SW Oregon Architect Emeritus

Essays on place, perception, and the built environment

Sunday, July 31, 2022

Writing about Writing is like Learning About Architecture

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Photo by Luke Lung on Unsplash An aspect of Bill Kleinsasser ’s teachings I found most instructive was his frequent reference to the work...
Sunday, July 24, 2022

Influences: Christian Norberg-Schulz

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  Christian Norberg-Schulz An earlier blog entry of mine, “ Genealogy of Influence ,” promised a series of posts about the architects and ...
Sunday, July 17, 2022

Hello, World. Meet (Eugene) Oregon.

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  Hayward Field, July 16, 2022, moments before the start of the Men's 100m final (screenshot from NBC Sports television broadcast). When...
Saturday, July 9, 2022

Eugene/Architecture/Alphabet: J

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Main entry porch, Johnson Hall (photos by me unless noted otherwise) This is the next in my  Eugene/Architecture/Alphabet  series of blog po...
Sunday, July 3, 2022

Frank Lloyd Wright in Chicago

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Limestone wall plaque outside the Wright Studio (all photos by me). Chicago was a “bucket list” destination for me, one that did not disappo...
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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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