Exterior Facade Remodel

1980's home in Portland, Oregon is getting an exterior design update as well as new materials such as cedar siding and flush metal panels 

Existing Home

 Proposed Design

Roads End

Construction has begun on the Roads End Home on the Oregon Coast. We recently broke ground and below have some photos of the old existing home which was demolished, along with some current construction photos and a few renderings of what the new home will look like. 

West Wind Progress

We have another updated look at the construction of the West Wind House. Below is a panorama of the house so far compared to the original drawing of the design. 

Forgive the panorama, its a little distorted and bent. 

Bluff House

Here is a look at another one of our projects in construction. This photos are from the Bluff House Project in White Salmon Washington. Keep an eye out for more construction photos coming soon, hopefully in sunny weather.

Functional Style

Here are some slides that tie in with our first post about the "Holland Hook". Architects in Holland at this time in the 1920's were working in what is called the "functional style". These slides below are all part of this functional style from Holland in the 1920's. If you have any current day photos of these buildings or any travel experiences with visiting these places we would love to head about it. 

Administration Building, Dutch State Railways. Utrecht, Holland. George van Heukelom. 1918-21 Funtional Style

School. Hilversum, Holland. Willem Marinus Dudok. 1922. Functional Style

Apartment House. Amsterdam, Holland. Michel de Klerck. 1922. Functional Style

"The most important architect of the Amsterdam school style was Michel de Klerk who in one apartment block called Het Schip (The Ship) established all principal aesthetical solutions of this style. The School of Amsterdam style was largely influenced by expressionism."

Quote and photo both from 

http://www.mimoa.eu/projects/Netherlands/Amsterdam/The%20Ship

Bijenkorf Store, The Hague, Holland. Piet Kramer. 1924-26. Functional Style

De Bijenkorf (literally, "the beehive") is a chain of high-end department stores in the Netherlands with its flagship store on Dam Square, Amsterdam.In 1926, a second store was constructed in The Hague. It was designed by architect Piet Kramer and stands as an example of Amsterdam School architecture. Here is a photo of how the building looks today.

 

This photo was taken from

 http://www.worldtravelimages.net/The_Hague_Citymodern.html

West Wind Update

Here are some more images of the construction progress of the West Wind House. These are some photos of the new courtyard trellis and storage shed.

We received a wonderful gift this week from Portland photographer David Papazian. It is a collection of black and white architectural photographic prints entitled "Modern Architecture" by Kenneth John Conant. 

It was distributed by The University Prints, Boston Massachusetts as part of their Student GM Series. We will be posting a few photos from the series each week and would love to hear from you about them. Perhaps you have some more information about a specific building or first hand experience visiting the building or landmark and would like to share your stories and memories with us. Hope you enjoy!