Résumé

Co-founder / Partner / Architect, Works Partnership Architecture, Portland, OR, 2005-2018.

Partner / Architect, Works Progress Architecture (W.PA), LLP, Portland, OR, 2018-2025. In 2018, Carrie Strickland owned 93% of W.PA, with Jennifer Dzienis owned the remainder. (See Brian Libby, Portland Architecture.com, "A new era at Works Progress Architecture: talking with Carrie Strickland," published 04/2018, accessed 05/22/2025.)

Partner / Architect Works Architecture, LLP, Portland, OR, 2025- .

Teaching

Visiting Professor in Architecture, Portland State University, Portland, OR

Visiting Professor in Architecture, University of Oregon (U of O), Portland, OR.

Professional Activities

Curator, New Edge | New Blood, American Institute of Architects, Seattle Chapter, 08/12/2008-0926/2008.

Member, I-5 Columbia River Bridge, Design Advisory Committee, Portland, OR-Vancouver, WA, 2009. (See Dylan Rivera, The Oregonian.com, "Adams not impressed with I-5 bridge's design," 04/18/2009, p. B1-B2.)

Registered Architect in the States of OR, WA, CA, MT, CO, OH, IL, ID, MO, AR, and TX, c. 2018. (See Denver Design Week.com. "Biography: Carrie Strickland," published 10/2018, accessed 05/22/2025.)

Tour leader, AEG Rino Concert Hall, Hard Hat Tour, Denver, CO, 10/13/2018. (See Denver Design Week.com. "Biography: Carrie Strickland," published 10/2018, accessed 05/22/2025.)

Professional Awards

Fellow, American Institute of Architects (FAIA), 06/2018.

College

B.Arch., University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP),School of Architecture and Interior Design (SAID), Cincinnati, OH, 1992-1999.

Relocation

Born on 03/13/1974 in OH, Carrie Dawn Strickland spent some of her childhood living in Scioto County, OH. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Ohio Department of Health, Office of Vital Statistics; Columnbus, Ohio; Ohio Department of Health, Index to Annual Births, 1968-1998, accessed 05/22/2025.) She attended Madison High School in Portland, OR.

Strickland left OR to attend the University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, OH, between 1992 and 1997.

She continued to have a permanent residence in Portland in 1996. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010, accessed 05/22/2025.)

Married in 1996, she changed her last name to that of her husband, Andrew A. Schilling. The couple resided in Cincinnati, OH, between c. 1998 and 2003. while Carrie attended the University of Cincinnati. She continued to be known as Carrie Schilling in 2010. (See Meghan Drueding, Architect.com, "Production building techniques meet high design outside Portland, Ore.," published 10/22/2010, accessed 05/22/2025.) By 2018, at least, she was again known as "Carrie Strickland."

Parents

Her father was Donald Wayne Strickland (born 02/03/1954 in Portsmouth, OH-d. 11/14/2024 in McDermott, OH), who worked as a cement finisher in the construction industry. He passed away from cancer at age 70.

Cathy Elaine Counts (born 11/15/1955 in OH), her mother, attended Northwest High School in McDermott, OH, c. 1974. She.wed Donald Strickland when she was 17 years old on 10/27/1973 in Scioto County, OH. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Ohio Department of Health; Columbus, OH, USA; Ohio Marriage Index, 1970 and 1972-2007, accessed 05/22/2025.) Cathy and Donald divorced on 05/14/1998 in Scioto County, OH. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Ohio Department of Health; Columbus, OH, USA; Ohio Divorce Index, 1962-1963, 1967-1971 and 1973-2007, accessed 05/22/2025.) She has resided in various Scioto County cities, including Lucasville, McDermott and Portsmouth.

Spouse

She wed Andrew Alan Schilling (born c. 03/1970) on 07/01/1996 in Multnomah County, OR. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Oregon State Library; Salem, Oregon; Reel: 21-30 Source Information: Oregon, U.S., Marriage Indexes, 1906-2009 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2000, accessed 05/21/2025.) Andrew Schilling lived in PA as a child, attending Springfield Township High School in Erdenheim, PA, and graduating in c. 1988. (See Springfield Township High School Retina Yearkbook 1986, p. 90.)

By 2024, at least, she was a partner of Michael Reis, Director of Operations of the Works Progress Architecture / Works Architecture firm.

Children

She had children with Andrew A. Schilling.