"The house's architect, Willard Martin, is known for creating designs that garner nicknames: He was the chief designer and architect for Pioneer Courthouse Square, a.k.a. "Portland's Living Room." In 1980, Martin put together a "group of rabble-raising architects, writers, and an artist" to win the design competition for the square, the only Portland team in the finals. Martin died in a plane crash in 1985, the year after the Square officially opened."
"This house was finished a few years before, in 1976, when Martin was at the firm Martin, Soderstrom and Matteson. The following year, it appeared on the cover of Sunset magazine, touted for its clever design on a steep lot. Martin essentially stacked three floors of the exact same dimensions, 24 feet by 24 feet, atop one another. A parking bridge connects to the street, with the entry at the top, through the door with the porthole. An office/studio occupies the room with the diamond window."
The Council Crest house presents a camera-like facade with a circular and a diamond window, corrugated-steel siding, and a flat roof. Willard Martin designed the home in 1976 while at Martin, Soderstrom and Matteson. The structure stacks three identical 24-by-24-foot floors connected by a parking bridge and top entry through a porthole door. Interior space measures 1,762 square feet and features a three-story open volume, a rear wall of windows, wood and steel railings, an open-tread staircase, and wood catwalks. Original 1970s touches remain, including red-toned kitchen cabinets, parquet floors, stained glass, and two four-foot bubble windows.
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