“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 […]
May 2019 — Sustainable Building Week (SBW) has announced the dates for the second annual event-filled week for Portland’s AEC industry professionals and organizations: October 14-18, 2019. The week will bring the best and brightest together to educate, connect and foster opportunities for future collaboration to keep Portland on the forefront of the green building […]
PORTLAND, OR, May 8, 2019 – The Architecture Foundation of Oregon is thrilled to announce AFO’s 2019 Honored Citizen, Joachim Grube, who has contributed to the built environment in Oregon and around the world for decades. Over his career as one of the leaders in the Oregon architecture community, Joachim Grube has established himself as […]
PORTLAND, OR, May 5, 2019 – Portland has been named the location of the inaugural Young Architect Conference, coming to town August 23-25, 2019. The Conference is organized by internationally-recognized blog, podcast, and training platform Young Architect. As the Founder of Portland Design Pup, and as a newly-licensed young architect myself, I can personally attest […]
Who Says You Can’t Teach an Old Blog New Tricks? MAY 1, 2019 – Friends, welcome to Portland Design Pup! You may have known us under our previous name, Portland Design Events. We had a wonderful 3 1/2 year run, until one day some jerkwad uploaded a virus onto our website, which ultimately deleted […]
MARCH 10, 2019 – If you’ve begun looking into Design Week Portland events, you’ll have noticed that our friends there have implemented a new subscription model. In order to have access to register for any DWP events, one must first become an annual member, above and beyond any ticket fees for the actual events. We get […]