Waechter Architecture

10/16/2026

Architecture can help us leave one place behind and arrive fully in another.

At Autocamp Sequoia, the clubhouse is a threshold. It gathers guests at the entry, then opens toward the trees, the river, and the campground beyond.

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10/14/2026

Enfilade House stair. White oak treads and a bronze handrail.
Built to be touched, and to last.

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10/02/2026

A closer look at the siding details and stair moments at Piquette Hotel. Getting ready for the completion in November!

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09/29/2026

We’re honored to be included in Best-In-State Residential Architects list for the second year in a row.

Our work is rooted in making spaces that are open, enduring, and full of character. We’re grateful to our clients and collaborators who make that work possible, and to Forbes for recognizing our practice alongside so many talented firms across the state.

Thank you to everyone who has been part of it, and congratulations to all the firms included on this year’s list.

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09/23/2026

09/22/2026

Piquette Hotel is taking shape, with completion expected this November. Stay tuned!

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09/18/2026

At Enfilade House, the house unfolds as a sequence.
One space leads to the next, with wood thresholds, framed views, and shifting light creating moments of connection and pause.
Simple in its idea, the enfilade gives the house a quiet rhythm, revealing the landscape and spaces of the home gradually, one moment at a time.

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09/16/2026

At the Golden Gate Heights residence remodel, materials speak for themselves: exposed, honest, and tactile. The result is a space that feels calmer, clearer, and more whole.

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09/14/2026

Arrival is a moment of transition. A chance to leave behind the pace of the outside world and enter a different rhythm.

At Society Hotel, a sequence of thresholds, shifting light, material, and moments of pause gradually leads you into the courtyard. Each threshold offers a moment of discovery, creating a sense of anticipation as one space quietly reveals the next.

We find echoes of this in places far beyond our own projects. While teaching and traveling through Italy, Ben photographed passageways and courtyards that capture this same quiet magic: moving through one space only to discover another beyond it. It is these small moments of transition that make a place feel memorable, inviting us to slow down, look around, and feel where we are.

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08/26/2026

Last week, we stepped away from the studio for our annual retreat in the McKenzie River area.

Surrounded by the forests and rivers of the Oregon Cascades, we spent our time rafting, cooking and sharing meals, hiking to a waterfall, and having long conversations around the table.

Collaboration is at the heart of how we work. It happens within our studio and, importantly, with our clients throughout the design process. We value the exchange of ideas, questions, and perspectives that comes from working closely together. Our clients bring their own experiences, aspirations, and ways of living to each project, making the process a shared exploration rather than a one-way conversation.

Time together, whether around a drawing or a dinner table, creates space for that exchange.