Waechter Architecture is an award-winning, interdisciplinary design studio based in Oregon, USA. With an acclaimed and diverse portfolio of works, we’re believers in the potential of architecture to build community, awaken the senses, and elevate the experience of connection to the world around us.
Select Awards, Press, and Recognition
Forbes Top 200 Architects
December 2024-January 2025Corollary in Arch Record
Hospitality Issue, August 2024Innovation By Design Award
Fast Company—Buildings and Spaces CategoryAmerican Architecture Award
Chicago AthenaeumTop 50 Firms for Interiors, N. America
AN InteriorMississippi in Metropolis
Products Issue, June-July 2024
Emerging Voices Award
Architecture League of New York
Architizer Vision Award
International Design Vanguard
Best in Practice Award
The Architect’s Newspaper—Small Firm, Western USEvents at Mississippi Workshop & Elsewhere
Upcoming:
City of Possibility Exhibition
January 28–March 27, 2025
J.K Gill Building, Downtown PDX
International Mass Timber Conference
Timber Talk @ Waechter Workshop, March 2025
WildCraft Studio School
Returning January 7, 2025
City of Possibility Exhibition
January 28–March 27, 2025
J.K Gill Building, Downtown PDX
International Mass Timber Conference
Timber Talk @ Waechter Workshop, March 2025
WildCraft Studio School
Returning January 7, 2025
Past Events:
Timber Talk: IMTC Wrap Party
With: ZGF, Susan Jones
March 24, 2024
Portland Winter Light Festival
With: GoodBeast
February 2-10 2024
SELA Series
With: The UPRISE Collective
November 2-16, 2023
Courtyard Concert
With: Stephanie Schneid & Tony Furtado
July 8, 2023
Courtyard Concert
With: “Cyane Sheers”
June 24, 2023
Courtyard Concert
Third Angle Music presents: Bora Yoon
June 15, 2023
Timber Talk: IMTC Wrap Party
With: ZGF, Susan Jones
March 24, 2024
Portland Winter Light Festival
With: GoodBeast
February 2-10 2024
SELA Series
With: The UPRISE Collective
November 2-16, 2023
Courtyard Concert
With: Stephanie Schneid & Tony Furtado
July 8, 2023
Courtyard Concert
With: “Cyane Sheers”
June 24, 2023
Courtyard Concert
Third Angle Music presents: Bora Yoon
June 15, 2023
Timber Talk: Designing the Forest
With Lindsey Wikstrom
March 2023
Timber Talk
With Laila Seewang, Jon Heppner, Mark Fretz, Ben Janes, Samuel Wylie
February 2023
Courtyard Concert
With: “Portland Sacred Harp”
October 2022
Courtyard Concert: Beacon Sound
With: “Strategy”, “Location Services”, “Brianna Sas”
October 2022
Waechter Summer Party
Public opening of the Mississippi Building
July 2022
With Lindsey Wikstrom
March 2023
Timber Talk
With Laila Seewang, Jon Heppner, Mark Fretz, Ben Janes, Samuel Wylie
February 2023
Courtyard Concert
With: “Portland Sacred Harp”
October 2022
Courtyard Concert: Beacon Sound
With: “Strategy”, “Location Services”, “Brianna Sas”
October 2022
Waechter Summer Party
Public opening of the Mississippi Building
July 2022