Architecture asquiet structure.
A 14-person architecture & interiors studio in the Pearl District. We design buildings that listen to their site, age generously, and earn the years they ask of their occupants.
PROJECT INDEX · 2024-26
- 001Ridge HouseRES'24
- 002Nova TowerCOM'24
- 003Elm LoftsMX'25
- 004Coastal RetreatRES'25
- 005Salt & Cedar HQCOM'25
- 006Green HavenRES'26
- 007Field StudioRES'26
- 008Tabor LibraryCIV'26
Curated selection of 12 active and recent projects. Full archive (74 built · 2008-26) on request.
Six projects from a quiet eighteen years.
A curated selection. Each project linked to a dedicated case study with site analysis, drawing set, material palette, and post-occupancy notes.
The Ridge House
A 3,840 sq ft residence on a 16-acre meadow above the Columbia River Gorge. Board-formed concrete, cedar siding, hand-set basalt hearth. Awarded AIA NW Honor 2024.
Nova Tower
14-story creative office at SW 12th & Burnside. Mass-timber structure, terracotta rain-screen, three roof gardens.
Elm Street Lofts
Adaptive reuse of a 1923 warehouse — 48 residential lofts above ground-floor retail. Salvaged original Douglas fir.
Coastal Retreat
A 2,200 sq ft beach house lifted on board-formed concrete piers. Triple-glazed western exposure. Net-zero ready.
Salt & Cedar HQ
The headquarters for a Portland letterpress and bookbindery — 12,000 sq ft of mass-timber adaptive reuse on Mississippi Ave. Original brick demising walls retained.
Green Haven
Passive House on a fire-prone east-Cascades site. Compact form, deep eaves, all-electric mechanical, fire-resistive cladding.
Design is not decoration —
it's the fundamental structure of experience.
Atelier Grey was founded in 2008 by Marin Greyson, AIA, on the premise that small studios can produce work that outlives them. Eighteen years later we’re a 14-person practice — six licensed architects, two interior designers, two landscape architects, three project managers, and a model-maker.
We’re deliberately selective. We take on 6-8 projects per year. Every project is led by a partner from first sketch through occupancy. We don’t outsource modeling, rendering, or construction documents. The drawings that leave the studio were drawn by the person who answered your call.
- AIA Member
- Marin Greyson, FAIA · Co-founder
- NCARB
- OR · WA · CA · ID licensed
- LEED AP
- BD+C · ND · Homes
- Studio
- 14 people · 7,200 sq ft
Four phases. Eighteen months, on average.
Site analysis, programmatic brief, massing studies, three scheme directions, materials moodboard. We model in chipboard before pixels.
Schematic to design development. Plans, elevations, sections, structural & MEP coordination, interior FF&E. Renderings for permit and client review.
Construction documents, permit submission, bid set, contractor selection, value engineering, specifications. We draw every detail.
Construction administration, weekly site visits, RFIs, shop drawing review, punch list, occupancy. Partners present at every major site meeting.
Four practices under one roof.
Architectural Design
Full-service from feasibility through occupancy. New construction, additions, renovations, adaptive reuse, historic preservation.
Interior Design
Integrated with architecture from day one. Materials, finishes, custom millwork, FF&E, lighting design, art and book curation.
Urban Planning
Master plans, mixed-use districts, transit-oriented development, public realm. Mid-scale — up to 12 acres.
Sustainable Design
Passive House, LEED Platinum, net-zero, embodied carbon analysis, mass timber, fire-adaptive design for the wildland-urban interface.
Selected coverage, 2022-26.
Atelier Grey treated the meadow as the primary client. The house listens to the wind, the gorge, the way the snow runs off the basalt outcrop. Three winters in and we still discover something the building was already doing on purpose.
We interviewed nine firms for Nova Tower. Marin showed up alone with a roll of trace paper and sketched in front of us. We knew within the hour. Eighteen months later the building is half-leased and we haven’t had a single value-engineering fight.
Atelier Grey
418 NW 11th Ave, Floor 3
Portland, OR 97209
- Studio
- (503) 555-0173
- [email protected]
- Press
- [email protected]
- Hours
- Mon-Fri 09:00-18:00 · By appointment
For new project inquiries please include site address, anticipated budget, timeline, and a few words about what you’re trying to make. We respond to every inquiry within five business days.
Architecture & interiors. Portland, OR. Founded 2008. 14 people. AIA Honor Award 2024. Licensed in OR · WA · CA · ID.
- D-21Residential
- D-22Commercial
- D-23Adaptive Reuse
- D-24Civic / Cultural
- D-25Master Plan
- D-26Current Year