Slide Show: Holst Architecture
Holst Architecture’s design for Ziba Design’s new headquarters at NW Ninth Avenue and Marshall Street offers a powerful counterpoint to the well-built but largely humdrum architectural environs of the Pearl District. This building houses o
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With a billboard-scaled picture window offering Ziba views of the city and the city views of Ziba, the building is both simple and theatrical. The scale and materials and the way it rises up and over the street is distinct from any building in the dis
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Beginning in August, Ziba’s designers, engineers, anthropologists, and branding experts will develop their products and campaigns around huge worktables in studios arrayed along a kind of "main street"—all bathed in northern ligh
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The new headquarters will feature an events space where Ziba plans to host events such as neighborhood meetings and lectures for the design community.
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Holst’s 17-year history as a firm began with a range of retail work, the most prominent of which was the design of the original Pizzicato on NW 23rd Avenue, completed in 1993. Most Portland restaurants of the time featured either lots of wood an
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Holst got a big break in 1997 when the firm won a competition to design the first independent home of the Pacific Northwest College of Art. With breakneck speed and little money, Holst retrofitted an old Pearl District warehouse with studios, classroo
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The Ecotrust headquarters stands amid beautifully restored Pearl District warehouses. But Holst’s 2001 remodel of the interior steered this structure toward its current claim to fame as the first LEED Gold certified his
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Holst’s use of reclaimed materials achieved a simple, airy beauty while meeting the project’s environmental goals.
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Ecotrust’s penthouse roof deck, complete with fireplace, is one of the most popular reception areas in the city.
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The PNCA and Ecotrust commissions earned Holst more chances to prove that it could deliver greatness both quickly and cheaply. In 2001, for a flexible creative space called RiverTec (one of the earliest Pearl District office
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In 2004, Holst got its first chance to design a new, large-scale building: the Belmont Lofts. Though many neighborhoods objected to such developments, Holst’s sumptuous use of wood and glass showed that "large-scale" and "good fit
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Clad in a rain screen made of thin slats of ipe, a sustainably produced tropical hardwood, the building shimmers ethereally from a distance, but has the warmth of a well-made cabinet when seen up close.
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To create the Hotel Modera, Holst transformed an old Days Inn (and well-known rendezvous for Oregonian staffers who were having affairs) into one of the city’s next-generation boutique hotels.
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In a powerful counterpoint to the Pearl District’s collection of six-story red-brick courtyard condos and chunky high-rises clad in faux limestone, Holst recently completed the 937 Condominiums.
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The building’s beige brick recalls those early-century architects who sensibly chose white terra-cotta to give the city more brightness in the rain. The randomized window pattern sets the building off from its neighbors. But the shape—tall
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For Panic, a local software design company, Holst deftly deployed simple screens made of laser-cut European plywood.
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Holst is just finishing designs for its largest project yet, the $28 million Resource Access Center planned for downtown’s Old Town/Chinatown neighborhood. The firm’s well-honed knowledge of how to provide great design on a tight budget wi
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Jeff Stuhr and John Holmes merged their names to create the moniker "Holst." Their well-seasoned ensemble of designers and project managers, now 18 people strong, includes Kevin Valk, Kim Wilson, Alan Jones, Dave Otte, Chris Hodney, and Jay
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