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Selected Works · Featured
A 4,200-sq-ft cantilevered residence sited above a wooded ravine. Cedar, blackened steel, and floor-to-ceiling glass.
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Reservoir Studio · est. 2014
AIA · NCARB · LEED AP
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[Your City] · Pacific Northwest
Selected Works
2024 · Single Family
[Your City], WA · 4,200 sq ft
2023 · Cabin / Retreat
San Juan Islands, WA · 1,800 sq ft
2023 · Single Family
Methow Valley, WA · 3,400 sq ft
2022 · Adaptive Reuse
Portland, OR · 2,900 sq ft
2022 · Single Family
Bainbridge Island, WA · 3,800 sq ft
2021 · Single Family
Hood River, OR · 2,400 sq ft
Studio
Reservoir is a small studio. We take six to eight projects a year so that the principal — and the people you'd actually hire us for — are present from first sketch to final walkthrough.
Our work is largely residential and largely in the Pacific Northwest, though we travel where good clients are. We design for how a house wants to be used over decades, not how it photographs in its first year.
01
Topography, water, light, prevailing weather. The site decides more than the brief does.
02
Cedar that will silver. Concrete that will mark. Steel that will patina. We build for time.
03
The work is in the joints, the reveals, the way a door is hung. Detail is restraint, not decoration.
Process
01
A site visit, a long conversation, and a written design brief. We agree on scope, schedule, and budget before any sketches.
02
Schematic design through design development. Two principal-led design sessions per month — never a junior associate.
03
Construction drawings, permitting, contractor selection. We bid the project to two or three trusted GCs.
04
On-site administration through final punch. Twelve to eighteen months from groundbreak to move-in for most homes.
Studio
Henrik Owen, AIA
Founding Principal
M.Arch, University of Oregon. Previously: Olson Kundig, Seattle.
Maren Kato
Senior Associate
M.Arch, RISD. Project lead on Cedar Ridge, Inlet Cabin, Hollow House.
Daniel Reyes
Project Architect
M.Arch, UC Berkeley. Sustainability and Passive House lead.
Press & Awards
Journal
On materials · 8 min read
A note on the slow gray of cedar siding, and the conversations we have with clients before the first board is hung.
On process · 6 min read
When you do, when you don't, and what an experienced design-build partner brings to a small project.
On policy · 5 min read
Recent zoning reform across [Your City] and the implications for setbacks, height, and lot coverage on small infill sites.
Contact
We take a small number of new commissions each year. The more you can share at first, the better we can know whether we're right for the work.
Studio
110 Pier Avenue, Studio 4
[Your City], WA 00000
studio@reservoirstudio.com
Phone
(555) 010-7000