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Aug 10, 2012

University of Oregon opens social media ‘Quack Cave’

The University of Oregon has a new marketing strategy. It’s a new social media center, appropriately titled the Quack Cave, which will allow the university’s athletic department to interact and […]

Aug 6, 2012

When does inspiration violate copyright?

This ethical dilemma of inspiration versus borrowing is especially compelling to me as a young design professional.

Jul 20, 2012

What Portland gets from its Percent for Art program

The local built industry benefits from the Percent for Art program because architects and engineers are able to add high-quality pieces of art to their designs that will greatly improve both the appearance and the aesthetic of their projects.

Jul 9, 2012

When architecture becomes advertising

Fifty years ago ad executives made advertisements, and architects designed buildings. Architecture was architecture and advertising was advertising. Today, it鈥檚 becoming harder to make a distinction.

Jun 25, 2012

Bamboo Sushi opens location on NW 23rd

Bamboo Sushi, the Southeast Portland restaurant that bills itself as the "first certified, sustainable sushi restaurant in the world," celebrated the opening of its second location on Saturday, this one on Northwest 23rd Avenue.

Jun 19, 2012

Building 20: What made it so special and why it will (probably) never exist again

Recently, I was in a meeting at work and somebody mentioned a project I had never heard of:聽 Building 20 at MIT. I was intrigued, so I looked it up. […]

Jun 15, 2012

Architecture graduates enter bleak job market

As graduation season continues, graduates of architecture programs are some of the unluckiest. The unemployment rate for recent architecture graduates is the highest, at 13.9 percent, than for graduates in any other field, according to a January report from Georgetown鈥檚 Center on Education and the Workforce.

Jun 4, 2012

How architecture can help your memory

I recently read a book that I thought had nothing to do with architecture - "Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything," by Joshua Foer. In fact, I picked it because I thought it would be a nice respite from the subject. Surprisingly, it ended up being one of the more enlightening books I鈥檝颅e read on architecture.

May 24, 2012

Talking with Kermit Baker, chief economist of AIA

While writing my piece on how local landscape architects have fared well in the down economy, I got the chance to speak with Kermit Baker, chief economist with the American Institute of Architects. His study on job loss in the design industry, which was released last week, was actually what inspired me to write the piece; in it, a graph shows that landscape architecture has suffered more job loss [...]

May 24, 2012

Reprographers: a dying industry in transition

Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to revisit the subject via a feature on the business of local reprographers and how they are responding to the digital systems (online plan rooms, digital files, electronic invitations to bid) that are taking the place of paper. While I think the meat and potatoes of that story were right on the money, the headline I suggested for Wednesday鈥檚 feature may [...]

May 18, 2012

Bud Clark Commons receives design award

A Portland homeless shelter and low income housing building has received some high accolades from the nation鈥檚 architectural community.

Feb 1, 2012

Designers to get schooled in 2030 Challenge

Architects, engineers and builders on Feb. 10 will kick off a yearlong course to focus on the ambitious energy-efficiency goals of the 2030 Challenge.



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