The late, respected architect Saul Zaik had no client he needed to please when he designed an intimate midcentury house for his family near Northwest Portland’s Forest Park. On a half-acre of wooded ...

Zaha Hadid’s only private house has just been completed and — to no surprise — it looks like a spaceship that has touched down on Earth. Created with a neo-futuristic aesthetic and ample ...

is a case in point. It's not just that most all its materials were salvaged but that they mostly came from within 10 miles of the house. This helps create its rustic, one-of-a-kind aesthetic.