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SINCE 1968, ALEX RILEY HAS DESIGNED AND BUILT OVER
200 NEW HOMES IN MARIN COUNTY, NAPA COUNTY, ARIZONA,
ALASKA, OREGON, AND WASHINGTON. OF THESE, 105
ALONE ARE LOCATED IN WEST MARIN. BORN AND RAISED
IN OREGON’S WILLAMETTE VALLEY, ALEX RECEIVED HIS
FIVE-YEAR ARCHITECTURE DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY
OF OREGON WHERE HE WAS INFLUENCED BY FRANK LLOYD
WRIGHT’S ORGANIC ARCHITECTURE MOVEMENT. AFTER
UNIVERSITY, ALEX APPRENTICED WITH CHARLES WARREN
CALLISTER IN TIBURON, CA, A LEADING ARCHITECT IN THE
SECOND BAY AREA TRADITION. HE DESIGNED AND BUILT HIS
FIRST HOME IN INVERNESS, CA IN 1968, BEGINNING A MORE
THAN 50 YEAR ARCHITECTURAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
REGION WHICH HE CONTINUES TODAY THROUGH HIS FIRM
ALEX RILEY ASSOCIATES.
               WHILE ALEX’S EARLY WORK WAS CHARACTERIZED BY
WOOD FORMS AND THE AMERICAN CRAFTSMAN TRADITION,
IT QUICKLY EVOLVED TO ADOPT NEW MATERIALS AND
TECHNIQUES FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY: SINCE 1978,
EVERY HOME HE DESIGNED HAS UTILIZED PASSIVE SOLAR
CONSTRUCTION. MANY OF THESE INNOVATIVE HOMES
WERE FEATURED IN LEADING ARCHITECTURAL JOURNALS
AND BOOKS UPON COMPLETION, AND THEIR CONTINUED
PERFORMANCE AND LONGEVITY TODAY SPEAKS VOLUMES
TO THE QUALITY OF ALEX’S ORIGINAL DESIGNS AND
CRAFTSMANSHIP.
             ALEX RILEY ASSOCIATES HAS LEFT AN INDELIBLE AND
UNDENIABLE MARK ON THE ARCHITECTURAL LANDSCAPE
OF WEST MARIN. THE FIRM’S WORK IS CHARACTERIZED
BY STUNNING, HOLISTIC FORMS THAT ECHO THE NATURAL
CURVES OF THE REGION’S ROLLING HILLS, THE CATHEDRAL-
LIKE VERTICALITY OF ITS REDWOOD FORESTS, AND THE
SOARING EXPANSE OF THE PACIFIC COASTLINE. ALEX’S
MASTERY OF DIVERSE MATERIALS—FROM OLD-GROWTH
REDWOOD TO ADOBE TO GUNNITE—AND HIS STYLISTIC
VERSATILITY ENHANCE NOT ONLY THE VISUAL AND TEXTURAL
VARIETY OF HIS STRUCTURES, BUT THE PERCEPTUAL,
SENSORY EXPERIENCE ONE FEELS LIVING IN THEM.

SINCE 1968, ALEX RILEY HAS DESIGNED AND BUILT OVER 200 NEW HOMES IN MARIN COUNTY, NAPA COUNTY, ARIZONA, ALASKA, OREGON, AND WASHINGTON. OF THESE, 105 ALONE ARE LOCATED IN WEST MARIN. BORN AND RAISED IN OREGON’S WILLAMETTE VALLEY, ALEX RECEIVED HIS FIVE-YEAR ARCHITECTURE DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON WHERE HE WAS INFLUENCED BY FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT’S ORGANIC ARCHITECTURE MOVEMENT. AFTER UNIVERSITY, ALEX APPRENTICED WITH CHARLES WARREN CALLISTER IN TIBURON, CA, A LEADING ARCHITECT IN THE SECOND BAY AREA TRADITION. HE DESIGNED AND BUILT HIS FIRST HOME IN INVERNESS, CA IN 1968, BEGINNING A MORE THAN 50 YEAR ARCHITECTURAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE REGION WHICH HE CONTINUES TODAY THROUGH HIS FIRM ALEX RILEY ASSOCIATES. 
WHILE ALEX’S EARLY WORK WAS CHARACTERIZED BY WOOD FORMS AND THE AMERICAN CRAFTSMAN TRADITION, IT QUICKLY EVOLVED TO ADOPT NEW MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY: SINCE 1978, EVERY HOME HE DESIGNED HAS UTILIZED PASSIVE SOLAR CONSTRUCTION. MANY OF THESE INNOVATIVE HOMES WERE FEATURED IN LEADING ARCHITECTURAL JOURNALS AND BOOKS UPON COMPLETION, AND THEIR CONTINUED PERFORMANCE AND LONGEVITY TODAY SPEAKS VOLUMES TO THE QUALITY OF ALEX’S ORIGINAL DESIGNS AND CRAFTSMANSHIP.
ALEX RILEY ASSOCIATES HAS LEFT AN INDELIBLE AND UNDENIABLE MARK ON THE ARCHITECTURAL LANDSCAPE OF WEST MARIN. THE FIRM’S WORK IS CHARACTERIZED BY STUNNING, HOLISTIC FORMS THAT ECHO THE NATURAL CURVES OF THE REGION’S ROLLING HILLS, THE CATHEDRAL-LIKE VERTICALITY OF ITS REDWOOD FORESTS, AND THE SOARING EXPANSE OF THE PACIFIC COASTLINE. ALEX’S MASTERY OF DIVERSE MATERIALS—FROM OLD-GROWTH REDWOOD TO ADOBE TO GUNNITE—AND HIS STYLISTIC VERSATILITY ENHANCE NOT ONLY THE VISUAL AND TEXTURAL VARIETY OF HIS STRUCTURES, BUT THE PERCEPTUAL, SENSORY EXPERIENCE ONE FEELS LIVING IN THEM.