SW Oregon Architect Emeritus

Essays on place, perception, and the built environment

Sunday, August 28, 2022

Downtown Riverfront Plaza Update

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Downtown Riverfront Plaza rendering by Walker Macy (stripes and stones concept)    Now that the new Downtown Riverfront Park is open, the C...
Sunday, August 21, 2022

Mother’s House

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Robert Venturi (1925-2018) was one of the architects who greatly influenced my understanding of architecture. As I wrote back in 2018 , he ...
Sunday, August 14, 2022

Critical Mass

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Top: Eugene (photo by the City of Eugene); Bottom: Paris (photo by  Yann Caradec from Paris, France - La Tour Eiffel vue de la Tour Saint-Ja...
Sunday, August 7, 2022

Text-to-Image, AI-Generated Art

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  Rendering of a mixed-use building in the Eugene Downtown Riverfront development (image generated by Midjourney). I’m super busy as work de...
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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...
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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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