PORTLAND, OR, September 26, 2019 – Every once in a while, an event comes around that Design Pup needs to learn more about. So we put on our little pup trench coat, don our pup fedora, and puff on our little pup pipe as we grab our magnifying glass and begin to sniff around. This […]
PORTLAND, OR, August 14, 2019 – Since 2001, the Architecture Foundation of Oregon has partnered with The Oregon Community Foundation to award the annual Van Evera Bailey Fellowship. The $25,000 award supports the professional development of architects and related professionals, encouraging greater contributions to their profession and their community. This Fellowship is an opportunity for […]
PORTLAND, OR, August 8, 2019 – This October, the International Japanese Garden Training Center offers a new educational opportunity for professionals: Professional Intensive Courses. Aimed at meeting professional learning needs, these 2-3 day courses are taught by Garden staff and focus on a single topic. The first Professional Intensive Course, taking place October 23 – […]
Portland State University Architecture Students Create New Pickathon Treeline Stage from 160 Wooden Apple Bins After the festival, bins will be dismantled just in time for apple harvest (Portland, Ore.) 1 August 2019—For the sixth year in a row, the Pickathon Music Festival, which opens Friday, August 2 at Pendarvis Farm in Happy Valley, Ore., […]
PORTLAND, OR, June 30, 2019 – As long-time readers of this website are perhaps already aware, I recently spent five days in Las Vegas covering the AIA Conference on Architecture 2019 (A’19,) resulting in the five articles that we recently shared: What Happened in Vegas Part 1: The Portland Building What Happened in Vegas 2: […]
“A community is the mental and spiritual condition of knowing that the place is shared, and that the people who share the place define and limit the possibilities of each other’s lives. It is the knowledge that people have of each other, their concern for each other, their trust in each other, the freedom with […]
LAS VEGAS, NV, June 8, 2019 – One of my favorite types of events to post on this website are panel discussions about cross-laminated timber (CLT,) because they’re panel discussions that are literally discussions about panels. It makes sense to me. I get it. And when it comes to these literal panel discussions, nobody does […]
LAS VEGAS, NV, June 8, 2019 – Remember the good ol’ days of architecture school when students would design wildly elaborate, impractical, and unbuildable buildings? When the reviewer would comment on an impossibly long cantilever, and we would just say that it was supported by a ‘gravity inverter,’ have a good laugh, then go home […]
LAS VEGAS, NV, June 7, 2019 – With the fabulous Art Deco-infused Reynolds Hall at The Smith Center as a backdrop, and as a lovely string quartet serenaded the audience with melody, the stage was set for the Investiture of the 2019 AIA Class of Fellows. The class, comprised of 115 members and 9 international […]
The Portland Building: Post-modern Strategies for Preserving an Historic Icon Presented by: Carla J. Weinheimer, Justice+Civic Project Leader, DLR Group Erica Ceder, Historic/Preservation Architect, DLR Group Patrick Burke, Principal, Michael Graves Architecture & Design LAS VEGAS, NV, June 7, 2019 – While Portland enjoys a healthy arsenal of buildings significant to the evolution of […]