Creative Collaborations

AFO Presents: Bubbles and Bites at our Council Crest

A custom house lets a Bellingham couple tune into nature, as well as their favorite pastimes.

Designing a full-time residence for retirees can be particularly rewarding for architects.

Architect Risa Boyer collaborates with a design-minded couple to revive a 1950s home with colorful plaster and rift-sawn white oak.

Three suburban custom homes marry clever new construction with a comforting connection to context.

A Radiant Renovation Opens a Portland Midcentury to Its Forested Lot

An Architect Helps Longtime Family Friends Rebuild After a California Wildfire

A Portland Pastry Chef Customizes Her Kitchen to Meet the Needs of Her Profession—and Her Family.

A new build on a precipitous lot draws upon its dramatic setting.

Dwell’s Best of Design 2018 Awards

A tricky split-level floor plan is creatively rearranged in this midcentury home makeover, creating some much-needed flow.

Risa Boyer Architecture's complete remodel of a Portland midcentury unlocks the home's grand potential.

A Portland Couple Decides to Make a Classic Midcentury Property Their Own.

The Architect's Questionnaire: Risa Boyer Leritz

Go inside 7 new or remodeled modern abodes: AIA Portland Homes Tour

Artful Update for a 1980s Postmodern Gem in Oregon

Architect Risa Boyer deftly redesigns the interior of this 1950 home to ensure it still feels original.

How a Gossip-Haunted Mount Tabor House Became a Wholesome Family Abode.

Portland Remodel Invites In Light and Views.