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...
by Marisa | May 12, 2020 | Architectural Features, Art, Uncategorized
Portland wouldn’t be Portland without Andee Hess, the native putting our city on the national map since 2007. You might have unknowingly admired her style while waiting in those popular long lines at Salt & Straw or when grabbing your favorite coffee at Stumptown....
by Marisa | May 4, 2020 | Architectural Features, Art, Mid Century Modern, Places
The purpose of architecture is to shelter and enhance man’s life on earth and to fulfill his belief in the nobility of his existence. – Eero Saarinen Eero Saarinen was a Finnish American architect and industrial designer, and a pioneer of bringing in elements of...
by Marisa | Apr 23, 2020 | Architectural Features, Art, Mid Century Modern, Places
Angela Danadjieva was born in 1931, in Bulgaria’s capital, Sofia. After World War II, she studied architecture at Bulgaria’s State University and graduated with a degree in 1960. After graduating, Danadjieva went to work for a Bulgarian state film company, as a...
by Marisa | Apr 16, 2020 | Architectural Features, contemporary modern, Uncategorized
Ben Waechter is the principal architect, designer and founder of Waechter Architecture (W.A.) in Portland, OR. The firm has completed a variety of projects in the Pacific Northwest – from commercial buildings, hospitality to residential, both single-family as...
by Marisa | Apr 10, 2020 | Architectural Features, Art
You’re likely reading this from your living room as you shelter-in-place to help decrease the spread of COVID-19. First of all, thank you for doing your part to flatten the curve! Secondly, by this point, you’ve run through your top picks of Netflix series...
by Marisa | Apr 7, 2020 | Architectural Features, Atomic Living, Mid Century Modern, Places
Pietro Belluschi is our city’s most acclaimed and accomplished architect as well as one of the great American modernists of the 20th century. Over the course of his career, Belluschi participated in the design of more than 1,000 buildings, in the Pacific Northwest and...
by Marisa | Mar 31, 2020 | Architectural Features, Atomic Living, Mid Century Modern
The word “utopia” stems from the Greek ou-topos, meaning “no place”, but at the same time, it also refers to eu-topos, “a good place.” It was first coined by Thomas Moore in 1516, which was used to describe a fictional island society in Greece. The origins of the word...
