What’s Next for Us As we step into 2025, Clark/Kjos Architects reflects on a year of meaningful accomplishments, transformative projects, and community engagement. From reimagining a big-box store into a cutting-edge oncology
From Left: Dan Salvey, Ben Stewart, Will Sloman Three Cheers for Our Newly Licensed Architects This past year, three members of our team, Dan Salvey, Ben Stewart, and Will Sloman, achieved one of the biggest milestones in their careers: becoming licensed architects in
Summer Fun Work hard, play hard! That’s how we do it at Clark/Kjos. While these past few months have been packed with exciting healthcare projects, we haven’t forgotten to enjoy
Swinging into Summer We had such an amazing time at the Samaritan Health Services Scramble this June! The weather couldn’t have been better—clear skies, warm sunshine, and a perfect breeze made
Honoring Nurses in Healthcare Design This Nurse Week, we're sending a huge shout out to all the amazing nurses! Your compassion and resilience inspire us every day. It's been an honor working alongside
A Fun Day Out Last week, we stepped outside the office for a fun Spring Team Building Scavenger Hunt through the streets of downtown Portland! It was a blast exploring our neighborhood,
Recycled Art Over the weekend we dropped off a whopping 20 bags full of plastic clam shells at New Seasons Market annual recycling event- all from our Portland Winter Light
Portland Winter Light Festival Final Nights Have you visited the Portland winter light festival yet? You have just two more nights to check out our Prismatic Plastiquarium - a visual representation of our plastic
Portland Winter Light Festival In collaboration with Solus Inc and Pence Contractors, we are excited to be taking part in this year's Portland Winter Light Festival (PDXWLF)! Join us February 2nd-10th as our "Prismatic Plastiquarium" will be
Happy New Year From Clark/Kjos! As 2023 draws to a close we are once again filled with gratitude for the incredible journey we've shared with our clients, coworkers, friends, and families. Thank you
Happy Holidays! From tree trimming, to holiday get-togethers, to WAY too many sweets...we sure are feeling the holiday spirit! Wishing you all an incredibly happy and vibrant holiday season too.
CKA Visits OHSU/Adventist Campus Recognizing a unique opportunity, a small team of CKA'ers jumped at the chance to attend a walkthrough of two projects in similar phases on the OHSU/Adventist campus. It
Fall Team Building "Spare" us while we tell you about our Fall teambuilding event a couple of weeks back. From strikes to spares, gutter balls to splits...and even some backwards throws,
Cycle September Comes to an End Kudos to all the team members who took part in the September cycle event! And a massive thank you to our star cyclist, Chuck Westerholm, whose impressive mileage
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month We know that a well-designed environment can have a profound impact on patient recovery and well-being. Join us in spreading the word about the importance of regular screenings
Celebrating 25 Years at Clark/Kjos Whenever we look back at our accomplishments, there's a standout figure – Scott Combs. For 25 years, Scott has been a main ingredient of our team, driving our
2023 Annual Summer Picnic Closing out the summer with our annual picnic at Rooster Rock State Park. Here's to another season of good times, achievements, and growth. Can't wait for what autumn
Cystic Fibrosis Cycle for Life Helmets off to the OHSU (bike) team! They've gone above and beyond, achieving a remarkable feat by surpassing their fundraising goal at the Cystic Fibrosis Cycle for Life
Megan McKinnie achieves Living Future Accreditation And just as we are welcoming Megan to our team, we also are congratulating her on recently becoming Living Future Accredited! Becoming Living Future Accredited is no small
CKA at the A’23 Conference Our evidence-based design leader, Evon Calabrese recently attended the A'23 Conference in San Francisco. Read about her (as well as others) thoughts and take-aways! Message From AIA Oregon
Same City, New Space At the end of May, we’re moving just a few blocks to the 13th floor of the Commonwealth Building, an architectural landmark designed by Pietro Belluschi. This inspiring
Spring Team Building There's nothing quite like trying to escape a small, enclosed space to build team cohesion! Special thanks to Escape Games PDX for an incredible afternoon of fun and
Clark/Kjos Architects Unveils New Website We are proud to announce the launch of our newly redesigned website. The updated site boasts a fresh, modern design, improved functionality, and a user-friendly interface, allowing clients
The Tools We Use Improving patient care and reducing costs starts with identifying and minimizing waste in every process, procedure, and task. LEAN Design is just one of the many ways we
Finding our Strengths Creating strong team communication and energy is key to achieving success in any company. Yesterday we had a productive half-day retreat with facilitator Nicole Carey where we explored
Congrats OHSU/Adventist! Congrats to Oregon Health & Science University for its new urology clinic at the Adventist Health Portland campus! Using lessons learned from the providers and staff at the home-clinic on
A Day at Rose Haven Last week we had a great day volunteering at Rose Haven- a place that provides services for women & children who are experiencing the trauma of abuse, loss
Architects in Schools We LOVE the Architects in Schools program and thought we'd share that if you are looking to keep your 8-12-year-olds busy during spring break next week, check out
CKA Hike Club 2023 Who needs to start the new year with a gym membership when you can join an office hiking club?! Here are some pics from our last few hikes.
Evon is EDAC Certified! We're so proud of Evon Calabrese who very recently passed the EDAC exam and is now certified! Taking the EDAC exam is a great way to demonstrate your knowledge and
New Year, New Start! The new year is the perfect time to start something new. Join our team located in the beautiful Pacific Northwest and help us create innovative healthcare architecture designs.
Happy Holidays from Clark/Kjos! Wishing you a very happy holiday season! December has been a month full of fun activities for us like trimming our tree, hosting a baby shower, throwing our
Using Full-Size Room Mockups Using full-size room mockups is a very effective way of engaging stakeholders for individual spaces to test the functional layout of a room and all of its elements
Samaritan Golf Scramble Fun We had a fun time at the annual Samaritan Golf Scramble where proceeds offer patients across Benton, Lincoln, and Linn counties assistance with medical bills, transportation, prescriptions, groceries, rent,
Multicare Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony Last week we attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony that was held to officially open two projects we designed at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital located in Puyallup, WA: The Gordon
Spring Team Building 2022 There’s nothing quite like hurling an axe at a target to help you get to know your coworkers better. Every Spring we hold a teambuilding event and this
A Day of Pie We love Pie Day around here and are lucky to have a couple of ‘Pie Guys’ in the office who love to bake them. Scot Jahn brought in
Holiday Party 2021 We had a wonderful time this year at our office holiday party and managed to catch up on some much-needed socializing. We took over an entire restaurant space
The Holidays are Here The holidays are officially here and it’s back to our CKA traditions! We love decorating our office during the holidays so last week dusted off our ornaments and
Connie Ables is Retiring For those who don’t already know, we have big retirement news to share about Connie Ables! As an integral part of Clark/Kjos’ success for almost three decades, Connie
September Cycle Bike Challenge September Cycle 2021 bike challenge is officially over and we rode some serious miles placing us 6th place nationwide and 8th place globally for our staff size! The
Fall Team Building 2021 Last Friday we rebooted our Annual Fall Teambuilding event with a good old game of disc golf. The weather was fantastic that day and it was just a
Welcome Back Alex! Bike month is here! How do we know it’s going to be even more awesome this year than it has been in the past? Because this month we
Staff Member Receives Honor for Design Competition A shoutout goes to one of our newest staff members, Uran Sokoli, for receiving an honor in the AISC/ACSA 2021 Steel Design Student Competition. The competition recognizes eleven
Clark/Kjos Cleanup Crew Does it Again Thank you to SOLVE and the Clark/Kjos cleanup crew. We came together and helped clean up the streets, sidewalks, and alleyways of our city today. More about the
Summer Picnic 2021 A few weeks ago, we hosted our annual summer picnic for all our staff and their families! It was a fun afternoon reconnecting with everyone at beautiful Sellwood
New Staff Photos It was nice to see each other in the office again the other day as we updated staff photos. Stay tuned to see our new staff photos! Thanks PhotosbyKim
Halloween 2020 It was nice to see everyone at our virtual happy hour last week. We had some laughs while sharing Halloween photos from our past, and even a few
Valentines Day 2020 We Heart VR! As a team, we’re all about keeping things light and fun. The first Friday of every month, we like to do something fun at the
Staff Pod Design Featured at Portland Art Museum [May 19, 2017] Opening this weekend—new POD designs in an exhibit that features John Yeon called “Quest for Beauty: The Architecture, Landscapes, and Collections of John Yeon”. Two
Sushi Time We love having team-building opportunities and our sushi team-building event was unlike any other. Our quality of life committee brought in a chef to teach us about the
