Education
From 1907 to 1911, Pipes studied at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London, England.
From 1907 to 1911, Pipes studied at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London, England.
Pipes was considered the "foremost exponent of English Cottage architecture" in the state. He designed in the Arts and Crafts style. In his fifty-year career, he designed some 70 residences.
In 1926, Pipes designed and a Tudor Revival style home in Southwest Portland for his father, judge Martin L. Pipes.
The house is listed on the NRHP as the Martin Luther Pipes House. He also designed houses for naturalist William L. Finley, congressman Maurice Crumpacker, and author Lewis A. McArthur.
Pipes was born on July 31, 1877 in Independence, Oregon. Pietro Belluschi described him as "an elegantly dressed man in English tweeds".
Pipes died on July 1, 1961, having spent his entire life in Oregon except for his period of study in England.