SW Oregon Architect Emeritus

Architecture and urban design in Oregon's southern Willamette Valley

Sunday, December 30, 2018

Looking Beyond 2019 (Way, Way Beyond)

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Earthrise, by NASA/Bill Anders A problem with New Year resolutions is their typically limited outlook. On a personal level, annual se...
Sunday, December 23, 2018

Have you Signed Up for the 2019 CSI Certification Classes Yet?

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The 2019 editions of the Construction Specifications Institute-Willamette Valley Chapter certification classes are rapidly approaching...
Sunday, December 16, 2018

Beautiful Sound

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The Cascade Chorus A December tradition for me and my wife is to attend the Cascade Chorus ’ annual Holiday Concert. The Cascade Chor...
Sunday, December 9, 2018

45 Years of Patterns at the University of Oregon

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Volcanology Building (left) and Willamette Hall (right), University of Oregon (my photo) I attended a talk last Friday by Chris Ram...
Sunday, December 2, 2018

Getting my Hygge On

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Photo by John-Mark Smith on Unsplash I learned a new word this past week— hygge —which is the Danish term for coziness and comfortabl...
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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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