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2026



Architect's Newspaper, June 2026
“Waechter Architecture proves all-wood construction isn’t just a niche idea”

1859 Oregon's Magazine, June 2026
“Eugene Courtyard Home Brings Nature to the Heart of Modern Design”

Dwell, June 2026
“Timber Totally Covers Every Wall in This $2.3M Idaho Getaway”

The Oregonian, May 2026
“How an old schoolhouse turned into a must-visit spa in the Columbia River Gorge”

Residential Design Magazine, April 2026
“The Winners of the 2026 Residential Design Architecture Awards”


Seattle Times, March 2026
“Columbia River Gorge spas, hotels and more places to unwind”

News Register, January 2026
“Construction starts on new boutique hotel”

Spas of America, January 2026
“Spas of America’s Top 100 Spas of 2025”


2025

 

Forbes,  September 2025  (Waechter Architecture)
“America's Best In State Residential Architects”

Tatler Homes, September 2025
“Home tour: inside an interior designer's brutalist-inspired Portland house with custom brass details and Japanese influences”

Architectural Record, September 2025 (Project: Dune House)
“In Focus: Comtemporary Shingled Cottages
Waechter Architecture Clads a Modest Getaway on the Oregon Coast Entirely with Eastern White Cedar”

Sunset Magazine, May 2025
“These Are the Winners of the 2025 Sunset Western Home & Design Awards”

Home & Garden, April 2025 (Project: Trilogy)
“Sexy disco-era Italy meets Japanese farmhouse in the Brazilian jungle' was the description the interior designer gave this glass-walled modernist home”

Hospitality Design, March 2025 (Project: AutoCamp)
“AutoCamp Expands Its California Footprint with Sequoia Outpost”

AFAR, March 2025 (Project: AutoCamp)
“AutoCamp Comes to Sequoia National Park”

House & Garden South Africa, February 2025
(Project: Trilogy House)

AN Interior, January 2025 (Project: Trilogy House)
“Sum of Parts”

University of Madrid Press, West Coast Housing, 2025
Project: Origami



2024



Forbes, December 2024 (Waechter Architecture)
“America’s Top 200 Residential Architects”

Architectural Record, August 2024 (Project: Corollary Wines Tasting Room)
“Waechter Architecture Designs a Sparkling Addition for an Oregon Winery”

USA Today, August 2024 (Project: Corollary Wines Tasting Room)
“Why McMinnville, Oregon, is perfect for exploring Willamette Valley wineries”

Metropolis, June 2024 (Project and Cover Image: Mississippi Workshop)
“Primitive Specificity”

US Forest Service Blog, July 2024 (Project: Mississippi Workshop)
“Mississippi Workshop: Model for an All-Wood Building”

Portland Monthly, July 2024 (Project: Corollary Winery)
“Inside Corollary Wines’ Stunning New Tasting Room”

Residential Design, Awards Edition, April 2024
Project: Meadow House (RDAA Winner: Custom Urban House)

Willamette Week, Best of Portland Edition, April 2024
Hopscotch PDX (Best Art Gallery & Best Date Spot)



2023



International Mass Timber Report, Forest Business Network, 2023
Project: Mississippi Workshop

Residential Design, Vol. 5, 2023 (Project: Meadow House)
“Defying The Grid”

Portland Monthly, December 2023 (Project: Corollary Wines)
“A Rare, All-Sparkling Winery Opens a Tasting Room This Spring”

Metropolis, October 2023 (Project: Mississippi Workshop
“This Mass Timber Office Tower Was Assembled Like a Giant IKEA Set”

World Architecture, April 2023
“First  ‘ All-Wood’ Commercial Building in Oregon Completed

Architectural Digest, February 2023 (Waechter Architecture)
“America’s Favorite Architectural Styles: Essentialism”

Big Little Hotel, Donna Kacmar, Taylor & Francis, 2023
(Project: Society Hotel Bingen)


2022



Architects And Artisans, Dec 2022
“In Oregon, Furioso Vineyards by Waechter Architecture”

Portland Tribune, November 2022
“Mississippi and the state of the in-person office”

Baunetz, October 2022 (Project: Rockwood Village)
“Rockwood Village Und Neighbors Park in Gresham”

DJC Seattle, Feb 2022, Waechter Architecture
“Celebrated Oregon Firm Wins Architecture Award”

Detail d’Architecture, Jan 2022 (Project: Furioso)
“Furioso Vineyards, plus qu'une simple renovation”


2021



Portland Tribune, March 2021 (Project: Mississippi Workshop)
“For Waechter, clarity begins at home”

Wineries of the World / World’s 100 Best, Rizzoli, 2021
(Project: Furioso Vineyards)


2020



Azure, November/December 2020 (Project: Blu Dot)
“Blu Dot Matrix”

Metropolis, November 2020 (Project: Blu Dot)
“Rafters and Ribbon: A new home for Blu Dot in Portland”

Architecture & Culture, September 2020 (Project: Society Hotel)
“The Society Hotel Bingen”

World Architecture News, February 2020 (Project: Origami)
“Portland’s Origami Inspired Housing”

Interior Design Magazine, January 2020 (Firm Profile)
“10 Questions with Ben Waechter”





  
  

Metropolis, January 2020 (Project: Society Hotel)
“Schoolhouse Revival: A New Hotel in an Old School Frames a Scenic Park in Washington,”

Gray Magazine, Awards Edition, January 2020
(Project: Furioso Vineyards)


2019



The Architect’s Newspaper, December 2019 (Project: Origami)
“Waechter architecture takes cues from origami for timber townhouses”

Azure, December 2019 (Project: Origami)
“Perfect Pitch”



Architect Magazine, November 2019 (Project: Society Hotel)
“The Society Hotel Bingen”

World Architecture, October 2019 (Project: Society Hotel)
“Waechter Architecture Converts Old School Into A Rustic Hotel In Bingen By Keeping Its Original Feel”

Curbed, October 2019 (Project: Society Hotel)
“1900s schoolhouse renovated into rustic yet modern hotel”

Architect Magazine, September 2019 (Project: Origami)
“Origami”

AN Interior, September 2019 (Project: Society Hotel)
“Picture Perfect: Waechter Architecture frames views of the Pacific Northwest for the Society Hotel Bingen”

Gray Magazine, August 2019 (Project: Blu Dot)
“Blu Dot’s Portland Outpost Has an Artful Interior, Courtesy of Waechter Architecture”

Dezeen, February 2019 (Project: Furioso Vineyards)
“Glazed tasting room by Waechter Architecture overlooks Furioso Vineyards”

Architect’s Newspaper, February 2019 (Firm Profile)
“Clarity is key for popular Portland-based firm Waechter Architecture”

Dwell Magazine, February 2019 (Project: Furioso Vineyards)
“10 West Coast Wineries With Architecture as Noteworthy as the Wines They Produce”

Architectural Record, January 2019 (Project: Furioso Vineyards)
“Wine Time: A signature building combines function formerly scattered throughout an estate”

2018



Architectural Record, October 2018 (Project: Slender House)
“Slender House”


2016



The New York Times, October 2016 (Project: Garden House)
“Portland’s Small House Movement Is Catching On”

Architectural Record, December 2016 (Firm Profile)
“Waechter Architecture - Design Vanguard”

Gray Magazine, December 2016 (Firm Profile)
“Hot, New, Next”

Portland Monthly, December 2016 (Project: Milwaukie Way)
“Booming Sellwood Gets a Slick New Retail Concept”

Dezeen, July 2016 (Projects: Red House & Pavilion House)
“Five of the best houses in Oregon on Dezeen”

Dwell Magazine, April 2016 (Project: Oakley House)
“An Industrial Designer’s House Blends Economy and Simplicity”

Black + Architecture, Braun Publishing (Project: Tower House)
“Tower House”


2015



Oregon Home, December 2015 (Project: Red House)
“Breathing New Life Into Old Homes”

Dezeen, November 2015 (Project: Red House)
“Waechter Architecture updates century-old Portland house with a bright red facade”

Portland Monthly, September 2015 (Firm Profile)
“Carving Architecture”

Better Homes & Garden, September 2015 (Project: Faherty)
“Old School”

Portland Monthly, August 2015 (Project: Garden House)
“Simple Plan”

Domus, August 2015 (Project: Garden House)
“Garden House”

Grand Designs Magazine, July 2015 (Project: Tower House)
“High Spy”

The Oregonian, July 2015 (Project: Garden House)
“Better than a granny shack in the garden”

Dezeen, April 2015 (Project: Pavilion House)
“The form of Ben Waechter’s Pavilion house is derived from a dining table”

Dwell Magazine, January 2015 (Project: Red House)
“A Bright Red Farmhouse-Style Home That’s Surprisingly Modern Inside”

Dwell Magazine, October 2014 (Project: Oakley House)
“Simple and Affordable Portland Home”

Portland Monthly, October 2014 (Project: Tower House)
“10 Amazing Homes Defining a New Era of Portland Architecture”


2014



The New York Times, July 2014 (Project: Faherty House)
“Nothing Fancy”

Architectural Record, April 2014 (Project: Tower House)
“Tower House”

Baunetz, January 2014 (Project: Tower House)
“Tower House”


   

2011



The Oregonian, February 2011 (Project: 100 Year Old House)
“Four by four: Reviving a 1911 Portland Craftsman takes collaboration”

Dwell, January 2011 (Project: Cape Cod)
“Portland’s Cape Cod Remodel”


Dwell, December 2010 (Project: J-Tea)
“Home to Tea House Transformation”

Oregon Home Magazine, October 2010 (Project: Z-Haus)
“Green on every level”


2010



Dwell, October 2010 (Project: Z-Haus)
“Z for Two”


2009



Portland Monthly, June 2009 (Project: Z-Haus)
“Building Blocks”