Budget Breakdown: Two Retired Teachers Build Oregon’s First All-CLT House for $591K
Surrounded by forest and accessed via a fairy-tale bridge, the resilient forever home showcases the strength of cross-laminated timber.
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Connie Speros and Bruce Literal didn’t set out to build Oregon’s first full-fledged home framed with mass timber—or even a house for themselves.
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Brian Libby
Dwell Contributor
Brian Libby is a Portland-based architecture writer who has contributed to Dwell since 2004. He has also written for The New York Times, Architect, CityLab, Salon, Metropolis, Architectural Record and The Oregonian, among others.
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