Welcome to my blog. I document my adventures in travel, style, and food. Hope you have a nice stay!
Jennie Fowler | October 30, 2019
Being your own client isn’t easy, but the process has raised essential questions for Hacker about our mission, values, and how we work →
Jennie Fowler | August 15, 2019
Hacker’s upcoming move to a new building presents our whole studio with the rare opportunity to design our own workspace →
Hayley Wilson | June 18, 2019
Oregon code doesn’t make it easy to build inclusive multi-user restrooms. We’d like to see that change →
Audrey Alverson | May 16, 2019
We didn’t need to reinvent the wheel; we only needed to use the guides to figure out where we stood and what we wanted to prioritize when it came to making changes →
Hayley Wilson | April 16, 2019
What’s next in CLT? Our top takeaways from the 2019 International Mass Timber Conference →
Alex Zelaya | November 20, 2018
An investigation into life-cycle impacts of mass timber, steel, and concrete structural systems. Which system is most environmentally sustainable? →
Sarah Post-Holmberg | November 14th, 2018
A personal journey and an ever-deepening conversation around architecture, equity, and environmental consciousness →
Jonah Cohen | April 13th, 2018
A bittersweet goodbye to our long-time downtown headquarters →
Stefee Knudsen | March 15th, 2018
How can we encourage curiosity, exploration, and connection in our young learners? Two education projects have us thinking →
Scott Barton-Smith | August 10th, 2017
Rotating Makers exhibit showcases the off-hours work of our multi-talented team →
Garrett Martin | June 22nd, 2017
Ever wonder what happens between renderings of buildings and completed projects? Despite how it may appear sometimes, it all doesn’t happen in the blink of an eye or under cover of darkness →
Health, wellness, and rejuvenation for the whole child
Audrey Alverson | January 27th, 2017
An opportunity to bring opportunity to others: Hacker engages with the Warm Springs Community Action Team to create a "small business incubator" for entrepreneurs and artisans, a step toward creating a more resilient and self-reliant community →
Garrett Martin | January 6, 2017
The reawakening of a scrappy outer ring urban suburb →
Scott Barton-Smith | May 17th, 2016
At Bellevue Arts Museum's retrospective Louis Kahn: The Power of Architecture, Thom Hacker offers a personal tour, including several projects on which he collaborated with his mentor "Lou" →
Sarah Bell | February 17th, 2016
A place to show visitors the natural and cultural forces that shaped Central Oregon. Don Kerr had the vision, Mike Hollern had the land, and Thom Hacker, he was immediately taken by the opportunity →
Becca Cavell | January 7th, 2016
For UC Davis renovation, we ask: What makes a collaborative, creative space work? →
Stephanie Shradar | October 22nd, 2015
A revitalization effort over 100 years in the making is well worth the wait →
Sarah Post-Holmberg | October 13th, 2015
Making humble use of the earth’s resources, one building and bicycle at a time →
