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Portland Architecture 2009-11-20 20:56:29
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 previous year and …


Portland Architecture 2009-11-20 20:56:29
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 previous year and …


Portland Architecture 2009-11-18 20:04:09
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 On Portland discussion series will feature …


Portland Architecture 2009-11-18 20:04:09
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 On Portland discussion series will feature …


Portland Architecture 2009-11-16 20:01:25
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 for applying for $40 million in federal money …


Portland Architecture 2009-11-16 20:01:25
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 for applying for $40 million in federal money …


Portland Architecture 2009-11-13 18:30:28
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 not …


Portland Architecture 2009-11-13 18:30:28
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 not …


Portland Architecture 2009-11-09 19:51:19
Recently I got together with the architects from local firm Design 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 on North Vancouver Avenue just south of Killingsworth. …


Portland Architecture 2009-11-09 19:51:19
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 on North Vancouver Avenue just south of Killingsworth. …


Portland Architecture 2009-11-05 23:06:01
Three finalists have been announced in a Portland State University-administered design competition on behalf of the Portland Firefighters Association for the creation of a new memorial. It will be built on the Eastbank Esplanade beside the northeast corner of the Hawthorne Bridge.The competition came about when Jeff Schnabel, a member …


Portland Architecture 2009-11-05 23:06:01
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 corner of the Hawthorne Bridge.The competition …


Portland Architecture 2009-11-04 19:02:31
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 Development Commission's Kia Selley told …


Portland Architecture 2009-11-04 19:02:31
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 Development Commission's Kia Selley told …


Portland Architecture 2009-11-03 19:17:04
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 up in Columbus, Ohio and …


Portland Architecture 2009-11-03 19:17:04
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 up in Columbus, Ohio and …


Portland Architecture 2009-10-29 18:59:51
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 a human scale and encouraged interaction, …


Portland Architecture 2009-10-29 18:59:51
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 a human scale and encouraged interaction, …


Portland Architecture 2009-10-28 19:16:09
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 guided his students in designing and …


Portland Architecture 2009-10-28 19:16:09
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 guided his students in designing and …


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