Corey Omey
Architect/Owner
Jenn Lanius
Architect / Partner
Deb Omey
Office Manager
Thea Lanius
Chief Morale Officer
Corey Omey
Qualifications:
Registered Architect in Oregon, California, Michigan, and Colorado.
Education:
University of Oregon, Master of Architecture, 2002
University of Michigan, Bachelor of Science in Architecture, 1998
Hobbies:
Hobbies include harvesting and utilizing their home grown persimmons and growing, creating, preparing, and sharing food with friends and family. Bees live on their roof, and frequent the eco roofs and blooming plants throughout their yard. Corey also enjoys outdoor sports of nearly any kind, including kayaking, windsurfing, mountain biking, cyclocross, hiking, camping, surfing, snowboarding, climbing, riding pump tracks, and mushroom hunting. Indoor hobbies include games, cards, listening to music, drawing, tinkering, making things, and bike wrenching. Many of these hobbies and activities are done with his son, Henry, and co-conspirator, partner, and wife, Deb.
Bio:
Corey’s foundation and interest in architecture began as a child while growing up in a family of builders, a community of craftspeople and artists, and working for ten summers at a pottery studio in West Michigan. In helping his family build multiple additions to their home, a few farm buildings, and spending time with his Dad on construction job-sites, Corey experienced firsthand the details of construction and an appreciation for the art and craft of building. At Claybanks Pottery, Corey learned the art of sculptural and functional pottery, including conception of form, production, glazing, firing, and customer interaction. During college he also designed and built a cabin and garage in the woods, which served as his summer home.
Corey graduated with honors from the University of Michigan in 1998 with a Bachelor of Science in Architecture. After living in a rural farming community his whole life, he moved to Portland to experience life in the “big” city as well as enjoy it’s many outdoor opportunities in the mountains, river, and nearby ocean.
Corey began his professional career as an intern with EMA in the fall of 1998, working as part of the team on retail, winery, and housing projects. He received his Masters in Architecture from the University of Oregon in 2002, including travel and study in Denmark, Finland, and Sweden. While at the University of Oregon, as a Graduate Teaching Fellow, and for two years after as an assistant professor, Corey co-taught the Building Enclosures course. His skills include extensive knowledge of building systems, details, and project coordination. As his skills concurrently developed he became a project manager at EMA, then an architect in 2007, and a partner in 2012.
After meeting his wife, Deb, in 2003 they took on a major remodel project of their 1925 North Portland home. Their home showcases the use of recycled and reclaimed materials to create an efficient, light filled home with lots of character, site generated power, eco-roofs, and environmental sensitivity that reflects their values.
Corey is a volunteer with the Northwest Earth Institute, a Solar Ambassador and Board Member with Solar Oregon, an active member and volunteer with GRiT, the Green Roof information Thinktank, and a member of the Build Local Alliance.
Jenn Lanius
Qualifications:
LEED Accredited Professional, BD+C , Architect
Education:
University of Oregon, Masters of Architecture and Ecological Design Certificate, 2012
Ball State University, Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Design, 2007
Hobbies:
Remodeling her 1915 home with her husband, Backpacking, Biking, Gardening, Crafting.
Bio:
Jenn is a LEED Accredited Professional licensed architect in Oregon and Washington. Her interests in community-focused affordable housing and food security stem from research and studies of favelas in Brazil alongside her love for gardening and living self-sufficiently.
Jenn seeks to design and work collaboratively in a way that empowers people to (re)use local resources and to share knowledge to solve socio-economic problems while making beautiful, inspiring, and engaging spaces for all. Her work on multiple types and scales of projects includes Astoria Food Hub, Powell’s Books, Amity Reuse, Roserock North Production Winery, Penner-Ash Winery Addition and Tasting Pavilion, Eagle’s Nest Winery, Idiot’s Grace Winery & Tasting Room, A to Z / Rex Hill Wines, multiple ADUs, and private residences and remodels. Her ongoing distraction is a remodel of her own century-old house. As a previous volunteer board member for the Build Local Alliance and volunteer with Solar Oregon, she supports educational, fun events focused on local wood and solar energy.
Drastic landscapes and the sustainably-minded culture of Portland brought this Midwest transplant to Oregon in 2008 from the flat corn fields of central Indiana. The Pacific Northwest outdoors beckons after working on remodels at work and home. She enjoys backpacking, commuting and camping by bike, fermenting and wild-harvesting all things, and crafting furniture or artsy projects with repurposed materials.
Deb Omey
Education
University of Wisconsin, Bachelors of Science in Agriculture, 1990
Hobbies
Deb enjoys hiking, gardening, and cooking for family and friends.
Bio
Deb is another one of those Midwest transplants who visited the Pacific NW and fell in love with it. She knows she can never be a native but 30 years here makes it home. Growing up on a farm in Wisconsin with her 8 siblings, she learned the importance of hard work and making time to enjoy life.
Thea Lanius
Qualifications
WOOF Accredited Professional
Education
University of Canine Assistance, Bachelor of Arts in Human Companionship, 2019
Hobbies
Greeting new people, taking naps, eating sticks
Bio
Anthea “Thea” is a WOOF Accredited Professional and is Chief Morale Officer at EMA. She is passionate about treats, her nap schedule, getting along with everyone, and loves meeting other canine friends. Thea seeks to collaboratively lighten the mood of everyone she meets, loves pets, and goes with the flow. She has received office-wide accolades for her behavior: at only a few months old she is already able to roll over, sit, lie down, and shake.
Corey Omey
Qualifications:
Registered Architect in Oregon, California, Michigan, and Colorado.
Education:
University of Oregon, Master of Architecture, 2002
University of Michigan, Bachelor of Science in Architecture, 1998
Hobbies:
Hobbies include harvesting and utilizing their home grown persimmons and growing, creating, preparing, and sharing food with friends and family. Bees live on their roof, and frequent the eco roofs and blooming plants throughout their yard. Corey also enjoys outdoor sports of nearly any kind, including kayaking, windsurfing, mountain biking, cyclocross, hiking, camping, surfing, snowboarding, climbing, riding pump tracks, and mushroom hunting. Indoor hobbies include games, cards, listening to music, drawing, tinkering, making things, and bike wrenching. Many of these hobbies and activities are done with his son, Henry, and co-conspirator, partner, and wife, Deb.
Bio:
Corey’s foundation and interest in architecture began as a child while growing up in a family of builders, a community of craftspeople and artists, and working for ten summers at a pottery studio in West Michigan. In helping his family build multiple additions to their home, a few farm buildings, and spending time with his Dad on construction job-sites, Corey experienced firsthand the details of construction and an appreciation for the art and craft of building. At Claybanks Pottery, Corey learned the art of sculptural and functional pottery, including conception of form, production, glazing, firing, and customer interaction. During college he also designed and built a cabin and garage in the woods, which served as his summer home.
Corey graduated with honors from the University of Michigan in 1998 with a Bachelor of Science in Architecture. After living in a rural farming community his whole life, he moved to Portland to experience life in the “big” city as well as enjoy it’s many outdoor opportunities in the mountains, river, and nearby ocean.
Corey began his professional career as an intern with EMA in the fall of 1998, working as part of the team on retail, winery, and housing projects. He received his Masters in Architecture from the University of Oregon in 2002, including travel and study in Denmark, Finland, and Sweden. While at the University of Oregon, as a Graduate Teaching Fellow, and for two years after as an assistant professor, Corey co-taught the Building Enclosures course. His skills include extensive knowledge of building systems, details, and project coordination. As his skills concurrently developed he became a project manager at EMA, then an architect in 2007, and a partner in 2012.
After meeting his wife, Deb, in 2003 they took on a major remodel project of their 1925 North Portland home. Their home showcases the use of recycled and reclaimed materials to create an efficient, light filled home with lots of character, site generated power, eco-roofs, and environmental sensitivity that reflects their values.
Corey is a volunteer with the Northwest Earth Institute, a Solar Ambassador and Board Member with Solar Oregon, an active member and volunteer with GRiT, the Green Roof information Thinktank, and a member of the Build Local Alliance.
Jenn Lanius
Qualifications:
LEED Accredited Professional, BD+C , Architect
Education:
University of Oregon, Masters of Architecture and Ecological Design Certificate, 2012
Ball State University, Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Design, 2007
Hobbies:
Remodeling her 1915 home with her husband, Backpacking, Biking, Gardening, Crafting.
Bio:
Jenn is a LEED Accredited Professional licensed architect in Oregon and Washington. Her interests in community-focused affordable housing and food security stem from research and studies of favelas in Brazil alongside her love for gardening and living self-sufficiently.
Jenn seeks to design and work collaboratively in a way that empowers people to (re)use local resources and to share knowledge to solve socio-economic problems while making beautiful, inspiring, and engaging spaces for all. Her work on multiple types and scales of projects includes Astoria Food Hub, Powell’s Books, Amity Reuse, Roserock North Production Winery, Penner-Ash Winery Addition and Tasting Pavilion, Eagle’s Nest Winery, Idiot’s Grace Winery & Tasting Room, A to Z / Rex Hill Wines, multiple ADUs, and private residences and remodels. Her ongoing distraction is a remodel of her own century-old house. As a previous volunteer board member for the Build Local Alliance and volunteer with Solar Oregon, she supports educational, fun events focused on local wood and solar energy.
Drastic landscapes and the sustainably-minded culture of Portland brought this Midwest transplant to Oregon in 2008 from the flat corn fields of central Indiana. The Pacific Northwest outdoors beckons after working on remodels at work and home. She enjoys backpacking, commuting and camping by bike, fermenting and wild-harvesting all things, and crafting furniture or artsy projects with repurposed materials.
Deb Omey
Education
University of Wisconsin, Bachelors of Science in Agriculture, 1990
Hobbies
Deb enjoys hiking, gardening, and cooking for family and friends.
Bio
Deb is another one of those Midwest transplants who visited the Pacific NW and fell in love with it. She knows she can never be a native but 30 years here makes it home. Growing up on a farm in Wisconsin with her 8 siblings, she learned the importance of hard work and making time to enjoy life.
Thea Lanius
Qualifications
WOOF Accredited Professional
Education
University of Canine Assistance, Bachelor of Arts in Human Companionship, 2019
Hobbies
Greeting new people, taking naps, eating sticks
Bio
Anthea “Thea” is a WOOF Accredited Professional and is Chief Morale Officer at EMA. She is passionate about treats, her nap schedule, getting along with everyone, and loves meeting other canine friends. Thea seeks to collaboratively lighten the mood of everyone she meets, loves pets, and goes with the flow. She has received office-wide accolades for her behavior: at only a few months old she is already able to roll over, sit, lie down, and shake.