Will Bruder Architects is an architectural practice led by FAIA member Will Bruder and drawing on his focused vision and over forty years of professional experience, the practice seeks to create original and functionally poetic architecture, interior design, and urban planning solutions that celebrate the aspirations of its clients and are appropriate to the contexts in which they inhabit.
Will Bruder. For 46 years, Will Bruder has explored inventive and contextually exciting architectural solutions in response to the opportunity of a site and the needs of the user. His work celebrates the craftsmanship of building in a way that is not typical of contemporary architecture. Through his creative use of materials and light, Will is known for his ability to elevate the ordinary to the extraordinary.
Opening his first studio in Arizona in 1974, Will moved his studio to downtown Portland, Oregon in the spring of 2019. He has directed work for over 650 commissions, received prestigious national awards, lectured, and been published worldwide. He has held visiting professorships at MIT, IIT, Yale, the University of Southern California, the University of Wisconsin/Milwaukie, the University of Toronto, the University of Virginia, Portland State University, and the University of Oregon.
A self-trained architect, Will holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in sculpture from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He supplemented his artistic training with studies in structural engineering, philosophy, art history, and urban planning. He then completed architectural internships with Paolo Soleri and Gunnar Birkerts. He was a recipient of the Rome Prize for Advanced Design at the American Academy in Rome in 1987 and was named a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA) in 2013.
Will Bruder. For 46 years, Will Bruder has explored inventive and contextually exciting architectural solutions in response to the opportunity of a site and the needs of the user. His work celebrates the craftsmanship of building in a way that is not typical of contemporary architecture. Through his creative use of materials and light, Will is known for his ability to elevate the ordinary to the extraordinary.
Opening his first studio in Arizona in 1974, Will moved his studio to downtown Portland, Oregon in the spring of 2019. He has directed work for over 650 commissions, received prestigious national awards, lectured, and been published worldwide. He has held visiting professorships at MIT, IIT, Yale, the University of Southern California, the University of Wisconsin/Milwaukie, the University of Toronto, the University of Virginia, Portland State University, and the University of Oregon.
A self-trained architect, Will holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in sculpture from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He supplemented his artistic training with studies in structural engineering, philosophy, art history, and urban planning. He then completed architectural internships with Paolo Soleri and Gunnar Birkerts. He was a recipient of the Rome Prize for Advanced Design at the American Academy in Rome in 1987 and was named a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA) in 2013.
