SW Oregon Architect Emeritus

Essays on place, perception, and the built environment

Saturday, March 28, 2015

Architecture is Awesome #8: Transitions

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A transition space: Entry porch, Ajanta Caves , India  This is another in my   series   of posts inspired by   1000 Awesome Things ,...
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Sunday, March 22, 2015

A Definition of Design

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Portland Japanese Garden (my photo)   I’ve remarked before about how timeless so many of the essays on architecture written by Bill K...
Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Craftsmanship Awards Summer 2015

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Medieval Stonemason Did you know that the Craftsmanship Awards were the first initiative of our chapter when it was chartered in 1952?...
Saturday, March 14, 2015

Pi Day

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Cenotaph for Sir Isaac Newton, by  Étienne-Louis Boullée   Today—March 14—is Pi Day , and an extra special one to boot. Waxing lyr...
Sunday, March 8, 2015

A Case Study - Part 7: Denouement

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Courtyard view of House B, The Lodge (all photos by Leif Photography Studio )   This is the seventh and final post of a series dedica...
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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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