Waechter Architecture

As part of our research for the 2024 USDA Forest Service Wood Innovation Grant, we developed three typologies addressing diverse uses and site conditions. The Civic/Assembly Typology employs tilt-up CLT panels, open trusses, and external buttresses to create flexible spaces for public events, performances, and exhibitions, as well as adaptable industrial or technology uses, while emphasizing the material and sensory qualities of mass timber.

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Piazza dei Signori, Vicenza -- From morning markets to evening aperitivo, this piazza is never the same twice, yet always alive. A true urban living room, purposefully designed to accommodate the rhythms of daily life: commerce, celebration, rest, and community.

Ben and his students are studying the eastern edge of the piazza as the site for the studio this spring, learning what it means to design for people. Spaces that don't prescribe a single use, but instead invite countless possibilities.

Construction is underway at The Malarkey, coming to downtown Portland this summer, the latest venture from celebrated chef .

The 10,000 SF space sat vacant for nearly a decade. WA team worked on the permitting, programming, and architectural organization, creating a framework flexible enough for each room to have its own character. Interior design and FF&E by the talented , with building it all out.

Construction is underway at The Malarkey, coming to downtown Portland this summer, the latest venture from celebrated chef .
The 10,000 SF space sat vacant for nearly a decade. We worked on the permitting, programming, and architectural organization, creating a framework flexible enough for each room to have its own character. Interior design and FF&E by the talented , with building it all out.

Rebuilt on the footprint of the original Tippy Canoe along the historic Columbia River Highway, Roadhouse honors the spirit of the classic roadhouse while reimagining it through mass timber. A field of CLT fins unifies indoor and outdoor seating, frames the porch, and draws the eye toward the Sandy River beyond.
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Level two framing is up and views into the courtyards are taking shape. It’s always exciting to experience a project’s scale once the structure is in place.