Shorter Residence – Wenatchee

About Chris Pardo

Co-Founder of Pb elemental architecture, Chris Pardos' architectural work is best described as simply modern. Influenced primarily by Asian and Scandinavian contemporaries, his buildings exhibit an adept understanding of form and a purity of material. Largely self taught in the field of architecture, Pardo spent eight years living/studying across the west coast before returning to Seattle to attend the University of Washington's Masters of Architecture program. In 2007 his firm was honored with an AIA commendation award, received the 2008 Design achievement award, in 2009 was named to the "20 under 40 top architects" as well as honored as one of the "Top 25 innovators". Recently Pb was named in the "Worldwide Architecture: The Next Generation" as one of the top architects under 40 in the World, and were named as "Decades Best" by Seattle Magazine. Pb has been prolifically featured in national/international blogs, magazines, books, and newspapers.