Saunalahti School in Espoo, Finland (Verstas Architects)
BY BRIAN LIBBY
The Industry & Artistry of Portland Windows/Group Show
This Architectural Heritage Center exhibit, with an opening First Friday party for two exhibits, will explore in "The Industry & Artistry of Portland Windows" the construction and design of windows throughout history with an emphasis on local companies, artisans, and products. Industry and Artistry focuses on the years 1880 to 1930 when art glass and millwork manufacturing were at their heights in Portland and the United States. Many of the windows on display, including some beautiful stained glass, were salvaged by our founders, Jerry Bosco and Ben Milligan from buildings demolished in the 1960s and 1970s. Also opening is a group show led by Kate Giambrone & Randi Haugland that will bring together designers, illustrators, and artists to recognize and celebrate a myriad of viewpoints about the amazing things in our city worth saving. Architectural Heritage Center, 701 SE Grand Avenue. 5PM Friday, April 1. Free.
Public Agencies And The Development Of Portland’s East Side
As a large landowner and holder of mineral rights in Southern California's Ventura County Ralph B. Lloyd (1875–1953) was a linchpin in the development of the gigantic Ventura Avenue oil field, which he later invested by the millions of dollars into an undeveloped portion of Portland’s East Side known as Holladay’s Addition. When the Great Depression derailed initial plans for this property, Lloyd turned to federal and state agencies to sustain his commercial real estate business. This Architectural Heritage Center lecture by Michael R. Adamson will explore the role that public capital played in materializing the area west of Holladay Park as a nascent corporate office park, which literally prepared the ground for the Lloyd Center, a regional shopping center that opened in 1960, seven years after Lloyd’s death. Architectural Heritage Center, 701 SE Grand Avenue. 10AM Saturday, April 2. $20 ($12 for AHC members).
The Wake of Vanport
This multimedia oral history presentation tells the story of Oregon's lost city of Vanport, rapidly built in the early 1940s to house the influx of shipyard workers during World War II. Largely an African-American community, it was destroyed by flooding in 1948. Organized by The Skanner Foundation, the presentation is part of the larger Vanport Multimedia Project, dedicated to collecting and preserving Vanport survivors’ stories. Immediately following the screening will be an opportunity for discussion with survivors and producers. Oregon Historical Society, 1200 SW Park Avenue. 1:30PM Sunday, April 3. Free (RSVP required).
Central City 2035...A New Plan for Portland's City Center
As part of the University of Oregon's Department of Architecture Lecture Series, Troy Doss, a senior planner with the Portland Bureau of Planning & Sustainability’s Central City Team, will deliver a talk called "Central City 2035…A New Plan for Portland’s City Center." Doss has served as project manager for the SE Quadrant Plan, Central City 2035 Concept Plan, North Pearl District Plan, has been the lead planner for the implementation of the South Waterfront Plan, and was on the design and planning advisor groups for the Portland Aerial Tram, Tilikum Crossing, and Director Park. University of Oregon, White Stag Block, 70 NW Couch Street. 5PM Tuesday, April 5. Free.
Picture Perfect: Photoshop and the Architectural Makeover
Amy Kulper, a visiting professor at the Portland State University School of Architecture and assistant professor of architecture at the University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, will explore architecture’s conceptualization of the natural world in the context of the discipline’s perceived division between fine art and applied science. , where she teaches theory and design. Author of Domesticated Natures: Victor Horta and the Art Nouveau Interior and design editor of the Journal of Architectural Education, she is a four-time recipient of the Donna M. Salzer Award for teaching excellence. Portland State University, Shattuck Hall Annex, SW Broadway and Hall Streets. 6PM Thursday, April 7. Free.
ASLA Symposium
The Oregon Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects, in partnership with the University of Oregon's John Yeon Center for Architecture and the Landscape, is convening their annual design symposium with the theme "Fostering Equity and Diversity: In Design, Our Communities, Our Profession." "Many feel the state is lagging behind on designing environments that promote equity and diversity in our communities, arguably one of the most pressing issues facing our country,” says Laurie Matthews, president of Oregon ASLA. “It is critical that we gain new insights into the continually evolving practice and research around environmental justice, community engagement, planning and urban design.” Speakers will include Diane Jones Allen of New Orleans and Baltimore-based DesignJones LLC; Gabriel Díaz Montemayor, assistant professor of landscape architecture at the University of Texas at Austin and founding partner of LABOR Studio in Chihuahua, Mexico; Nolan Lienhart, director of planning and urban design for Portland's ZGF Architects; Joy Alise Davis, founding and managing partner at Portland and New York-based Design + Culture Lab; and Tony DeFalco, coordinator of the Living Cully Ecodistrict for Portland nonprofit Verde. University of Oregon, White Stag Block, 70 NW Couch Street. 7:30AM Saturday, April 9. $200 ($165 for ASLA members, $30 for students).
A 1932 house by Herman Brookman (Architectural Heritage Center)
Next Generation Schools Design Symposium
Portland has begun executing a 32-year plan to rebuild all 85 of its schools, which are 50-100 years old. The Portland community wishes to build excellent, innovative, beautifully designed schools that offer the best thinking in teaching and learning environments and that reflect the values and goals of Portland and Oregon. The Next Generation Schools Symposium is designed to see and hear new ideas in school design and inspire. It will feature speakers who have an international reputation for excellence in school design. Speakers will include architect Barbara Crum of Perkins + Will's Atlanta office, Bogata architect Giancarlo Mazzanti, architect Ilkka Salminen of Helsinki's Verstas Architects, and Portland architect John Weekes of Dull Olsen Weekes. Lincoln High School, 1600 SW Salmon Street. 8:30AM Saturday, April 9. $20 ($10 for students).
Old House Revival Tour
This self-guided tour from the Architectural Heritage Center gives attendees the opportunity to see inside a variety of Portland area houses - providing ideas and information on how one can restore spaces lost to previous remodels, create new spaces that are sensitive to the architecture of the home, or preserve original building materials. Included on the tour will be a houses by Willard F. Tobey, Herman Brookman, and John Dukehart. 10AM Saturday, April 9. $30 ($20 for AHC members, $15 for those aged 18-25).
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