SW Oregon Architect Emeritus

Essays on place, perception, and the built environment

Sunday, May 10, 2026

Visiting the Willamette Valley Oregon Temple

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Willamette Valley Oregon Temple (all photos by me unless noted otherwise). My wife and I toured the new LDS Willamette Valley Oregon Temple ...
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Sunday, May 3, 2026

Concrete and Light: The Salk Institute for Biological Studies

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Salk Institute courtyard, a "roofless cathedral" (all photos by me). Jonas Salk founded the institute that bears his name in the ...
Sunday, April 26, 2026

San Diego

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San Diego (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Roland A. Franklin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons) I’m in San D...
Sunday, April 19, 2026

Why Libraries Matter

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“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.” — Jorge Luis Borges I want to reflect on what libraries have meant to me...
Sunday, April 12, 2026

Iran’s Architectural Inheritance at Risk

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Golestan Palace in Tehran, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most significant surviving ensembles of Qajar-era architecture.  (pho...
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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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