We Build Art You Live In It
How to Stay Young? In black and white, “Stay Fast.” The 1912 building was decrepit: leaking roof, cracked floors, broken windows. Our client, the owner, stays vibrant through the fun of speed, so the Speed Shop was born. We divided the giant warehouse space into two equal sides: One side is a private competitive bike-racer’s …
Sven Miller built the house in 1892, on land he purchased from Mrs. Irving when she began to develop the Irving Land Claim. When he began to build, this was one of the first homes on all of 15th, all built the same year. Several Irvington realtors described the house as ‘bull-dozer bait”, but with …
It was one of those little houses in a great neighborhood that lacked a good flow, and had only one full bath and two beds. We took that up to 4 beds, 3.5 baths and doubled the square footage, all with our McCulloch Level of beautiful design, attention to small details, and unmatched craftsmanship. We …
Once upon a time, Lake Oswego was called “Sucker Lake.” Around the lake were fishing shacks that had been built by Portlanders for use in the summer only. Many of these were built on land they did not even own. Emma Austin, of all literary sounding names, was a Portlander of means who had her …
At the intersection of geological history and cultural revolution: the Doorly House. Once upon a time, the biggest flood ever, the Missoula Flood, sent water 400 feet deep blasting from Montana to the Willamette Valley. The flood, ten times more water than the combined volume of every river on Earth today, catapulted an ocean full …
