SW Oregon Architect Emeritus

Essays on place, perception, and the built environment

Sunday, February 22, 2026

Eugene/Architecture/Alphabet: Z

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This is the  final installment in my Eugene/Architecture/Alphabet series of blog posts , in which the focus of each entry was a landmark bui...
Sunday, February 15, 2026

Paying Attention to Place

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  Rue Saint-Sulpice, Montreal, QC (all photos by me) Places reveal themselves in layers. Some register immediately; others take time, weathe...
Sunday, February 8, 2026

Can an AI System Write Specifications?

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Architects often encounter new tools that promise efficiency. Some deliver it. Others only shift the work. The rapid expansion of artificial...
Sunday, February 1, 2026

The Pace of a House

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Our new TV. My wife and I recently switched from cable to fiber internet in our home, mostly for the cost savings. Our old cable speeds had ...
Sunday, January 25, 2026

When Letters Become Landmarks

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Amsterdam’s 2005 ‘I amsterdam’ installation, often cited as the earliest widely recognized example of the modern city‑name wordmark (photo ...
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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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