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 […]
As 2018 draws to a close, we look back on the past year of architecture and design events in Portland, celebrating all that we achieved as a community. Reading on, you’ll find both the top five event pages and top five articles published on Portland Design Events over the past year, as determined simply by […]
WAZA TO KOKORO: HANDS AND HEART THE USE OF STONE IN THE JAPANESE TEA GARDEN Applications are now open for the Portland Japanese Garden’s Waza to Kokoro: Hands and Heart professional seminars in Japanese garden arts. Beginner level: June 3-9, 2019 This entry-level professional course focuses on basic techniques, with an emphasis on hands-on work and […]
Energy Trust of Oregon’s 2019 Net Zero Emerging Leaders Internship Grant opportunity will provide grant funding to a limited number of selected architecture firms, serving Oregon, in support of such firms’ paid student internships. The grant funds would support internship work that helps the firm meet and track their progress towards tasks related to the […]
PORTLAND, Ore. — Get ready, Portland, for an entire month of textile events created by artists, designers, schools, businesses and organizations exploring color, patterns and textures. October 2018 will be full of things to do in the fashion and interior design communities, including: Sustainable Fashion Forum panel discussion at Kat + Maouche Studio tours at […]
The following article is shared from its original page, courtesy of the Architecture Foundation of Oregon. Bringing Design to Schools Across Oregon At AFO, we are passionate about the future of the built environment in Oregon. The best way to ensure we have great places to live, work and play is to ensure that future generations […]
PORTLAND, OR – In their first ever collaborative event, Architecture Foundation of Oregon and Portland Design Events teamed up to present a lecture by Hip Hop Architect Michael Ford, opened by members of Your Street Your Voice and Hacker. The event, held at Ziba Auditorium and following the format of previous lectures opened with a social hour […]