by Marisa | Jul 28, 2020 | Architectural Features, Art, Events
Design Week Portland is a highly-anticipated annual festival coordinating hundreds of events, talks, gallery showcases, tours, workshops, runway shows, and open studios, all throughout the city. This year the event, like many others, have had to quickly adapt and get...
by Marisa | Jul 23, 2020 | Architectural Features, Mid Century Modern
“God created paper for the purpose of drawing architecture on it. Everything else is at least for me an abuse of paper.” Alvar Aalto, Sketches, 1978 Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto was a Finnish architect and a furniture designer. Over the span of his remarkable...
by Marisa | Jul 15, 2020 | Architectural Features, contemporary modern, Places
There’s major development happening in Kenton! But it might not be the type you’ve been seeing elsewhere around the city. In April 2020, Kenton welcomed Portland’s newest LISAH project, Argyle Gardens! L.I.S.A.H. LISAH— or Low Income Single Adult...
by Marisa | Jul 10, 2020 | Architectural Features, Atomic Living, Mid Century Modern, Uncategorized
Forty years after his passing, Paul Revere Williams remains one of the most prominent names in architecture. Known as the “Architect of the Stars’, he designed for a long list of celebrity clients. His signature script graces the side of the Beverly Hills Hotel...
by Marisa | Jul 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
Salishan Resort—an historical Oregon coast gem, secluded between Siletz Bay and the Pacific Ocean views. Originally known as Salishan Lodge, it’s located south of Lincoln City, in Gleneden Beach. For over 50 years, the resort has captured “the pioneering spirit and...
by Marisa | Jul 2, 2020 | Architectural Features, Atomic Living, Client Stories, Mid Century Modern, Uncategorized
You probably know Jones for his formidable work in Southern California. Credited with over 5,000 builds, including whole middle-class communities in the modernist style, even to this day his homes are coveted among the wealthy and famous. It was in December of 1950...
by Marisa | Jun 30, 2020 | Architectural Features, Art, Mid Century Modern, Modern Homes
Over the last decade, Portland’s interior design scene gained popularity locally as well as across the country, from Lost Angeles to New York. If you are new to the city or potentially looking to remodel or design your home or workspace, there is local design talent...
by Marisa | Jun 23, 2020 | Architectural Features, Art, contemporary modern
Dame Zaha Hadid, the Iraqi-British architect who held the heart of the architecture world in the palm of her hands. Known for her radical deconstructivist designs, the “Queen of the Curve” has redefined cities all over the world with her distinctive style....
by Marisa | Jun 9, 2020 | Architectural Features, Mid Century Modern, Modern Homes, Places
Barbara Fealy—A beloved landscape architect who was fondly known as the “matriarch of landscape architecture” in the Pacific Northwest. She was a favorite collaborator of the likes of John Storrs and Saul Zaik and many other famed architects and designers in the...
by Marisa | Jun 4, 2020 | Architectural Features, Mid Century Modern, Modern Homes
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most traditional in-person home tours have been canceled or postponed. However, the changing times have allowed for innovative virtual 3D tours of historic mid-century homes and they’re happening all over the country. Here is a list...
