SW Oregon Architect Emeritus

Essays on place, perception, and the built environment

Sunday, June 28, 2026

College Hill Cottages Tour and Housing Discussion

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At the invitation of the City of Eugene, I joined roughly thirty participants on June 11 for a tour of the College Hill Cottages , followed ...
Sunday, June 21, 2026

AIA Eugene Section Meeting: Friendly Hall and the Northwest Center for Architecture

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Friendly Hall Renovation, June 18, 2026 (my photo). Last Wednesday's meeting of the American Institute of Architects - Eugene Section of...
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Sunday, June 14, 2026

Taking Downtown Seriously as a Place to Live

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Students and reviewers gather around the downtown Eugene context model in Lawrence Hall, Friday, June 5, 2026 (my photo). On Friday, June 5,...
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Sunday, June 7, 2026

Changing the Tagline

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I changed the blog’s tagline recently. The old one— Architecture and urban design in Oregon’s southern Willamette Valley —served its purpose...
Sunday, May 31, 2026

The Birds Were Always There

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Pileated Woodpecker (my photo) For years, the Pileated Woodpecker had been my Bigfoot, Chupacabra, and Loch Ness Monster, all rolled into 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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