SW Oregon Architect Emeritus

Essays on place, perception, and the built environment

Friday, December 23, 2016

2016: A Top Ten List and More

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2016 is quickly drawing to a close. The larger narratives of the year will encompass stories of terrorist incidents, police shootings, u...
Sunday, December 18, 2016

Projects in the Pipeline 2017

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In the following is a letter, CSI-Willamette Valley past-president Marina Wrensch invites all supporters to consider sponsoring next mont...
Saturday, December 10, 2016

Drones in Construction

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Commercial drone of the type used on building projects to perform aerial imaging (photo by ZullyC3P licensed under the Creative Commons ...
Sunday, December 4, 2016

Abundant Access: Public Transit as an Instrument of Freedom

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  Jarrett Walker, PhD The AIA-SWO Design Excellence committee initiated the Making Great Cities series of lectures in 2013 with the go...
Sunday, November 27, 2016

More Sad News

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Jerry McDonnell (1945-2016)   I woke up Sunday morning, read the paper, and discovered the Eugene architecture community lost one of ...
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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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