we provide
artarchitecture+ design-build
services for individual clients , small to large sized companies and government agencies. Our services can cover initial programming and planning feasibility through construction administration and with our ability to fabricate often extend into custom design-build architectural elements.
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we are
a design studio& building workshop
with over 20 years of experience helping to create and facilitate collaborative team based projects. rhiza (from rhizome) is a horizontally rooted structure , our strength lies in our breadth of knowledge and experience.
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Peter Nylen, Partner
Design and Project Manager
Peter has more than twenty years experience making buildings, spaces, sculpture, lighting and furniture. After earning his professional degree in architecture from the Cooper Union in New York City, Peter moved to Portland and helped found RIGGA art & architecture, then rhiza A+D. Encompassing most of his professional career, these team-oriented, hands-on design practices reflect his deep commitment to the collaborative process and the necessity of craft.
Peter has more than twenty years experience making buildings, spaces, sculpture, lighting and furniture. After earning his professional degree in architecture from the Cooper Union in New York City, Peter moved to Portland and helped found RIGGA art & architecture, then rhiza A+D. Encompassing most of his professional career, these team-oriented, hands-on design practices reflect his deep commitment to the collaborative process and the necessity of craft.
Ean Eldred, Partner
Design & Project Manager
Ean Eldred’s passion for design, building and fabrication began while working with his father Dale Eldred on national and international sculpture projects. He studied at the Kansas City Art Institute continuing on to claim a BA in Architecture from Cooper Union. Ean has served as guest critic at U of O’s architecture school, taught urban drawing at PNCA and served as juror on many public art and art selection panels.
Ean Eldred’s passion for design, building and fabrication began while working with his father Dale Eldred on national and international sculpture projects. He studied at the Kansas City Art Institute continuing on to claim a BA in Architecture from Cooper Union. Ean has served as guest critic at U of O’s architecture school, taught urban drawing at PNCA and served as juror on many public art and art selection panels.
Richard Garfield, Partner
Business and Project Oversight
Richard Garfield has practiced architecture 50 years: working for Louis I. Kahn; In Dhaka, Bangla Desh and in Kathmandu, Nepal, representing Kahn and working for the Ford Foundation, The U.S. Government, and the Kingdom of Nepal. In Oregon, he taught architecture at the University of Oregon, was director of architecture for DMJM / Hilton and president of Garfield-Hacker Architects, building at OHSU, Tektronix, Intel and museum sites in Oregon, Montana, Arizona and California.
Richard Garfield has practiced architecture 50 years: working for Louis I. Kahn; In Dhaka, Bangla Desh and in Kathmandu, Nepal, representing Kahn and working for the Ford Foundation, The U.S. Government, and the Kingdom of Nepal. In Oregon, he taught architecture at the University of Oregon, was director of architecture for DMJM / Hilton and president of Garfield-Hacker Architects, building at OHSU, Tektronix, Intel and museum sites in Oregon, Montana, Arizona and California.
John Kashiwabara, Partner
Design & Project Manager
For John, architecture is a convergence of disciplines. Between and during education at The Cooper Union School of Architecture, he worked for sculptors, structural engineers, general contractors, and architects. He pursues architecture as a physical, collaborative, and poetic endeavor.
For John, architecture is a convergence of disciplines. Between and during education at The Cooper Union School of Architecture, he worked for sculptors, structural engineers, general contractors, and architects. He pursues architecture as a physical, collaborative, and poetic endeavor.
We are a collaboration forward design studio. We believe agreat idea can come from anywhere, so we listen.
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testimonials can go here about architecture, look great and be very convincingand help to get more work because they are so convincing -
~ someone not rhiza and a client for over 20 years
testimonials can go here about architecture, look great and be very convincingand help to get more work because they are so convincing -
~ someone not rhiza and a client for over 20 years
testimonials can go here about architecture, look great and be very convincingand help to get more work because they are so convincing -
~ someone not rhiza and a client for over 20 years
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Gorge Home Interior Design in Process
August 1, 2024
Shade Room Addition
July 30, 2024
Garden Pavilion Design Drawings
July 15, 2024
1969 Ranch Becomes Multi-generational Home
June 1, 2024