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 2025

Corollary in Arch Record

Hospitality Issue, August 2024

Innovation By Design Award

Fast Company—Buildings and Spaces Category

American Architecture Award

Chicago Athenaeum

Top 50 Firms for Interiors, N. America

AN Interior

Mississippi in Metropolis
Products Issue, June-July 2024

Emerging Voices Award

Architecture League of New York

Architizer Vision Award

Architizer—Architect / Creator Category

International Design Vanguard

Architectural Record

Best in Practice Award

The Architect’s Newspaper—Small Firm, Western US

Events at Mississippi Workshop & Elsewhere

Upcoming:

City of Possibility Exhibition
January 31–March 27, 2025
J.K Gill Building, Downtown PDX

On Timber: Mass Timber Models
J.K. Gill Building, March 17, 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: 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

We have a passion for clarity. With our clients and partners, we work together to create spaces of beauty, experiential depth, and enduring value.

Origami Multifamily

Humboldt Cottage Cluster