SW Oregon Architect Emeritus

Architecture and urban design in Oregon's southern Willamette Valley

Sunday, February 26, 2023

Colossal. Profligate. Horrifying.

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Several videos documenting the demolition of one of China’s notorious “ghost cities” have recently been racking up millions of views on Twit...
Sunday, February 19, 2023

Architecture is Awesome #28: Creation is a Patient Search

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Notre Dame du Haut, by Le Corbusier (photo by Pino Musi, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia ...
Sunday, February 12, 2023

Hyperlocal Identity: A Strategy for Small Cities and Towns

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Downtown Cottage Grove (my photo) The appeal of life in a vibrant small city or town is clear. The slower pace, an abiding familiarity, and ...
Sunday, February 5, 2023

What if? Part Deux

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EWEB Headquarters viewed from Alton Baker Park across the Willamette River. To my surprise, this blog’s two most recent entries on the matte...
Sunday, January 29, 2023

What if?

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The Obie Companies' 5th Street Market Expansion. (my photo) Multiple online articles regarding the future of the downtowns of U.S. citie...
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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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