As lead designer Agustin Enriquez mentions in the article, “We wanted to see how small we could make the units and not compromise the way people live.”

The article reads:

EVERY SQUARE FOOT of Robby Facer’s compact apartment lives large with his personality. Paintings with pithy phrases beckon visitors to the walls. A chartreuse Buddha is bathed in light from the 17-foot-wide expanse of windows. Pops of red pillows and turquoise vases stand out against the white walls, and sunbeams bounce against mirrored side tables, scattering throughout the rooms. “Where I live needs to feel like it’s part of me and personal,” Facer says. “That lends itself well to a small space, where you can almost see everything when you walk in.”

Click here to read the full article on Portland Monthly’s website about what it’s like to live in the Janey Apartments.

Click here to read more about GBD’s history with the Con-way neighborhood.

A tight budget, a rural location on the cliffs above the Columbia River Gorge and a jobsite attached to a 100-year-old museum listed on the National Register of Historic Places combined to challenge designers and contractors on a 25,500-sq-ft expansion of the Maryhill Museum of Art in Goldendale, Wash.

Read the full ENR Northwest article here.

Maryhill Museum of Art announced Wednesday that attendance this year increased by nearly 30 percent over 2011, attracting more than 45,000 visitors. Part of the increase was related to the opening of the new Mary and Bruce Stevenson Wing, a $9.5 million, 25,500-square-foot expansion of the Goldendale, Wash., museum.

The new wing market the first expansion in the museum’s history and the largest cultural capital project in the Columbia River Gorge in 15 years. The contemporary building, with sweeping views of the Gorge, was designed by GBD Architects of Portland, and houses an education suite, collections storage, a cafe, and an outdoor plaza with large-scale sculptures.

In the coming months, the museum expects the new wing to receive a Gold-level certification from the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program.

– Grant Butler

GBD Principal, Katherine Schultz, was appointed to the City of Portland Planning & Sustainability Commission on September 26th. Appointed to a four-year term, she recently served as a member of Portland’s Design Commission. We are excited for Katherine and look forward to helping her grow her new position. Congratulations!

• Aubrey L. Trueb – Accounting & Human Resources Manager
• Bryon E. Nichols – Information Technology Manager
• Markus O. Brown, IIDA – Associate
• Matthew R. Fitzgerald, IIDA, LEED AP BD+C – Associate
• Jesse B. Emory, AIA, LEED AP – Senior Associate
• Matthew S. Bray, AIA, LEED AP – Associate Principal