Courtesy Premiere Property Group, Llc
Courtesy Premiere Property Group, Llc
Courtesy Premiere Property Group, Llc
Courtesy Premiere Property Group, Llc
Courtesy Premiere Property Group, Llc
Courtesy Premiere Property Group, Llc
Courtesy Premiere Property Group, Llc
Courtesy Premiere Property Group, Llc
Courtesy Premiere Property Group, Llc
Courtesy Premiere Property Group, Llc
Courtesy Premiere Property Group, Llc
Comedy television series Shrill shone a spotlight on one of Portland’s architectural gems when it featured a colourful midcentury home in its episodes.
The prefab Portland property was built in 1959 and took inspiration from Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House and Piet Mondrian’s colour-blocking techniques. Portland architects Donald Blair and William Fletcher designed it as a model home in a futuristic style for local developer Wedgwood Homes who named it the Wedgwood Home of Tomorrow.
In the Hulu streaming show, the four-bedroom, time capsule Oregon home starred as the house of the parents of Annie, the show’s main character (played by Aidy Bryant), and has a groovy look that speaks of Shrill’s fun, vintage aesthetic. It is now on the market for $639,000 via broker Lori Fenwick of Premiere Property Group.
The steel-framed Oregon house has a simple form with solid, coloured panels alternating with glass walls. Its two wings are covered by a folded, lightweight roof sat under clerestory windows. Inside it has sweeping garden views along with Jetsons-like built-in gadgets, prefab walnut veneer walls, and a white Scandinavian-style suspended fireplace.