SW Oregon Architect Emeritus

Essays on place, perception, and the built environment

Sunday, March 31, 2019

Death, Taxes, and Architecture

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I endured the annual rite this weekend of filing the federal and state tax returns for me and my wife. Hardly the most enjoyable way to...
Sunday, March 24, 2019

Hudson Yards: Lessons for Eugene?

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Hudson Yards under construction, June 2018 (my photo) Li terally big news in architectural circles lately has been the March 15 open...
Sunday, March 17, 2019

Who the hell is Elliott Jaques?

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The following is a summary of a presentation to the Emerald Executive Association (of which I’m a member) written by EEA executive dir...
Sunday, March 10, 2019

Masonry Design: An Architect’s Perspective

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Yet another short blog post: Perhaps I should attribute its brevity to the switchover to Daylight Savings Time — after all, we all lost...
Sunday, March 3, 2019

YouTube Channels for Architects

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YouTube is not just for cat videos It’s been just a little more than two years since I wrote a post about how prolific the Internet 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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