Tower House Honored Once More... →

Congratulations to Benjamin Waechter Architects!  The multi-award-winning Tower House, built by Prutting & Company, has been recognized yet again as a Special Mention Honoree by the 2015 Architizer A+ Awards.  

The world's largest and fastest growing website for architecture has launched the definitive architectural award program with 90+ categories and over 300 jurors. The Architizer A+ Awards received entries from 100 countries and represents the best of architecture and design worldwide.        Winners are chosen by an illustrious jury, including such industry luminaries as Charles Renfro, Bjarke Ingels and Denise Scott Brown, as well as people from beyond architecture like Tony Hsieh (CEO, Zappos), Yves Behar (Fuseproject), John Edelman (CEO, Design Within Reach), Cameron Sinclair (Architecture for Humanity) and Barry Bergdoll (MoMA).

We Built That →

Great new book by Deb Prutting's brother, Daniel DiMicco.  Read the American Made book review in the Wall St. Journal here.

How Pink is Your Floyd? →

Interesting article in the NY Times by Bob Tedeschi:

With integrated stereo speakers, colors that pulse to music and other innovations, programmable LEDs are booming.  Read more about it here.

Tower House Selected by American-Architects to Represent Oregon in 2014! →

Read about it here.

Single-family homes in the United States tend to be one- or two-story buildings that sprawl across the land. Another tactic is taken in the aptly named Tower House designed for a steep and narrow Portland lot by architect Benjamin Waechter. Building up four floors allows for economical construction on a tough site, but also carefully framed views of the Oregon landscape. The house was built by Prutting & Company.

Being Prepared for House Fires →

Interesting article in the NY Times by Steven Kurutz.  Be safe this season!

"As a fireman, you know you’re going to go to more fires in the winter than any other season.”

As traumatic as it is to have your possessions incinerated, many people who experience a house fire say the most difficult part comes afterward. What follows is often a long and stressful ordeal involving a search for temporary housing, dealings with insurance companies, bureaucratic agencies and contractors and financial strain.