Licensed in Colorado and California, we have the technical and professional knowledge to work across varied scales and project demands, including all phases of design & coordination, construction drawings, permit sets, procurement, and construction administration. While not all of the projects shown here are built and not all are client driven, they are all grounded in applied research that considers unbuilt buildings, drawings, and installations as sites for exploring possible futures in architectural practice.
Endemic Architecture prefers working in the margins of architectural conventions, thus affording us territory to develop new expressions for familiar building types, materials, or contexts - what we call ‘almost familiar’ architecture. Working from design conception through construction administration, we value the input of clients and broader communities in the pursuit of architecture that heightens our collective experiences in the built environment.
We also do creative consulting and front-end design services.
WE ARE BUDGET CONSCIOUS
Endemic Architecture has a record of success working within budgets large and small to maximum effect. Because we are engaged from start to finish throughout all of the phases of each project -and understand that design and construction are fluid processes where change is inevitable- we are able to work with clients to provide compelling projects that meet your budget.
WE PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE CHOICES
Endemic Architecture promotes a comprehensive approach to architecture with attention to sustainable options and careful considerations made for architecture and its various contexts. It is also possible, however, to think of sustainability in terms of social and cultural conditions. Doing so allows us to consider the role that architecture plays in sustaining, altering, re-orienting, or exposing social and cultural values through the built environment.
COMPLETE PROJECT LIST
Authored Books
Unresolved Legibility in Residential Types. Published by AR+D, an imprint of Oro Editions. 2019
Commissioned Work
San Jose Addition (in Design Development)
San Franciso Residential Remodel (Phase 1 in Design Development, Phase 2 in early Schematic Design)
Country House (in Design Development)
Yuba City Tea Shop. Yuba City, CA. (Under Construction)
The Opposite of New. Vegan Cheese Food Facility. Alameda + San Leandro, CA. (in progress)
House Cheese & Clay; Otis Ave. Renovation. Alameda, CA. (in Construction Documents)
Confetti Carpet. Alameda, CA. 2021
Hay & Hedge House. Elbert County, CO. 2020
Pacific Avenue Interior Renovation. Alameda, CA. 2020
Confetti Courtyard at HEM, Los Angeles, CA. 2019
Plumb Creek Valley Farmhouse. Sedalia, CO. 2017-2018
Ranch House Pop-Top. Denver, CO. 2017-2018
Warehouse No. 1. Aurora, CO. 2017
Mill Valley Kitchen Remodel. Private Client, Mill Valley, CA. 2017 - 2018
Confetti Urbanism. Public Landscape, San Francisco, CA. 2017
Detached Garage & Office. Denver, CO. 2016
TURF. Temporary public putt putt golf course, hole #9. Los Angeles, CA. 2015
Menlo Park Residential Project No. 3. Private client, Menlo Park, CA. 2016
Menlo Park Residential Project No. 2. Private client, Menlo Park, CA. 2015-16
Menlo Park Residential Project No. 1. Private client, Menlo Park, CA. 2015
Get Sunflowered. Commissioned by Reactivate Latrobe Valley in Melbourne, Australia. 2014-15
789 Interior Renovation. Private client, Littleton, CO. 2012
Palindromes Wall Surfaces. Private client, Denver, CO. 2012
Ponderosa Place Interior Renovation. Private client, Broomfield, CO. 2011
San Franciso Residential Remodel (Phase 1 in Design Development, Phase 2 in early Schematic Design)
Country House (in Design Development)
Yuba City Tea Shop. Yuba City, CA. (Under Construction)
The Opposite of New. Vegan Cheese Food Facility. Alameda + San Leandro, CA. (in progress)
House Cheese & Clay; Otis Ave. Renovation. Alameda, CA. (in Construction Documents)
Confetti Carpet. Alameda, CA. 2021
Hay & Hedge House. Elbert County, CO. 2020
Pacific Avenue Interior Renovation. Alameda, CA. 2020
Confetti Courtyard at HEM, Los Angeles, CA. 2019
Plumb Creek Valley Farmhouse. Sedalia, CO. 2017-2018
Ranch House Pop-Top. Denver, CO. 2017-2018
Warehouse No. 1. Aurora, CO. 2017
Mill Valley Kitchen Remodel. Private Client, Mill Valley, CA. 2017 - 2018
Confetti Urbanism. Public Landscape, San Francisco, CA. 2017
Detached Garage & Office. Denver, CO. 2016
TURF. Temporary public putt putt golf course, hole #9. Los Angeles, CA. 2015
Menlo Park Residential Project No. 3. Private client, Menlo Park, CA. 2016
Menlo Park Residential Project No. 2. Private client, Menlo Park, CA. 2015-16
Menlo Park Residential Project No. 1. Private client, Menlo Park, CA. 2015
Get Sunflowered. Commissioned by Reactivate Latrobe Valley in Melbourne, Australia. 2014-15
789 Interior Renovation. Private client, Littleton, CO. 2012
Palindromes Wall Surfaces. Private client, Denver, CO. 2012
Ponderosa Place Interior Renovation. Private client, Broomfield, CO. 2011
Competition Entries
Cold War Memorial Bell Tower. Somer, WI. 2021
Confluence Dome & Gardens at Confluence Park. 2020
2000 Train Stations for Network Rail. 2020
Coachella (Invited Competition). 2020
Confetti Gardens at Materials & Applications, Los Angeles. (Invited Competition). 2019
Everson Cafe at Syracuse University. (Invited Competition ). 2019
Creative Art Partners Virtual Architecture and Exhibition Design Competition (Invited Competition ). 2018
Rowhouse(s), Brooklyn, New York. 2018
Pape Bird Observatory. Proposal for Pape Bird Observatory in Nica, Latvia. 2017
Landmarker for a Nuclear Isolation Site in New Mexico. 2017
Ring Rooms. Proposal for the Ragdale Ring at the Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL. 2017
San Francisco Music Hall. Design proposal for a music hall in Golden Gate Park. 2017
MOMA PS-1 nomination. 2016 (non-shortlisted)
Five Part Play. Proposal for the Ragdale Ring at the Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL. 2016
Huddle Up. Proposal for Folly in Socrates Park by the Architectural League of New York. 2015
Mountain House. Proposal for a prototypical cabin for Summit Community lodging. 2015
Sinking Ships. Burnham Prize, a representative image of our cultural times in architecture. 2015
Athenaeum. Proposal for a new athenaeum for the city of Philadelphia, PA. 2014
HI Chair. Design proposal for Winter Stations, Toronto, Canada. 2014
Winning Entry: d3 Unbuilt Visions, Star Gardens project wins Transformation Award. 2013
Pruitt Igoe Now. Proposal for former Pruitt Igoe site, St. Louis, MO. 2012
FlatLOT. Design proposal for a temporary pavilion for Flint, MI. 2012
Satellites & Plush Middles. Proposal for a temporary pavilion at Denver Botanical Gardens. 2012
Winning Entry: d3 House of the Future, Canteen Farm House. 2011
Pushkinsky Theater. Proposal for a new facade for Pushkinsky Theater in Moscow. 2011
Median Berms. Proposal for new gateway to Indianapolis Art Museum, Indianapolis, IN. 2011
Lilium. Proposal for temporary installation of a Sukkah. 2010
Collaborations
Wujin Hai Apartments with OUTR. China. 2011
Changzhou Tower with OUTR. China. 2011
Air Force Village Chapel with Kyle Miller. 2009
Exhibitions & Installations
One Object at a Time (VR / online). 2021 (Group)
Architecture For Change (online). 2020
Design Yard Sale (online). 2020
In Memoriam. Yale School of Architecture. (2020)
Some Walls From Unbuilt Houses. Kent State University CAED. 2020 (Solo)
On the Edge of Architecture. Tulane School of Architecture. (2019)
Adjacencies. Yale SOA. 2018 (Group)
Rejected. Knowlton School of Architecture at Ohio State. 2019 (Group)
Inscriptions: Architecture Before Speech. Harvard GSD. 2018 (Group)
Darlings in the Living Room at Cornell University School of Architecture. 2017 (Solo)
Recent Works at the Oliver Art Center. Oakland, CA. 2017 (Group)
Architecture, Architectural, & architecture. A+D Museum. Los Angeles, CA. 2017 (Group)
One Night Stand For Art & Architecture. Los Angeles, CA. 2017 (Group)
Expanded Fields. Lexington Art League. Lexington, KY. 2017 (Group)
Rejected Works. TEAM-B Gallery. Cincinnati, OH. 2016 (Group)
Mind Your Mannerisms. Jai & Jai Gallery. Los Angeles, CA. 2016 (Solo)
A Project Four Domes. College of Environmental Design, University of Calgary. 2015 (Solo)
A Project Four Domes. Computation Media Design Graduate Program, Gallery FM at the University of Calgary. 2015 (Solo)
A Project Four Domes. The Architectural League of New York. New York, NY. 2015 (Group)
Three Part Projects. Ball State University. Muncie, IN. 2015
Secret Objects & Under Cover Landscapes. Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning. 2014 (Group)
On The Road LA. Norton House Redux. Los Angeles, CA. 2013 (Group)
Comissioned or Solicited Drawings
Serial Discontunity & Familiar Fronts. 2020
Tomb. 2019
Tech Plans. 2018
The Drawing Show. Yale SOA. 2018
Another Queen Anne. 2018 As Built’s. 2017-2020
Drawing Codes. Knowlton School of Architecture at Ohio State University. 2018
Drawing Codes. Hubble Street Galleries. San Francisco, CA. 2017
Drawing Codes. WUHO Gallery. Hollywood, CA. 2017
Architecture & The City: Secret City.
As Built’s. San Francisco, CA. 2017
In Sight on Site, Beyond Function. AIA San Francisco. San Francisco, CA. 2016
The Drawing Show. A+D Museum. Los Angeles, CA. 2016
Drawings That Blush. 2009 - 2011
Palindromes. 2010-2011
Spindle Houses. 2005-2012
Book Contributions
One House Per Day. Ed. Andrew Bruno (ORO). 2022
Inscriptions: Architecture Before Speech. Ed. Andrew Holder & K. Michael Hays (Harvard University Press). 2022
Inception. Ed. Anna Bates (Annvil). 2022
Reality Modeled After Images. Michael Young (Routledge). 2022
Swissness Applied. Nicole McIntosh & Jonathan Louie, essay by Jesus Vassallo (Park Books). 2021
Young Architects 17. Ed. Anne Rieselback (Architectural League of New York). 2017
Journal Publications
Pidgin Journal, See / Saw, Fresh Meat X, Offram, Jounral of Architectural Education, POOL, Thresholds MIT, Project Journal, Dimensions Journal, Futures Magazine, MONU Magazine, AWM Magazine, KERB Journal, Conditions, Soiled, 306090.
SELECTED AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
Editors Pick, Best Unbuilt Cultural Project. Memorial Bell Tower, The Architects Newspaper Best of Design Awards, 2021
Editors Pick, Best Unbuilt House. Plumb Creek Valley Farmhouse, The Architects Newspaper Best of Design Awards, 2020
Best Public Landscape: Confetti Urbanism. The Architects Newspaper Best of Design Awards, 2017
The Architectural League Prize For Young Architects & Designers. The Architectural League of New York, 2015
MacDowell, MacDowell Fellow 2014
Willard A. Oberdick Fellow at University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning, 2013
D3 Unbuilt Visions International Competition. “Star Gardens; Purple Hollow” Special Mention + Infrastructural Transformation Category Winner, 2013
DesignLAB Innovative Housing Finalist. “Canteen Farm House” selected as finalist in juried competition, 2012
D3 Housing of Tomorrow Single Family Category Winner. “Canteen Farm House”, 2011
Endemic Architecture is a recipient of the Architect’s Newspaper 2020 and 2017 Best of Design Awards, the 2015 Architectural League Prize for Young Architects & Designers and has been widely published, including in the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Project Journal, Thresholds (MIT), POOL (UCLA), and Young Architects 17.
Clark Thenhaus has previously held teaching appointments at the University of Michigan, the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), University of Colorado, and Otis College of Art and Design.
Clark Thenhaus has previously held teaching appointments at the University of Michigan, the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), University of Colorado, and Otis College of Art and Design.