SW Oregon Architect Emeritus

Architecture and urban design in Oregon's southern Willamette Valley

Sunday, October 19, 2025

Pennsylvania Pilgrimage

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Image Credits: Left : Independence Hall, Philadelphia – Public Domain via PublicDomainPictures.net  Center : Mercer Museum Atrium, Doylesto...
Sunday, October 12, 2025

The Satisfaction of Enough

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Our front yard's Norway Maple: A familiar presence that marks the years, and a reminder that change comes quietly, season by season. Whe...
Sunday, October 5, 2025

On Writing, Relevance, and Reflection

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Piazzetta di San Marco, Venice (my photo) In 2016, Architectural Record invited its readers to nominate the worst buildings constructed sin...
Sunday, September 28, 2025

The City with the Most Homelessness in the U.S.

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Simon Whistler is a prolific YouTube host whose many channels explore Cold War infrastructure, legal history, global engineering, urban ana...
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Sunday, September 21, 2025

Why the North Butterfly Lot Defies Precedent

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Bird's eye context image from the City of Eugene's North Butterfly Lot RFQ. Back in April, I wrote about the North Butterfly Lot as ...
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Randy Nishimura, AIA Member Emeritus
I am a retired architect living in Eugene, Oregon. After four-plus decades in practice, I stepped away from the drafting board but not from thinking (and writing) about architecture—what it means, why it matters, and how it continues to surprise and challenge me.
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