The final Portland Plan Community Workshop is being held Tuesday night at 6:30pm at the University of Oregon's White Stag Block in Old Town (70 NW Couch). Round two workshops begin in spring 2010.
As with the six previous community workshops, Mayor [...]
The final Portland Plan Community Workshop is being held Tuesday night at 6:30pm at the University of Oregon's White Stag Block in Old Town (70 NW Couch). Round two workshops begin in spring 2010.
As with the six previous community workshops, Mayor' [...]
Looking for that perfect gift for a lover of local design and architecture, or a friend looking to visit the city? Your answer may be Placenotes.
Produced by the Austin, Texas-based Charles More Foundation, Placenotes is a boxed collection of images portraying Portland and its attractions. This [...]
Looking for that perfect gift for a lover of local design and architecture, or a friend looking to visit the city? Your answer may be Placenotes.
Produced by the Austin, Texas-based Charles More Foundation, Placenotes is a boxed collection of images portraying Portland and its attractions. This [...]
Photo by John Valls
For many years in Portland beginning in the 1970s and continuing through the 1990s and beyond, Genoa Restaurant was not just a premiere destination for sophisticated, authentic Italian cuisine - it was the place. In a nation of Chef Boyardees, Genoa [...]
Photo by John Valls
For many years in Portland beginning in the 1970s and continuing through the 1990s and beyond, Genoa Restaurant was not just a premiere destination for sophisticated, authentic Italian cuisine - it was the place. In a nation of Chef Boyardees, Genoa [...]
Last week, US Green Building Council president Rick Fedrizzi was at the new Mercy Corps headquarters to personally award the building its Platinum certification, the highest possible in the Council's LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) rating system for green buildings.
"Fabulous. Fabulous.'" [...]
Last week, US Green Building Council president Rick Fedrizzi was at the new Mercy Corps headquarters to personally award the building its Platinum certification, the highest possible in the Council's LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) rating system for green buildings.
"Fabulous. Fabulous.'" [...]
This Saturday brings a celebration for the publication of the book Where The Revolution Began: Lawrence and Anna Halprin and the Reinvention of Public Space, published by Spacemaker Press.
In the Ziba World Headquarters atrium (1044 NW Ninth Ave.) at 2PM, there will be a [...]
This Saturday brings a celebration for the publication of the book Where The Revolution Began: Lawrence and Anna Halprin and the Reinvention of Public Space, published by Spacemaker Press.
In the Ziba World Headquarters atrium (1044 NW Ninth Ave.) at 2PM, there will be a [...]
The Portland Development Commission will host a public workshop this evening (Wednesday, November 25) to engage community members about potential uses of the four-acre Burnside Bridgehead site.
The workshop will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the atrium of the Olympic Mills Commerce Center, [...]
The Portland Development Commission will host a public workshop this evening (Wednesday, November 25) to engage community members about potential uses of the four-acre Burnside Bridgehead site.
The workshop will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the atrium of the Olympic Mills Commerce Center, [...]
For much of the last decade, the Pearl District has seen a succession of mixed-use condos built within the neighborhood while just across Burnside, the West End has, aside from a small project here or there, remained relatively stagnant. That changed, however, [...]
For much of the last decade, the Pearl District has seen a succession of mixed-use condos built within the neighborhood while just across Burnside, the West End has, aside from a small project here or there, remained relatively stagnant. That changed, however, [...]
The Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) has announced the winners of Portland’s 2009 Office Energy Showdown. Now in its third year, the Showdown recognizes Portland-area office buildings that have made significant achievements in energy efficiency.
Participation saw a nearly 30 percent increase in the number of participants from [...]
The Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) has announced the winners of Portland’s 2009 Office Energy Showdown. Now in its third year, the Showdown recognizes Portland-area office buildings that have made significant achievements in energy efficiency.
Participation saw a nearly 30 percent increase in the number of participants from [...]
This fall China has been on the brain of Portland's art and design community. Taking a cue from the Portland Art Museum's "China Design Now" exhibit, which surveys the latest in design, fashion and graphic design from China, the next installment in our Designs [...]
This fall China has been on the brain of Portland's art and design community. Taking a cue from the Portland Art Museum's "China Design Now" exhibit, which surveys the latest in design, fashion and graphic design from China, the next installment in our Designs [...]
In the opinion section of today's Oregonian, architect Michael Willis takes a heartfelt stand against the ongoing stigma of public housing.
The Willis essay is actually a response to a previous op-ed piece written by Ray Hallberg, who criticized the Housing Authority of Portland' [...]
In the opinion section of today's Oregonian, architect Michael Willis takes a heartfelt stand against the ongoing stigma of public housing.
The Willis essay is actually a response to a previous op-ed piece written by Ray Hallberg, who criticized the Housing Authority of Portland' [...]
Imagine if there was a way to put the Portland area's countless unemployed architects and construction workers back to work. And while you're imagining, suppose this plan stemmed from an already-existing city program that has simply been shelved for the last four years. And finally, imagine that this endeavor would [...]
Imagine if there was a way to put the Portland area's countless unemployed architects and construction workers back to work. And while you're imagining, suppose this plan stemmed from an already-existing city program that has simply been shelved for the last four years. And finally, imagine that this endeavor would [...]
Recently I got together with the architects from local firm Architecture Office to hear about a proposed design for the Muslim Community Center of Portland.
The mosque would be home to the city's oldest Islamic congregation, formed in 1969, and is to be located' [...]
Recently I got together with the architects from local firm Architecture Office to hear about a proposed design for the Muslim Community Center of Portland.
The mosque would be home to the city's oldest Islamic congregation, formed in 1969, and is to be located' [...]
Three finalists have been announced in a Portland State University-administered design competition on behalf of the Portland Fire Bureau, the Portland Firefighters Association David Campbell Memorial Committee for the creation of a new memorial. It will be built on the Eastbank Esplanade beside the northeast [...]
Three finalists have been announced in a Portland State University-administered design competition on behalf of the Portland Fire Bureau, the Portland Firefighters Association David Campbell Memorial Committee for the creation of a new memorial. It will be built on the Eastbank Esplanade beside the northeast [...]
This month the Rose Quarter Citizens Advisory Committee will begin accepting proposals for how to re-invigorate Memorial Coliseum (the latter of which is pictured above in an early rendering by architect Skidmore, Owings and Merrill).
"We expect to have a range of different proposers," the Portland [...]
This month the Rose Quarter Citizens Advisory Committee will begin accepting proposals for how to re-invigorate Memorial Coliseum (the latter of which is pictured above in an early rendering by architect Skidmore, Owings and Merrill).
"We expect to have a range of different proposers," the Portland [...]
Note: This is a guest post from Daniel Friedman, a member of the Portland Downtown Neighborhood Association board. Friedman is an emeritus psychology professor at Antioch College where he taught for 21 years before retiring and moving to the South Park Blocks in 2001.
Friedman grew [...]
Note: This is a guest post from Daniel Friedman, a member of the Portland Downtown Neighborhood Association board. Friedman is an emeritus psychology professor at Antioch College where he taught for 21 years before retiring and moving to the South Park Blocks in 2001.
Friedman grew [...]
As many in the design and architecture community have already learned, the legendary landscape architect Lawrence Halprin passed away on Sunday, October 25.
The Harvard-educated Halprin helped revolutionize public and open space design in the 1970s, with his attention to works that functioned well on [...]
As many in the design and architecture community have already learned, the legendary landscape architect Lawrence Halprin passed away on Sunday, October 25.
The Harvard-educated Halprin helped revolutionize public and open space design in the 1970s, with his attention to works that functioned well on [...]
Tonight as part of the AIA Architecture and Design Festival, the Center For Architecture will be screening a documentary about the late, great architect Samuel Mockbee.
Entitled The Rural Studio after Mockbee's project, the film chronicles how, starting in 1993, the Auburn University Professor Samuel Mockbee' [...]
Tonight as part of the AIA Architecture and Design Festival, the Center For Architecture will be screening a documentary about the late, great architect Samuel Mockbee.
Entitled The Rural Studio after Mockbee's project, the film chronicles how, starting in 1993, the Auburn University Professor Samuel Mockbee' [...]
Last week, after Works Partnership’s design for a new workforce housing project won an AIA Design Award (in the Unbuilt category), I sat down with firm principals Bill Neburka and Carrie Schilling and the project’s developer, Randy Rapaport, to talk about the project.
The building, which is [...]
Last week, after Works Partnership’s design for a new workforce housing project won an AIA Design Award (in the Unbuilt category), I sat down with firm principals Bill Neburka and Carrie Schilling and the project’s developer, Randy Rapaport, to talk about the project.
The building, which is [...]
When I first visited the exceptional China Design Now exhibit that opened this month at the Portland Art Museum, it caused a small epiphany: that for all the nation's hugeness both in terms of population and cultural influence, I could not name a single' [...]
When I first visited the exceptional China Design Now exhibit that opened this month at the Portland Art Museum, it caused a small epiphany: that for all the nation's hugeness both in terms of population and cultural influence, I could not name a single' [...]
The American Institute of Architects' annual Design Awards Gala has come and gone, and in years past that has meant the end of Architecture Week festivities. But this year, its successor, the Portland Architecture & Design Festival, continues through the rest of October with' [...]
The American Institute of Architects' annual Design Awards Gala has come and gone, and in years past that has meant the end of Architecture Week festivities. But this year, its successor, the Portland Architecture & Design Festival, continues through the rest of October with' [...]
You've got to love a project willing to call itself Tanzamook. What kind of name is that? It sounds like some sort of antiquated term of insult, like, "If I had a half-penny for every time that tanzamook tried to snatch my tam-o-shanter, I could'" [...]
You've got to love a project willing to call itself Tanzamook. What kind of name is that? It sounds like some sort of antiquated term of insult, like, "If I had a half-penny for every time that tanzamook tried to snatch my tam-o-shanter, I could'" [...]
The renovation of Shattuck Hall at Portland State University by SRG Partnership and the bSIDE6 mixed-use building by Works Partnership Architecture (pictured at left in a shot by Stephen Miller) walked away with the two Honor Awards (the highest prize given out) at last Saturday's' [...]
The renovation of Shattuck Hall at Portland State University by SRG Partnership and the bSIDE6 mixed-use building by Works Partnership Architecture (pictured at left in a shot by Stephen Miller) walked away with the two Honor Awards (the highest prize given out) at last Saturday's' [...]
Apologies for the short notice (although I also mentioned the event in a previous post), but tonight at the Center for Architecture is the annual Jury Critique event featuring the three-member jury for this year's AIA Design Awards jury. There will be a 5:30 pm' [...]
Apologies for the short notice (although I also mentioned the event in a previous post), but tonight at the Center for Architecture is the annual Jury Critique event featuring the three-member jury for this year's AIA Design Awards jury. There will be a 5:30 pm' [...]
Last night was a major treat: seeing my/our beloved Portland Trail Blazers return for a game at the arena where they began, the building where the team won the 1977 NBA championship as well as Western Conference titles in 1990 and 1992.
Even if [...]
Last night was a major treat: seeing my/our beloved Portland Trail Blazers return for a game at the arena where they began, the building where the team won the 1977 NBA championship as well as Western Conference titles in 1990 and 1992.
Even if [...]
Recently I received emails from two Portland Architecture readers with ideas that I'd like to pass on.
The first comes from a former Portland-based architect now working in Seattle. Traci asks: What are the ethics of laying off employees? Whom should be the first person an architecture' [...]
Recently I received emails from two Portland Architecture readers with ideas that I'd like to pass on.
The first comes from a former Portland-based architect now working in Seattle. Traci asks: What are the ethics of laying off employees? Whom should be the first person an architecture' [...]
Yesterday I went to the Oregon Convention Center for the Wordstock festival to hear an old friend from my 1990s Willamette Week days, Dale Basye, read from his new kids book, Rapacia: Second Circle of Heck. After that, I happened upon another colleague, Oregonian [...]
Yesterday I went to the Oregon Convention Center for the Wordstock festival to hear an old friend from my 1990s Willamette Week days, Dale Basye, read from his new kids book, Rapacia: Second Circle of Heck. After that, I happened upon another colleague, Oregonian [...]
On Tuesday of this week, Mayor Sam Adams convened the second meeting of the Rose Quarter Stakeholder Advisory Committee. After spending the first meeting getting to know each other, the committee this time sat down for what was called "Rose Quarter 101", a series of presentations on the history of [...]
On Tuesday of this week, Mayor Sam Adams convened the second meeting of the Rose Quarter Stakeholder Advisory Committee. After spending the first meeting getting to know each other, the committee this time sat down for what was called "Rose Quarter 101", a series of presentations on the history of [...]
Every year the popular Street of Eames tour sells out its limited allotment of tickets with plenty of design aficionados left out in the cold unable to see the houses. So if you're looking to see some of the best contemporary residential designs in the city, the Small Spaces/Big Ideas' [...]
Every year the popular Street of Eames tour sells out its limited allotment of tickets with plenty of design aficionados left out in the cold unable to see the houses. So if you're looking to see some of the best contemporary residential designs in the city, the Small Spaces/Big Ideas' [...]
This Saturday from 6PM to midnight at the Portland Art Museum is Shine a Light: A Night at the Museum. The event consists of six hours of performances, installations, tours, workshops, and games inside the museum, hosted by 15 artists from Portland State University’s MFA, Art [...]
This Saturday from 6PM to midnight at the Portland Art Museum is Shine a Light: A Night at the Museum. The event consists of six hours of performances, installations, tours, workshops, and games inside the museum, hosted by 15 artists from Portland State University’s MFA, Art [...]
For the past year and a half, I have hosted a bi-monthly series at Design Within Reach called "Designs on Portland" featuring discussions with the city's top creative design minds, ranging from architects like Jeff Kovel and Thomas Hacker to editors like Randy Gragg, academic leaders like Tom Manley' [...]
For the past year and a half, I have hosted a bi-monthly series at Design Within Reach called "Designs on Portland" featuring discussions with the city's top creative design minds, ranging from architects like Jeff Kovel and Thomas Hacker to editors like Randy Gragg, academic leaders like Tom Manley' [...]
Recently the American Institute of Architects announced the recipients of its 2009 National Healthcare Design Awards, honoring two built projects and one unbuilt project. And both of the built projects are located here in Portland: the Providence North Portland Clinic on Interstate Avenue, designed [...]
Recently the American Institute of Architects announced the recipients of its 2009 National Healthcare Design Awards, honoring two built projects and one unbuilt project. And both of the built projects are located here in Portland: the Providence North Portland Clinic on Interstate Avenue, designed [...]
As reported yesterday by Matt Davis of the Portland Mercury and Mark Larabee of The Oregonian, the city's $46.6 million Resources Access Center for the homeless can now be built along NW Broadway in Old Town.
Financing for the Center had been' [...]As reported yesterday by Matt Davis of the Portland Mercury and Mark Larabee of The Oregonian, the city's $46.6 million Resources Access Center for the homeless can now be built along NW Broadway in Old Town.
Financing for the Center had been' [...]Normally on Saturday if I'm awake by 10AM, it's a bit of an anomaly, especially if it has nothing to do with watching college football or eating lots of greasy bacon, eggs & hash browns.
But as it happens, this Saturday I'll be giving a talk at' [...]Normally on Saturday if I'm awake by 10AM, it's a bit of an anomaly, especially if it has nothing to do with watching college football or eating lots of greasy bacon, eggs & hash browns.
But as it happens, this Saturday I'll be giving a talk at' [...]Note: This is the second in a series of posts by Portland Architecture guest blogger Corbin Keech. Corbin is looking at how the recession has affected recent architecture school graduates. We hope to continue guests posts by Corbin from time to time after that. Corbin received a bachelor's degree in' [...]
Note: This is the second in a series of posts by Portland Architecture guest blogger Corbin Keech. Corbin is looking at how the recession has affected recent architecture school graduates. We hope to continue guests posts by Corbin from time to time after that. Corbin received a bachelor's degree in' [...]
The list of Portland-based architectural photographers with eye-catching talent and a long history of work is surprisingly short. Michael Mathers is one photographer who has plied his trade here with an array of acclaim, and there are others like Sally Schoolmaster and Rick Keating. But [...]
The list of Portland-based architectural photographers with eye-catching talent and a long history of work is surprisingly short. Michael Mathers is one photographer who has plied his trade here with an array of acclaim, and there are others like Sally Schoolmaster and Rick Keating. But [...]
Readers of Portland Architecture know that I've long been a fan of architects and firms developing their own projects. And Wednesday night brings a chance to hear from one of the Northwest's true pioneers in that endeavor: Steve Badanes.
Readers of Portland Architecture know that I've long been a fan of architects and firms developing their own projects. And Wednesday night brings a chance to hear from one of the Northwest's true pioneers in that endeavor: Steve Badanes.
Note: This is the first in a series of posts by Portland Architecture guest blogger Corbin Keech. Over three posts, Corbin will be looking at how the recession has affected recent architecture school graduates. We hope to continue guests posts by Corbin from time to time after that. Corbin received [...]
Note: This is the first in a series of posts by Portland Architecture guest blogger Corbin Keech. Over three posts, Corbin will be looking at how the recession has affected recent architecture school graduates. We hope to continue guests posts by Corbin from time to time after that. Corbin received [...]
Last Friday I visited the City of Portland's archives buiding, which surprisingly are in a tiny brick building in a park on Columbia Boulevard that used to be a garbage incinerator. "The irony is not lost on us," one staffer told me of the' [...]
Last Friday I visited the City of Portland's archives buiding, which surprisingly are in a tiny brick building in a park on Columbia Boulevard that used to be a garbage incinerator. "The irony is not lost on us," one staffer told me of the' [...]
The Portland building community lost one of its most impressive, innovative and generous voices when Bob Gerding passed away last Tuesday at the age of 71 after a long bout with cancer.
Gerding was not an easy man to categorize, and that was part of [...]The Portland building community lost one of its most impressive, innovative and generous voices when Bob Gerding passed away last Tuesday at the age of 71 after a long bout with cancer.
Gerding was not an easy man to categorize, and that was part of [...]
