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...
by Marisa | Feb 11, 2020 | Architectural Features, Atomic Living, Mid Century Modern
“My own way has been to design the outward forms of nature but emphasize the results of the processes of nature…This act of transmuting the experience of the natural landscape into a human-made experience is, for me, the essence of the art of landscape...
by Marisa | Feb 6, 2020 | Atomic Living, Listing, Mid Century Modern, Modern Homes
10375 SW 42nd Ave. Portland, Oregon, 97219 Pristine mid-century design with classic Northwest Regional style features throughout. Spacious sunken living room with a soaring vaulted wood ceiling, exposed beams and a wall of windows with Mt. Hood and territorial views....
by Marisa | Dec 19, 2019 | Architectural Features, Art, Atomic Living, Mid Century Modern
We’re all familiar with the massive changes that succeed a war on every facet of society and World War II was no exception. 1945 saw a new generation of veterans with young families working hard to rebuild their lives. The pressing need for inexpensive housing...
by Marisa | Dec 10, 2019 | Atomic Living, Mid Century Modern, Modern Homes
Congratulations to my savvy buyers who had a very specific type of home they wanted to purchase in a specific area, their patience and attentiveness paid off! We all acted quickly when the right one hit the market and we were able to get an accepted offer before any...
