SW Oregon Architect Emeritus

Essays on place, perception, and the built environment

Sunday, July 29, 2012

A Social Media Community

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I expanded my social media horizons last October by signing up for Twitter . Since then, I’ve been amazed by how active and vibrant the d...
Friday, July 20, 2012

2012 People’s Choice Awards for Architecture

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Last year's People's Choice Awards display Each year, the American Institute of Architects, Southwestern Oregon Chapter (AIA-SW...
Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Symbolism in Architecture

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The following is another excerpt dating to 1978 from Bill Kleinsasser’s self-published textbook Synthesis . With this passage he ...
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Saturday, July 14, 2012

July AIA-SWO Intern Tours

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The next two Tuesdays feature tours for AIA-Southwestern Oregon interns at a tandem of terrific projects nearing completion: Tour 1: Pa...
Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Commitment and Response

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In the course of writing my previous blog entry ( A Case Study – Part 4:Locus Amoenus ) I had reason once more to think of what I...
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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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