan statistical area ( MSA ), the 23rd most populous MSA in the United States . Its ___MASK64___ ( CSA ) ranks 17th with a population of 3 , 022 , 178 . Roughly 60 % of Oregon ' s population resides within the Portland metropolitan area . British English is the English ___MASK17___ as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or , more broadly , throughout the British Isles . Slight regional variations exist in formal , written English in the United Kingdom . For example , the ___MASK4___ " wee " is almost exclusively used in parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland , and occasionally Yorkshire , whereas " little " is predominant elsewhere . Nevertheless , there is a meaningful degree of uniformity in " written " English within the United Kingdom , and this could be described by the term " British English ". The forms of " spoken " English , however , vary considerably more than in most other areas of the world where English is spoken , so a uniform concept of British English is more difficult to apply to the spoken ___MASK17___ . According to Tom McArthur in the " Oxford Guide to World English ", British English shares " all the ambiguities and tensions in the word " British " and as a result can be used and interpreted in two ways , more broadly or more narrowly , within a range of blurring and ambiguity ." An ___MASK8___ or architecture firm is a company which employs one or more licensed architects and practices the profession of architecture .