Fab 40: Paul McKean, Oregon

Paul McKean hails from Portland, operating out of a small studio that made a national splash with its modest residence in Neal Creek, 2007, perched on a fine site alongside Oregon's Hood River. Today the office has several major residential works in hand, including the Kopetz Residence, set amidst a wooded landscape in Washington's Pacific Beach. Utilising a host of pre-fabricated elements - the client runs a steel business - the architect expects the residence to take shape rapidly.

Other works in progress include a house designed for a pair of film buffs; 'it's designed around the requirements of a 1950s projector,' says McKean, noting that the residence will also meet rigorous German energy standards. Finally, the firm is taking part in Portland's '14 parcels' development, creating a custom pre-fab in this collection of 'micro lots', all of which are destined to receive a new bespoke home in the months to come.



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Amangiri resort, Utah

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Fab 40: Paul McKean, Oregon

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Best Made Axes

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Blackman Cruz store, LA

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Fab 40: Paul McKean, Oregon

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Fab 40: Paul McKean, Oregon

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Fab 40: Paul McKean, Oregon

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Commonwealth Utilities S/S 09 collection

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Fab 40: Paul McKean, Oregon

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Fab 40: Paul McKean, Oregon

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Fab 40: Paul McKean, Oregon

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Fab 40: Paul McKean, Oregon

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BlackWhite House in Bethesda, Maryland by David Jameson Architects

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Methow Cabin, by Eggleston Farkas Architects, Seattle

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Hotel Erwin, Venice Beach, California

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Illustration from the Monkey Bar by Barry Blitt, New York

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Fab 40: Paul McKean, Oregon

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My Best Fred, NYC

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Neal Creek, Hood River by Paul Mckean, Oregon

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Beaker & Flask, Portland

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Beast, Portland

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Naomi from Beast, Portland

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Laurelhurst Market, Portland

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Bunks famous sandwiches, Portland

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Le Pigeon, Portland

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Viridian Farms, Portland

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Installation by Johanna Grawunder in Robert at MAD, NYC

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Speakeasy - Rye NYC

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Speakeasy - Clover Club, NYC

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Speakeasy - The Violet Hour, Chicago

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Speakeasy - The Varnish, LA

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Speakeasy - Bourbon & Branch, San Francisco

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Diamond House, XTEN Architecture, LA

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Ellie Stathaki is the Architecture & Environment Director at Wallpaper*. She trained as an architect at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece and studied architectural history at the Bartlett in London. Now an established journalist, she has been a member of the Wallpaper* team since 2006, visiting buildings across the globe and interviewing leading architects such as Tadao Ando and Rem Koolhaas. Ellie has also taken part in judging panels, moderated events, curated shows and contributed in books, such as The Contemporary House (Thames & Hudson, 2018), Glenn Sestig Architecture Diary (2020) and House London (2022).