SW Oregon Architect Emeritus

Essays on place, perception, and the built environment

Sunday, July 28, 2024

It’s Obon Season!

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  Bon Odori dancers circle the yagura at a past JAA Obon & Taiko Festival held at Alton Baker Park in Eugene. The 33rd annual Obon &...
Sunday, July 21, 2024

Finally, Eugene has its new City Hall!

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The new Eugene City Hall (all photos by me) My wife and I attended last Thursday’s ribbon-cutting ceremony and public open house marking the...
Sunday, July 14, 2024

The Dude Abides

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Jeff Bridges enjoying a White Russian as Jeffrey Lebowski ("The Dude") in the movie The Big Lebowski.  Having crossed into retirem...
Sunday, July 7, 2024

The Imperative of Adaptive Reuse in a Disposable Culture

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Commons Addition, North Eugene High School (2004-2024) by Robertson/Sherwood/Architects pc I’ve outlasted several of the projects I worked o...
Sunday, June 30, 2024

Courting Aesthetics

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Detail view of the new court design's "missing man" formation of flying ducks (photo from GoDucks.com) As both a devoted fan o...
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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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