Residential Architect Magazine: Oregon

EHDA Merit Award: Killingsworth Station

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 10:26:25 EST

Portland, Ore., infill project for both market-rate and low-income buyers promotes low-income affordable housing along light-rail line.

Portland Mall Revitalization

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 06:10:49 EST

Portland, Ore. / ZGF Architects

Glass Farmhouse, Eastern Oregon

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:29:37 EST

On a rural Oregon site, Jim Olson designs a glass farmhouse.

Signal Shed, Wallowa County, Ore.

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:30:23 EST

This outbuilding is a study in simplicity and thrift.

The Park Box, Portland, Ore.

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:30:39 EST

Built on a budget, this duplex supports quality of life with quantity of (day)light.

center townhomes, portland, ore.

Mon, 5 Dec 2011 02:40:20 EST

Orderly and urbane, Center Townhomes was designed to fill a hole in the local market for young professionals and empty-nesters. For Otak Architects, it was a welcome chance to design a series of contemporary buildings in a city that caters to architecture of other eras.

space savvy

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:18:19 EST

Michael Fifield, AIA, principal of Fifield Architecture + Urban Design in Eugene, Ore., believes true sustainable design must address the problem of land consumption.

boora architects

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:18:11 EST

Where do we go from here? That was the existential (and practical) question Boora Architects faced in fall 2005, with the end of its lease at the historic Morgan Building in downtown Portland, Ore., looming.

netshed wetroom, astoria, ore.

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 02:33:53 EST

"Poetic and transformative” is how the jury described this bathroom. The 8-foot-by-8-foot cube elevates the discussion of what this necessary room should and can be, they said.

fractal simile

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:12:12 EST

John Holmes, AIA, and Mack Selberg, AIA, have been talking for years about designing a building based upon fractal geometry. So, when some forward-thinking developers approached Holmes to do a multifamily high-rise in Portland, Ore.'s Pearl District, he called upon his old friend for help.

leed the way

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:24:07 EST

Residential architects and home builders around the country know the Neil Kelly Co. name because of its environmentally friendly business philosophy and its highly regarded custom cabinets made of reclaimed or recycled materials. It follows, then, that th

high society

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:24:36 EST

The Highland Parks community sits along a ridge in central Oregon's high alpine desert. The sloping site dips east, where a verdant valley gives way to remote scenes of the Ochoco National Forest's mountain majesty. Architect Joel Severud found ways to ta

log haven

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:21:50 EST

When Jeff Kovel left his first job in Telluride, Colo., little did he know the log cabin motif would reappear later in his career. After nine years spent working on hip, contemporary residential and commercial projects, the Portland, Ore.–based architect designed Doug Fir, a restaurant, lounge, and music venue heavy on hunting-lodge imagery.

box & one lofts, portland, ore.

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:12:25 EST

This is urban living," said the jury, who were impressed by the project's strong indoor-outdoor connections and neighborhood feel.

jake's run condominiums

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:19:43 EST

Fletcher Farr Ayotte faced a contextual conundrum when it agreed to design a high-end, five-unit infill project in Portland.

johnson street townhomes, portland, ore.

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:19:44 EST

The judges chose Johnson Street Townhomes for a grand award because, as one said, "It's a good piece of urbanism."