Architectural Services

OH Architecture, PC offers a broad range of design expertise in residential and commercial architecture providing creative designs for your home or business.

Case Study: Emerson St. House

Explore this case study to see the evolution from the old dilapidated look to the fresh appeal of the rebuilt house.

 

Plans for Sale

In Addition to designing commercial buildings and custom houses, O H Architecture now sells ready-made plans as is or modified to your wishes. Please see ‘Plans’ along the top-drop down navigation menu.


Solar & Sustainable Architecture

We will assist you in deciding which of the sustainable concepts and strategies that make sense for your house.

Interior Architecture

We offer consultation on an hourly basis to explore concepts or we can provide you with a range of services up to a complete customized design that expresses your vision.

Why Hire An Architect?

Architects have talents, skills and design experience that most builders do not have. What's more, with ever increasing and more stringent regulations, hiring an architect becomes more of a necessity. Finally, architects have the knowledge to integrate the design that you want with structural and code regulations seamlessly.

  • Design solutions that expresses your living style
  • Harmonious and well proportioned designs
  • Knowledgeable & experienced in structural, code and legal considerations are integrated into the design process

OH Architecture, PC believe that every project is unique and therefore creative solutions are essential to the success of each project and client's needs. In particular, maximizing light and space is critical for design in the Pacific Northwest.

Also, we believe in integrating as much as possible, subject to the client's needs, passive and active solar design and the use of green materials.

With this awareness of environmental considerations, we emphasize in our design the “Not So Big House” philosophy so well promoted by Ms. Sarah Susanka. Therefore we promote smaller but more richly designed and detailed houses and buildings that are much more responsive to our client's specific and individual needs.

oharch commercial building

We are a small firm with two principals, Eric Hess and Tomoko Okubo with a combined experience of over 28 years doing architecture and interior design. Prior to establishing our firm in 2001 we have worked as project architects for a number of years in local architectural firms in Portland doing projects of all sizes from libraries, schools, multi-family shelters to high technology projects.