Bends BLRB Architects Celebrates a Decade of Service

Ten years ago, Bend architects Mike Gorman and Jim Landin took that big leap of faith: starting a new architecture firm. Looking back at this new vision and direction, they are quite proud of their accomplishments and the wide range of projects they have designed, which now blanket Central Oregon.

Weve done everything from a goat farm in Tumalo to the Oxford Hotel in downtown Bend, says Landin, who loves to introduce himself with that remark whenever asked about his firm.

Gorman and Landin began the firm as GGL Architecture in February 2004. When GGL began, the economy in Central Oregon was thriving, recalls Gorman. It was a great time to be an architect. After five solid years of business, the local market became part of the globalize recession and construction came to a halt. We saw it coming and prepared for it.

In 2005, the firm developed and built its own 7,000 square-foot building in Bend on Emkay Drive. Prior to the recession, the firm grew to 15 professionals. We had an amazing and talented staff of professionals that helped put our name on Central Oregon, recalls Landin.

GGL began collaborating with Tacoma-based BLRB Architects on multiple projects. BLRBs managing principal at the time, Tom Bates, was a University of Oregon fraternity brother of Gorman. In 2010, they formalized their relationship by merging as one firm.

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Bends BLRB Architects Celebrates a Decade of Service