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A Conversation with Mayoral Candidate Charlie Hales

Charlie Hales (image provided by the Hales campaign)BY BRIAN LIBBYContinuing our series of interviews with Portland mayoral candidates, this installment feature... Read more
Posted on 02 April 2012 POLITICS
More Groceries, Major Eyesore at Southeast Hawthorne Safeway

East facade of Hawthorne Safeway (photo by Brian Libby)BY BRIAN LIBBYEight years ago the Safeway supermarket chain built an exemplary urban store in downtown... Read more
Posted on 29 March 2012 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE
A Conversation with Mayoral Candidate Jefferson Smith

Jefferson Smith (image by David Ashton courtesy East Portland News) BY BRIAN LIBBY In the weeks ahead, Portlanders will decide between three main candidates to... Read more
Posted on 26 March 2012 POLITICS
Award Winners: SRG, Ayotte, Reidy, Soderstrom, Cavanaugh

UC Riverside School of Medicine research buiding (photo by Lara Swimmer)BY BRIAN LIBBYThis post marks the beginning of a new Portland Architecture continuing... Read more
Posted on 21 March 2012 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE
The Architect's Questionnaire: Robert Leeb

Robert Leeb (image courtesy Leeb Architects) BY LUKE AREHART The third installment of the Architect’s Questionnaire features Portland architect Robert Leeb of... Read more
Posted on 19 March 2012 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE
US Custom House Sold Again, This Time to Boston-area Firm

BY BRIAN LIBBYPortland and Boston have had numerous connections over the years. The original coinflip that gave Portland its name (after the city in Maine) coul... Read more
Posted on 14 March 2012 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE
A Bigger, More Prominent Downtown Apple Store? [Sshh!]

Drawings for an alleged downtown Apple store proposal (courtesy ifoApplestore.com)BY BRIAN LIBBYPerhaps I should begin with an apology. Read more
Posted on 09 March 2012 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE
Disneyland Versus Differentiation: Semes on Designing for Historic Districts

White Stag Block, Old Town (photo by Brian Libby)BY FRED LEESONPerhaps the most difficult challenge facing any architect is deciding on appropriate scale, mass... Read more
Posted on 06 March 2012 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE
Historic Buildings? There's an App for That

Hollywood Theatre, Portland (photo by Colby Aley, via Flickr) BY BRIAN LIBBY The little octagon-shaped buiding at NE 42nd & Sandy wasn’t a streetcar stop for... Read more
Posted on 02 March 2012 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE
The Architect's Questionnaire: Robert Fagliano

Robert Fagliano (image courtesy MulvannyG2) BY LUKE AREHART The latest installment of the Architect’s Questionnaire has been compiled with answers from... Read more
Posted on 28 February 2012 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE
Mark Rothko, Oregon Skies, and Staying Or Going

1921 high school photo of Mark Rothko (courtesy Multnomah County Library, via PORT)BY BRIAN LIBBYThe Portland Art Museum has hosted countless blockbuster... Read more
Posted on 24 February 2012 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE
Not Just Pickling: Incubating a New-old Portland (and American) Economy

Sign in Oui Presse cafe, Portland (photo by Brian Libby)BY BRIAN LIBBYFor all the economic activity that has come as a result of globalization and free trade... Read more
Posted on 22 February 2012 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE
Visiting Legacy Emanuel Medical Center's New Randall Children's Hospital

Randall Children's Hospital (photo by Fred Leeson)BY FRED LEESONIf big new buildings are a reasonable measure, the boom in today’s wobbly economy is health care. Read more
Posted on 16 February 2012 ARCHITECTURE
Compact, Efficient Comfort: Visiting the Harpoon House

Harpoon House (photo courtesy Design For Occupancy) BY BRIAN LIBBY If I were to use the phrase, "700 square foot residence," one might expect it to be an... Read more
Posted on 13 February 2012 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE
The Architect's Questionnaire: Steve Ewoldt

Architect Steve Ewoldt of artifekt (photo courtesy Steven Ewoldt)BY LUKE AREHARTEditors note: After a nearly three year absence, the Architect’s Questionnaire i... Read more
Posted on 06 February 2012 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE
Local Groundswell for Industrywide 2030 Challenge

2030 Challenge targets (image courtesy Architecture 2030)BY BRIAN LIBBYAs many now know, buildings are the primary source of energy demand and the main user of... Read more
Posted on 03 February 2012 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE
Portland Aerial Tram Celebrates Its Fifth Anniversary

Portland Aerial Tram (photo by Bradley Maule) BY BRIAN LIBBY On the heels of Oregon Health & Science University releasing its plans for the Collaborative Life... Read more
Posted on 31 January 2012 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE
Cloepfil to Speak Thursday at Portland Art Museum

National Music Center, Calgary (rendering courtesy Allied Works)BY BRIAN LIBBYThis Thursday at 6PM, Portland Art Museum director Brian Ferriso will host an... Read more
Posted on 25 January 2012 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE
OHSU Unveils First Look at Riverfront Collaborative Life Sciences Building

Collaborative Life Science Building (rendering courtesy OHSU)BY FRED LEESONThere are few opportunities left in Portland to take a flat, vacant 12-acre site and... Read more
Posted on 23 January 2012 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE
Pylons of Pride: Traversing the New Martin Luther King Viaduct

MLK Viaduct (photos by Bradley Maule)BY BRADLEY MAULEHighway construction projects are never popular, never on budget, and never on time. Even in the utopian... Read more
Posted on 18 January 2012 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE