People. Place. Time.
Principles made physical through disciplined, architectural design.
My work is built on observation. How people move through rooms. How proportion feels. How light reveals character. I’m not here to impose a signature. I’m here to uncover what fits, then draw it precisely.
My philosophy
Architecture shaped by land, light, and the experience of moving through space. Light shifts, the weather changes and people move. Architecture should respond to each.
Understanding comes before invention. Listening comes before drawing. When purpose is clear, form is no longer a stylistic choice—it becomes inevitable.
Materials should be honest, tactile, and enduring. They give architecture permanence, shape light, and invite touch, allowing a building to gain character as it ages.
The goal, to create light filled spaces that fulfil their purpose, to facilitate movement along a path to a place. Openings along the path or in the place invite views from the landscape. This path and place is experiential.
Selected Work
The Ad House
Personal Residence
A forest residence shaped by exposed timber, broad glazing, and a careful balance of openness and shelter. Shared rooms extend toward the landscape, while quieter spaces retain warmth, privacy, and a strong sense of enclosure.
The Zigzag Lodge
Mountain Residence + Guest House
A year-round retreat on the banks of the Zigzag River, designed for an active family and the people they gather around them. The house follows the water, captures filtered forest light, and moves naturally between shared spaces and quieter places of retreat.
Project Archive
Fifty Years of Practice
A broader record of homes shaped by different people, landscapes, climates, and moments in time. Together, these projects trace the principles that have remained constant across five decades of practice.
My principles
Every project begins by listening—to the land, to the people who will inhabit it, and to the possibilities that emerge where those two meet.
My work is built on observation and listening, understanding proportions and composition, to create beauty. Movement through space reveals the architecture in four dimensions; time.
How does a building rest on the ground, turn a corner or connect to the sky. Understanding that a window is not a hole in the wall but an invitation: We invite the light to illuminate the spaces, and nature invites us to look out and share the view.
“Architecture is a propositional act to the future” as Professor Gary Moye would say. Be intentional. Good architecture serves both the present and the generations that follow.
The Studio
Based in Camas, Washington.
Working primarily in the Pacific Northwest.
Licensed architect in Nevada, Oregon, and Washington.
Practice established 1976.