Wilshire House

This project, designed in collaboration with Yoonhee Choi, expanded and completely transformed a small 1940s cottage to create a sustainable courtyard house inspired by traditional Korean Hanok design.

The scheme maintained the majority of the existing single-story structure and added a long, narrow, south-facing addition and porch embracing a new garden space.

Also known as the House of the Seven Skylights, the project included the addition of a series of new vaulted spaces including bedrooms, an artist’s studio, and a secret play room accessed by pull-down ladder.

Location
Portland, OR

Size
1,870 sf

Completion
2017

Collaborators
Yoonhee Choi
KPFF Structural
Bothwell Landscape Studio
Brian Stevenson Construction

Photography
Pete Eckert