SW Oregon Architect Emeritus

Essays on place, perception, and the built environment

Sunday, July 30, 2023

Dining Dilemmas: Balancing Urbanist Values with Chain Cravings

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  The Olive Garden restaurant in Eugene. An admission:   My wife and I happily frequent casual dining chain restaurants, such as Outback Ste...
Sunday, July 23, 2023

The Story of Architecture

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Decluttering the very cluttered home my wife and I live in is one of my modest life goals. We have managed to accumulate a ridiculous amount...
Sunday, July 16, 2023

A Golden Age

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Photo by Timothy Eberly on Unsplash My career has spanned a period of significant advancements and achievements in the field of architectu...
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Sunday, July 9, 2023

Reality Capture on the Construction Jobsite

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  July 5, 2023 construction progress screenshot from OpenAI of the LCC Health Professions Building comparing a photo capture with the corres...
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Sunday, July 2, 2023

City Hall, Vision Eugene, and a Different Downtown

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The City of Eugene finally has its new city hall, formally closing on the purchase of the former Eugene Water & Electric Board headquart...
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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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