SOLD OUT – Mr. Rummer’s Neighborhood

Here’s your chance to tour four Robert Rummer-designed homes all in the same SW Portland neighborhood. Including the home, he designed for his own family!

When: May 13, 2023

Saving Oregon’s Most Endangered Places: The Robert and Charles Wilson Homes

The Robert and Charles Wilson Homes, constructed along the banks of the Deschutes River, are significant for two reasons: their mid-century architectural pedigree, and the little-known role played by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon (CTWSRO) in Central Oregon’s lumber industry. Designed in the 1940s by world-renowned architect, Pietro Belluschi, the Wilson […]

Sponsored Post: An Atomic Time Capsule with Amazing Pacific Northwest Modern History

Portland’s Laurelhurst neighborhood is well-known for its historic, early 20th century, period revival homes. But if you look beyond the ubiquitous Tudor, Colonial, and Mediterranean homes, a mid-century modern enthusiast can find some of the city’s most atomic gems. One of those can be found at 4281 NE Laurelhurst Place, a time capsule piece of […]

A Ticking Clock

One of Pietro Belluschi’s landmarks faces demolition in downtown Salem. Despite its listing in the National Register of Historic Places, Pietro Belluschi’s First National Bank of Salem building will likely be demolished by September 6th. Constructed in 1946, the building’s design follows a mid-career trend in the work of Oregon’s foremost modernist and features the […]

Mid-Century Modern House of Tomorrow

There’s a great future in plastics. Think about it. Will you think about it? – Mr. McGuire in The Graduate (1967) On May 14th Restore Oregon will present the Mid-Century Modern House of Tomorrow Tour. The tour focuses on the mid-century, but the “House of Tomorrow” premise has been with us since at least the early 1900’s. The […]

That’s a Wrap! Over 800 People Attended the 2014 Restore Oregon Mid-Century Modern Home Tour

Over Mother’s Day weekend more than 800 people took part in the celebration of architect Pietro Belluschi’s Mid-Century Modern residential work, producing record breaking attendance and setting the bar even higher for next year’s event. The “Belluschi weekend” started Friday night at the Portland Art Museum where accomplished architect, Tony Belluschi, lectured to more than […]