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Hennebery Eddy Architects recently received the 2018 Firm Award from the American Institute of Architects Northwest and Pacific Region.

In bestowing the award, the three-person jury commented that Hennebery Eddy Architects’ 鈥減ure design execution clearly set them apart.鈥�

The principals accepted the award in Honolulu, while the rest of the firm celebrated by closing the office for a day.

Based in Portland, Hennebery Eddy Architects was founded in 1992. The firm is currently involved in the design of the Rothko Pavilion at the Portland Art Museum and the Terminal E extension now under construction at Portland International Airport. The firm is also at work on concepts for the Albina Vision in North-Northeast Portland and the Culinary Corridor that would provide a home for food carts downtown.

The 91视频 spoke with Hennebery Eddy Architects Vice President Alan Osborne, who has been at the firm since 2000. This interview has been condensed and edited for clarity.

91视频: Was the AIA award for the body of work in 2018?

Alan Osborne: It’s really for the body of work for the firm. So it’s a longer-term kind of achievement. It recognizes everything associated with a practice: design excellence, but also sustainability, your community engagement.

91视频: Were there any projects the awards jury pointed to?

Osborne: They did not specifically. But they just pointed to the body of excellent work. I think our work is recognized as fairly consistent, high quality and more of a timeless kind of approach to design. So you won’t be able to look back at it 20 years from now and say, 鈥淭hat was designed from 2017 to ’18 because that’s when that was popular.鈥� We tend to avoid that genre of design.

91视频: What do you expect to see in architecture next year?

Osborne: It’s always about the market and where the money is going. Certainly, the housing market is slowing down a bit. (It’s) a bit of a saturation point. But we’re seeing a lot of our public clients that have been launching projects left and right. There’s a pent-up demand there.

91视频: Do you have any major projects coming up in the next year that you can talk about?

Osborne: We have the Portland Art Museum. Of course that’s working with Vinci | Hamp (Architects) out of Chicago. But that’s something that is I think very meaningful for the city. I’m particularly involved in the seismic upgrade and systems upgrades of the Oregon Supreme Court, which is a gem of a building that we’re very excited to be working on.

91视频: How many architects does the firm have now?

Osborne: We have a total of 60 folks. Architects are most (of the staff), but we have our interiors group and a pretty good group of marketing and admin. It takes a village, right?

We’ve moved to really try to be the employer of choice for people. It’s really hard to find high-quality architects right now. We want to make ourselves as attractive as possible.

Over the last 18 months, we’ve introduced a sabbatical program. We have paid time off for maternity leave. We have a community scholarship program, a whole variety of benefits that are really for the long haul to benefit staff. A firm award, it takes everyone 鈥� not just everyone who is here now, but everyone who has been here throughout the years.