Daryl Rantis

Daryl Scott

Rantis

Portland, OR - Daryl Scott Rantis, 52, of Portland, OR, a loving father of two daughters and a practicing architect for 26 years, passed away Saturday, March, 15, from heart complications. Daryl worked as a residential architect in Portland, OR, after a two-year role as director of design at Green Hammer Design-Build from 2011-2013. He was licensed in the states of Illinois, Missouri, North Carolina, Oregon and Arkansas. A 1985 graduate of Kansas State University, he began his career with Helmut Jahn at Murphy Jahn Architects in Chicago and later worked for the late AIA Gold Medal winner Fay Jones, a world-renowned custom residential architect. He is survived by his wife of 20 years, Jennifer Fulford, of Portland. He is also survived by two daughters, Cecilia S. Rantis and Camille G. Rantis, also of Portland; his mother, Donna L. Heier, of Covington, La., and father, Don Heier, of Bloomington, Ill; a sister, Debbie Heier of Lighthouse Point, Fla.; a brother, Baron Desmond, and sister-in-law, Melissa Desmond, of Tylertown, Miss.; and his brother, David Heier of Knoxville, TN; step-parents, George and Charlotte Rantis of West Chester, Ill.; his step-sister, Shannon Quinn and brother-in-law, Jeff Quinn, of Buffalo, NY; and his step-sister, Tiffany Howard, and brother-in-law, Mike Howard, of La Grange, Ill. He had many loving nieces and nephews. Daryl was an early member of the Congress for New Urbanism; a former board member of the Western North Carolina Green Building Council in Asheville, NC, where he practiced architecture from 2003-11; and the author of a 2013 book of architectural plans for small houses, "Smaller, Simpler, Smarter." His homes were selected this year by Houzz.com as Best of 2014. He was an avid bicyclist and advocate for energy efficiency and solar orientation in home design. A remembrance will be held at the Jewish Community Center in Asheville on Sunday, March 30th, from 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that gifts be made to a college trust fund for his daughters, The Fulford Rantis Living Trust at The Bank of Fayetteville, POB 1728, Fayetteville, AR, 72702.