Daniel Kaven


Daniel Kaven is an American artist working in architecture, painting, film, and photography. He is a partner at architecture and design studio William Kaven Architecture. Kaven currently lives and works in Portland, Oregon.

Architecture Work

Formally educated in architecture, Daniel Kaven formed William Kaven Architecture with his brother Trevor William Lewis in 2004. William Kaven Architecture is a design studio based in Portland, Oregon, working in architecture and interiors. The studio has developed a portfolio of award-winning residences, mixed-use buildings, and environments for corporate clients such as Diamond Supply Co., Converse, and NAU. The studio designed North House, a condo project in Portland that received national attention for its bold design and passive energy features. Active projects include The Williams Project, a development of leasable office and retail space on Portland's N. Williams Ave. which will house William Kaven's new headquarters, and Parallax, a five-story mixed-use development fronting the Williams Corridor. In 2011, William Kaven Architecture was recognized by the American Institute of Architects with a Merit Award for their design work on Interchange, a private residence oriented around a substantial courtyard.
In 2015, Kaven formed sister company Kaven + Co. to facilitate and develop in-house projects. Currently under development, in partnership with Guardian Real Estate Services, is Block 33, a 400,000-square-foot mixed-use tower in downtown Portland, Oregon, which features a public market, office, hotel and apartments.
In November 2017, Kaven unveiled a proposed design for the tallest building on the West Coast, which would be part of a complex known informally as the Portland Twin Towers. The development project, which would occupy the site of a soon-to-be-demolished United States Postal Service headquarters, would include two skyscrapers connected by a glass-enclosed botanical bridge 680 feet in the air, as well as multiple high-rise buildings offering retail, office, hospitality, and residential typologies.
In 2014, Kaven was featured in a Subaru Japan ad campaign for the Subaru Outback.

Artistic Practice

Kaven's independent artistic practice includes photographic media, film, and mixed-media installations. In a review of Kaven's solo show at Gallery 500, art critic John Motley wrote "what makes Kaven's show so obsession-worthy is not the masterful way he shifts between media, but through the information he omits. With only a handful of events and scenes represented, the viewer is left to draw connections and conclusions from narrative fragments."
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