The Evening Sky Residence is a vineyard home in the foothills of McMinnville, Oregon. The house is placed in a natural clearing at the vineyard's highest point, sited to overlook the Willamette Valley to the East and the Coastal Mountain Range to the West. The architecture's linearity, contextualized materials, and indoor-outdoor living create a place that is inviting and timeless.
Ellerslie Interiors embraced the French Renaissance-style building's good bones for her mahjong room. "The architecture carries such a strong vernacular that we approached it almost like a dialogue between East and West-layering lacquer, brass, and mirror against the home's more traditional bones," principal Laura Lubin tells AD PRO. "Installing the Robert Kuo hand-hammered dragon bench under the silk moiré walls was a goosebump moment."
Seattle's Portage Bay has a new architectural landmark - a floating home designed by Dyna Builders in collaboration with Hoshide Wanzer Architects. Rooted in the Costa Rican concept of pura vida, the appropriately named Pura Vida Floating Home celebrates simplicity, balance, and a deep connection to nature while embracing the unique challenges of life on the water. Replacing a decades-old houseboat that once occupied the canal slip, the project began with a new reinforced concrete float - a foundation that provides long-term stability and modern utility access for plumbing and electrical systems. The home itself was built in Dyna's Ballard shipyard and carefully towed into place, a reminder of the precision required for floating architecture in Seattle's waterways.
