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Cedar Book XVIII

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This year’s Cedar Book is out! If you’re not familiar with Cedar Book, it’s a great resource for wood-centric architectural projects curated by Western Red Cedar Lumber Association which GSW/A is a member of. Check out the video below and GSW’s two featured projects!

Where can you find wood design inspiration you can trust—plus field-tested detailing strategies—all in one place? Cedar Book XVIII is designed for practicing architects—not as a
coffee-table retrospective, but as a project-driven reference for anyone shaping contemporary buildings with wood in mind.

It’s a curated look at how peer firms are using Real Cedar to solve site challenges: creating stronger connections to nature, meeting environmental goals, building for longevity, and
delivering a material narrative clients immediately understand.

GSW/A Makes Forbes’ America Best in State Residential Architects List for 2025

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Giulietti Schouten Weber Architects is proud to announce that in addition to Forbes’ national Top Residential Architects List, we were also honored on the inaugural America Best in State Residential Architects List for 2025! Check out the link below to see the full story and methodology from Forbes and have a look at the complete list.

An expansion of the research-and-evaluations processes created to produce Forbes’ Top Residential Architects 2025 list, our methodology for this list drilled even deeper into the unique circumstances—cultural, social, economic, political, lifestyle, and beyond—that shape the markets for the custom single-family house in each individual state.

River’s Edge Penthouse Featured in LUXE Magazine

By 2025, GSW, LUXE Magazine, magazine, publicity, Remodel

Have you checked out the latest issue of @luxemagazine?! We’re excited to share an editorial showcasing our River’s Edge Penthouse project! – See the link below for the full article. There are so many incredible details and so many collaborations that brought this project to life. Pick up a copy today!

Architecture: @gsw_architects X Stephen Tobler
Interiors: @elizabethdinkel X @gsw_architects X Stephen Tobler
Build: @jdhillconstruction
Photos: @jeremybittermann @jbsa.images
Art Glass: @bullseye__studio
Metal: @flux_design_pdx
Cabinets: @cardinalefc
AV: @protechpdx
Tile: @waterworks
Plumbing Fixtures: @waterworks

Explore A Serene Portland Condo That Embraces River Views. For a frequently traveling attorney and her writer husband, it was becoming ever more important to have a welcoming home base. “I wanted spaces that were true to minimalism but also warm and comforting,” she says. So, they worked with architects Steven Glassman, Jake Weber and Stephen Tobler to make a floor-through condo in Portland with stunning views of the Willamette River the serene residence they imagined.

Cedar + Stone Office Shortlisted for Architizer A+ Award

By 2025, Awards, Commercial, GSW, Office, publicity

Cedar + Stone Office shortlisted as Finalist in A+ Awards

We’re excited to announce that our Cedar + Stone Office project has been selected as a Finalist in the Architizer A+ Awards in the Architecture + Stone detail category. This is one of five projects worldwide to be shortlisted for this category!

To win, we need your help to secure the popular vote! Click the following link to sign in/up and vote:

Vote for Cedar + Stone Office

You can vote once a day until voting closes on May 16th at midnight.

Congrats to everyone involved in the project!

Builder: Don Tankersley & Co.
Mason: David Rael
Stone Cladding System: Gridworx
Structural Engineer: Madden & Baughman Engineering
Windows: Pacific Rim Sash & Door
Surveyor: Harper Houf Peterson Righellis Inc.
Civil: Pietrok Engineering + Resources
Furniture: NW Office Interiors
Landscape: Landscape East & West

Cedar + Stone Office Featured in Stone World

By 2025, Commercial, magazine, Office, publicity, Stone

Cedar + Stone Office is featured in Stone World! The article highlights the use of Indiana limestone in the design of the office building at a historic cemetery in Portland, OR. Designed by Giulietti Schouten Weber Architects, the building’s exterior and interior incorporate this durable and warm material, chosen for its timeless appeal and permanence. The building features smooth limestone for the colonnade and rough-cut limestone for accent walls, creating a balance of modern design and classic materials. The limestone is intended to last for centuries, embodying both strength and tranquility for the space, which serves administrative and reflection purposes.

Check out the link to read the full article: https://www.stoneworld.com/articles/94569-indiana-limestone-provides-strength-and-tranquility

Rent. Blog Article

By 2025, GSW

Check out the recent Rent. article we were featured in:

As the new year begins, there’s no better time to refresh your workspace with a home office makeover. From decluttering to incorporating ergonomic furniture, lighting, and personal touches, the right home office makeover can transform your workspace into a place where creativity and productivity thrive. Whether you’re working from your new home in Arvada, CO, apartment in Inglewood, CA, or decluttering your office in your rental house in Roy, UT, designing an inspiring environment is essential.

Read the full article here: Home Office Makeover | Rent.

GSW/A Makes Forbes’ Inaugural America’s Top Residential Architects

By 2025, Announcement, Awards, Forbes, Residential

We are honored to share that Forbes named Giulietti Schouten Weber Architects to its first-ever America’s Top 200 Residential Architects List! Over 18,000 firms nationwide were evaluated across a broad spectrum that included siting, local context, materials, spatial configuration, technology, form, detailing, and overall craftsmanship.

From Forbes editor Richard Olsen: “Our projects look quite different from one another…because every client and site are unique,” says Tim Schouten, a partner at Giulietti Schouten Weber Architects. Founded in Portland in 1987, the firm is small but prolific, embracing Modernism in its many guises, from gable-roofed suburban homes to crystalline cliffside dwellings that appear poised for takeoff. (Some of their roofs seem to defy gravity.) Even the trusty Ranch House gets a new lease on life in GSW/A’s hands—but the technology behind them can be anything but retro. In 2021, the company joined the AIA’s 2030 Challenge, which dictates that by 2030, their new buildings and major renovations will be carbon neutral, and none will rely on fossil fuels or greenhouse gas-emitting energy.

Thank you to Forbes for including us among some of the nation’s best residential architects! If you’d like to see the whole list visit this link: https://www.forbes.com/lists/top-architects/ 

If you’d like to read more about Forbes’ selection process and methodology, visit this link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardolsen/2024/09/19/americas-top-200-residential-architects-2025-methodology/

Hilltop House Featured on Cover of Portrait

By 2023, Announcement, Cover, magazine, Photoshoot, publicity, Remodel, Residential

Excited to share that the Hilltop House was awarded the cover on the latest issue of Portrait Magazine! This was such a transformative project and we had a blast working with such great clients and an incredible project team! You can find the full article online here: https://www.portraitmagazine.com/56-northwest-hilltop 

Architecture: Giulietti Schouten Weber Architects
Build: JDL Development Inc..
Interiors: Betsy Brandenburg Hurst + Midori Karasawa
Landscape: Michael Schultz
Outdoor Lighting: Oregon Outdoor Lighting
Photos: David Papazian

GSW Now Licensed In California

By 2023, Announcement

Principal, Jake Weber, is now officially licensed in California, broadening the environments Giulietti Schouten Weber Architects is fortunate to design in! Jake was elevated to Principal in 2019 and has been with the firm for 10 years. A graduate of the University of Oregon, he regularly serves as a panelist at studio reviews and assisted past professors with experimental spatial studies. Before architecture, Jake spent 5 years in the commercial furniture industry at NW Office Interiors designing modern office space. Aside from architecture, Jake has a passion for multimedia including graphic and web design and when not in the office he likes to play with his two kids Brock and Winnie, play basketball, or snowboard on Mt. Hood.

Newberg Ridge House Wins Concrete Excellence Award

By 2023, Announcement, Awards, Residential

Exciting news! The Newberg Ridge House has won a prestigious Excellence in Concrete Award from the Oregon Concrete & Aggregate Producers Association! We are honored and grateful to receive this recognition for such a unique project. Concrete played a pivotal role in allowing us to push the boundaries of design and create unique structural elements that showcase the versatility and beauty of the material. Thanks to our clients, the contractor / concrete finisher Whitaker Ellis, and the whole team for making this such a successful project! And thank you to this year’s jurors!

Design: Giulietti Schouten Weber Architects
Build: Whitaker Ellis
Engineer: Stonewood Structural Engineers
Ready Mix: Knife River Corporation
Photos: David Papazian