SW Oregon Architect Emeritus

Essays on place, perception, and the built environment

Sunday, March 31, 2024

The Need for Visionary Thinking

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The City of Eugene mailed a multi-page brochure regarding the Franklin Boulevard Transformation project to neighbors this past February. Wh...
Sunday, March 24, 2024

Citizen Architect

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  The well-attended March meeting of the Eugene Section of AIA Oregon took place last Wednesday at the Ninkasi Better Living Room . The int...
Sunday, March 17, 2024

Eugene/Architecture/Alphabet: R

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  Romania Building, Franklin Boulevard side (my photo) This is the next in my  Eugene/Architecture/Alphabet  series of blog posts, the focus...
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Sunday, March 10, 2024

Complicity and Conviction: Steps toward an Architecture of Convention

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I dusted off one of the old books from my collection this weekend. I originally found Complicity and Conviction: Steps toward an Architectur...
Sunday, March 3, 2024

Urban Growth Strategies: Homes & Jobs for 2045

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I participated this past Thursday in the kickoff meeting for the City of Eugene’s Urban Growth Strategies project. The goal of the project ...
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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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