by Marisa | Aug 10, 2009 | Architectural Features, Mid Century Modern
Last weekend, I had the opportunity to take a little field trip and head out to Silverton to visit the only Frank Lloyd Wright designed home in Oregon. The Gordon’s commissioned Wright to design the home in 1957 but the cost came out to be around $56k to build,...
by Marisa | Aug 6, 2009 | Architectural Features, Mid Century Modern
John Yeon is credited with being one the the founders of the Northwest Regional Architectural style. One of his most popular projects, the Watzek house, was widely published and admired in both Europe and the US. It was deemed by House Beautiful magazines 1946...
by Marisa | Jul 31, 2009 | Architectural Features, Atomic Living, Mid Century Modern
UPDATE: THIS HOME HAS SOLD I had the opportunity (with permission from the listing agent) to take a tour of this amazingly well preserved mid century modern home designed by famous Portland Oregon architects Saul Zaik and Jack Shimshak (under the Zaik/Miller firm). ...
by Marisa | Jul 27, 2009 | Architectural Features, Modern Homes
The Northwest Regional Style was a popular building style in the Pacific Northwest from 1935 – 1960. The most notable characteristics of the Northwest Regional Style are wood framed construction, siding, roofs that were often left unpainted, floor to ceiling...
by Marisa | Jul 22, 2009 | Atomic Living, Mid Century Modern
While cruising the local vintage store circuit the other day, I decided to stop in at Shag since I had checked out their website and it looked like they might have some interesting pieces. It is located on a small strip of stores on Sandy right across from the...
