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Product and materials knowledge keeps us relevant to your design process.  We regularly engage with product representatives, attend industry seminars, and contribute to industry groups in order to maintain our awareness of changes and new processes in the construction industry.  Additionally, we participate on panels and in discussions, sit on student critiques and juries, attend design conferences, and provide education opportunities to remain at the forefront of ideas and knowledge in the design community.
Below are systems, components, products and materials which we have brought to the attention of our clients and incorporated into recent projects, and which we believe should be more broadly known and utilized.

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Dura-Fuse Frames
Steel moment frames are traditionally designed to sacrifice the beams. This approach, while good for saving lives, has poor resilience, as it is difficult to replace damaged beams. A repairable steel moment‐frame connection solves this.
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Cast Connex
Timber End Connectors are clevis-type fittings for heavy timber or glue-laminated structural elements for use in architecturally exposed applications.


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Cavity Sliders
Make spaces feel more open and taller by using full-height doors. The base of the FH Ceiling Mount recessed track sits flush with the ceiling, allowing the sliding doors to span full height.

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Elevator Design Studio by Forms+Surfaces
An online, interactive tool that lets configure elevator interiors, apply materials and finishes from an extensive surfaces library, view realistic renderings, and request cost estimates.
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AviProtek E by Walker Glass
Bird-friendly glass combines acid-etched visual markers on the 1st surface with high performance low-emissivity coating on the 2nd surface, providing visible deterrence on the most effective side of the glass without impacting thermal performance.
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Ridge Baffle by Turf
Ridge Baffle provides a felt-based acoustic panel system with a crisp profile and gradual change in pattern.  Designed to work with standard connection systems, Ridge installs with magnets to standard suspended ceiling grid.
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Softcrete seating by Gufram
The result of a collaboration between English designer Ross Lovegrove and furnishings manufacturer company Gufram resulted in this soft 'concrete' seating
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Proflow ​by ​Black Locust Lumber
We introduced our client to this product for a school in Portland; naturally rot-, water-, and fungal-resistant Black Locust pavers make for a long-lasting landscape surface
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Engineered Fall Protection
Freestanding Deadweight Anchor Systems provides tie-off points for work on roofs and facades, without penetrating the waterproofing or thermal bridging.
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VMZ Standing Seam by VMZinc
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Timber Screws by My-Ti-Con
We've specified VMZinc for the roof, wall and soffit standing seam metal panels, for a university marine science facility in the harsh Oregon coast environment.
For the Locks Tower project in Richmond, Virginia, glazed wind screen panels at the rooftop pool deck allow maintenance ropes to pass under the panels.
The secret to the success of the Cross-Laminated Timber and Glue-Laminated projects we specify includes structural, corrosion free, self-tapping screws.
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Basalt Blue Chalk by Kush Rugs
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Fenix NTM by Arpa Industriale
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Pika-Pika by Nakamoto Forestry
Carpet designs that appeal to our affinity for rustic and marred, industrial finishes
We have been specifying a laminate material that is anti-fingerprint, soft to the touch, thru-body color, opaque and durable
Also on the university marine science facility in the harsh Oregon coast environment, Yakisugi (aka shou sugi ban) treated lumber siding materials
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P775 by Streamline Hoods​

Innovative design for residences or
​multi-family units.
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Majvest by SIGA Cover

Rainscreen vapor permeable weather barrier with great performance
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System 4500 by Rehau

Tilt-turn vinyl windows are now
​available in North America
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​Spiral VP by Rytec
On many of the multi-family residential buildings we specify, high-speed spiral doors for fast-acting openings at garages
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Dip-Tech
Maker of glass frit printers for full-color printing on glazing, locally provided in the Pacific NW by Hartung Glass.
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Privada
For improved non-gender restroom design, European-style glass, wood veneer and laminate toilet compartments
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R-Stud
Oval Fire Products
Sculpt Nouveau
Innovative light-gauge steel stud framing larger, flanged openings and longer spacing
Innovative, oval-shaped fire extinguishers fit into fully recessed cabinets in nearly any depth wall or partition
Several of our projects' designers are calling for blackened steel fabrications using patina and metal finishing products
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Providing architectural consulting services to support your ARCHITECTURE
OR ​INTERIOR DESIGN firm’s needs, without the overhead of full-time staff.

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511 SW 10th Avenue #1004, Portland, Oregon 97205

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503-719-4909

Email

info@mthrailkillarchitect.com 

All photography ©2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 Michael Thrailkill, except images of clients' projects and inspiration projects on Links page are as indicated - Click on any image to be taken to its source or reference.
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