SW Oregon Architect Emeritus

Essays on place, perception, and the built environment

Friday, May 31, 2013

Sprout!

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NEDCO converted the sanctuary of the old First Baptist Church into The Marketplace @ Sprout! (all photos by me)   I recently learned a...
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Monday, May 27, 2013

Building/Construction Failures – What Went Wrong

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The I-5 bridge over the Skagit River in Washington State collapsed after a truck clipped a truss member overhead ( photo by roswellgirl ...
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Saturday, May 18, 2013

Octagon Design Committee Report

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A vision for The Octagon (all images courtesy of Willard C. Dixon, Architect LLC )   The AIA-Southwestern Oregon Octagon Design Commit...
Sunday, May 12, 2013

The Oregon Experiment

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Image from the University of Oregon's Campus Plan depicting patterns As time goes by, it becomes easy to forget how revolutionary ...
Sunday, May 5, 2013

Don’t Let the Senate Turn its Back on Sustainability

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Class photo of the 111th United States Senate (Senate Photo Studio) I’m not someone who is easily caught up in the arcane arena of poli...
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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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