SW Oregon Architect Emeritus

Essays on place, perception, and the built environment

Sunday, June 29, 2025

Architecture is Awesome: #40 Light and Shadow

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Photo by Mateusz Butkiewicz on Unsplash This is another in my series of posts inspired by 1000 Awesome Things , the Webby Award-winning bl...
Sunday, June 22, 2025

Compelling Perspectives on Eugene’s Housing Crisis

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The Station House, by the Obie Companies Like many others in our community, I’ve watched Eugene’s housing crisis unfold over the years with ...
Sunday, June 15, 2025

On Architecture, Meaning, and the Responsibility of Creation

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  VA Roseburg Protective Care Unit In my last post , I wrote about the perspective that comes with stepping away from daily practice and how...
Sunday, June 8, 2025

Practice to Perspective

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A year can pass quickly when you step away from a profession that once shaped your daily life. After more than four decades in architecture—...
Sunday, June 1, 2025

Memory, Design, and Belonging

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"Forced Journey" by sculptor David Clemons, at the Eugene Japanese American Memorial. (my photo) Over Memorial Day weekend, member...
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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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