Apartments near SE 16th and Hawthorne (photo by Brian Libby)
BY BRIAN LIBBY
Citizen Architects: Ethics, Education and the Construction of a Profession
The Portland State University School of Architecture's Center for Public Interest Design welcomes University of California at Berkeley instructor and Ph.D. candidate Anna Goodman for a talk focusing on twentieth-century America and how educators have used "community design-build" to connect architecture to ideas of citizenship, racial justice and humanitarianism - and, in so doing, how they have shaped professional ethics and identity. Portland State University, Shattuck Hall, Room 217, Broadway and Hall Streets. 12PM Friday, March 6. Free.
The Apartment Building in Portland, 1900–1930
In 1904, the category “apartment houses” first appeared in the Portland City Directory. While only four buildings were listed, the new term signified the emergence of a new building type, one that differed from the boarding houses, hotels, and other multi-dwelling units of the time. Within a few years, Portland’s explosive growth pushed this new form of housing to be an integral part of the city’s urban landscape. By 1910, 90 apartment houses were advertised in the directory, and by 1930 there were 750. Even so, the rise of the apartment building remains a less studied part of Portland’s architectural history. This presentation by Ed Teague is an introduction to the history of Portland’s apartment buildings from the early 20th century to the Depression Era. Architectural Heritage Center, 701 SE Grand Avenue. 10AM Saturday, March 7. $20 ($12 for AHC members).
Citizen Architect: Samuel Mockbee and the Spirit of the Rural Studio
Featuring interviews with architects like Cameron Sinclair, Peter Eisenman, and Michael Rotondi, this documentary explores the life and legacy of architect and public-interest-design pioneer Samuel Mockbee. Mockbee was a founder of the radical design/build program, the Rural Studio at Auburn University, in one of America’s most impoverished communities. The screening is part of Disjecta's Architecture Film Series, curated by Rachel Adams. Hollywood Theatre, 4122 NE Sandy Boulevard. 7PM Monday, March 9. $8.
Portland’s Fraternal Lodges and Secret Societies
Throughout the Portland area dozens of current and former buildings associated with organizations like the Masons, Odd Fellows, Woodmen of the World, and a variety of women’s and immigrant groups dot the built landscape. While some of these lodge buildings are very well-known, others are but modest remnants of a golden age of fraternalism that began in the Victorian era and continued until the Great Depression. Eric Wheeler will discuss the architecture of several Portland area lodge buildings and the architects behind them, such as William C. Knighton, and the firms of Houghtaling & Dougan and Sutton & Whitney. Architectural Heritage Center, 701 SE Grand Avenue. 7PM Tuesday, March 10 and Thursday, March 12. $20 ($12 for AHC members).
City of Portland: Commercial Building Energy Reporting Proposal
At this "greenbag" meeting of the AIA/Portland Committee on the Environment (COTE), Vinh Mason from the City of Portland Bureau of Planning & Sustainability will present and answer questions about a new policy that the Portland City Council will consider this spring: the Energy Reporting Performance Policy would require owners of commercial buildings over 20,000 square feet to track their building’s energy use and report it on an annual basis. The proposed policy would cover nearly 80 percent of the commercial square footage but affect approximately 1,000 buildings — less than 20 percent of Portland’s commercial buildings. The proposal covers offices, retail spaces, grocery stores, hotels, health care and higher education buildings. It does not include residential properties, nursing homes, places of worship, parking structures, K-12 schools, industrial facilities or warehouses. AIA/Portland Center For Architecture, 403 NW 11th Avenue. 12PM Wednesday, March 11. Free.
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