The developer who brought midcentury modern tract homes with glass-enclosed atriums to Oregon and permanently altered consumers’ preferences for indoor-outdoor living, Robert (Bob) Rummer, passed away on Friday. He was ninety-seven.
Rummer is credited by architecture and housing specialists as a hands-on builder who personally chose the home sites, managed the construction, and established a market for his contemporary homes in Beaverton’s Oak Hills Historic District, Gresham, Lake Oswego, and Southwest Portland’s Bohmann Park tract.
