portfolio | clay johnson {design for web}

Modern Organic Architecture

After completing the landmark Elements Building in downtown Corvallis, Oregon, Modern Organic Architecture was suddenly getting a lot of attention. As a small firm with no web presence and a big project to showcase, they needed a website built quickly. Principal David Horning came to me with some ideas and a handful of architecture sites that appealed to him.

The primary goal of the site was to serve as an online portfolio of MOA's work to date, and to provide a means of connecting with current and potential clients. The color scheme was kept neutral and the design elements clean and minimal so as not to compete with the photographs.

The site utilizes the SlideShowPro component for Flash to provide sleek, content-rich slideshows that demonstrate the wide range of projects that MOA has designed. Custom control buttons help the slideshows blend seamlessly with the overall site design.

As MOA had no previous web presence, this site was built from scratch. Information design, graphic design, XHTML, CSS, javascript, Flash, copywriting, photo editing.

Launch modernorganicarchitecture.com.

featured work

The recently completed MOA website is my first major project since returning to web design. More sites are in the works and will be appearing here shortly.

The MOA homepage features a random image generator script to display a different photo each time the site is visited.

On the Projects page an array of thumbnail images shows the range of work that MOA has undertaken. When the mouse hovers over a thumbnail, a corresponding project description appears at right.

Each individual project page features an elegant Flash slideshow with customized control buttons.