SW Oregon Architect Emeritus

Essays on place, perception, and the built environment

Sunday, December 31, 2023

A New Year, A New Chapter

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It is New Year’s Eve as I write this, and people everywhere are or will shortly be celebrating the turn of the calendar to 2024. By marking ...
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Sunday, December 24, 2023

Solstice Architecture

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Long winter solstice shadows, Howard Buford Recreation Area, December 21, 2023 (photo by R. Fletcher). I played hooky from work this past Th...
Sunday, December 17, 2023

Pergolas

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  Pergola, Hendricks Park, Eugene (my photo) My wife and I took advantage of the clear, crisp weather here in Eugene yesterday by taking a...
Sunday, December 10, 2023

Eugene/Architecture/Alphabet: P

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Prince Lucien Campbell Hall (all photos by me) This is the next in my  Eugene/Architecture/Alphabet  series of blog posts, the focus of each...
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Sunday, December 3, 2023

Concept to Completion: A Tale of Tenacity in Small Community Architecture

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Rendering of the Flora M. Laird Memorial Library Expansion & Renovation  Building projects do not happen overnight. Indeed, many only un...
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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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