"Called the Shaw House, this Lake Oswego home was designed by Yeon and built in 1951 for Lawrence Shaw, owner of the Modoc Lumber Company. In 1953, it made the cover of House Beautiful magazine, which declared it "the architecture of the next America." Sixty years later, it was in poor shape, with signs of dry rot and water damage. Sitting on a generous 0.61-acre lot, it was also under threat of being torn down in favor of splitting the property in two."
"Instead, the developer was persuaded by the owners of Cornerstone Construction to save it, take it down to the studs, and rebuild as the centerpiece of the 2015 Street of Dreams tour, with an assist from interior design firm Maison and residential designer Keith Abel. The result was intended, not as a strict restoration, but an homage to Yeon's unique sense of midcentury modernism and playful regency, from the flare of the rebuilt "palace-style" roofline to the window placement, interior paneling, and custom parquet floors."
John Yeon was a self-taught architect credited as the father of Northwest Regional Architecture, with only 18 homes ever constructed. The Shaw House in Lake Oswego was designed by Yeon and built in 1951 for Lawrence Shaw, later appearing on House Beautiful's 1953 cover. By the 2010s the home showed dry rot, water damage, and faced demolition to subdivide the 0.61-acre lot. Cornerstone Construction owners persuaded the developer to save and rebuild the house for the 2015 Street of Dreams. The rebuild served as an homage to Yeon, retaining signature rooflines, window placement, paneling, parquet floors, and luxe materials, resulting in a 5,768-square-foot home with main living on one level and auxiliary spaces below.
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