US Custom House (Brian Libby)
BY BRIAN LIBBY
Beaux Arts Portland Walking Tour
This downtown Architectural Heritage Center tour explores the influence of the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris on Portland architecture of the late-19th and early-20th centuries. Attendees will learn how American architects, including some from Portland, attended the school and started a trend in the U.S. emphasizing classical Greek and Roman designs, elaborate ornament, and heavy masonry – all used in a very formal manner. Stops on this tour include several of Portland’s most recognizable historic buildings and preservation success stories. Tour begins at SW Park and Madison. 10AM Tuesday, April 3. $20 ($12 for AHC members).
Key Relationships and Risk Allocation in Construction Projects: Session 2
This second in a three-part series of seminars will examine the intricate relationship between government oversight of building design, construction and the practice of architecture. This course will not only touch on zoning, permitting and design review, but also government regulation of the employer/employee relationship and the licensing, ethics and discipline of architects. Lunch will be provided with admission. Speakers will include Amanda Gamblin, William Ohle and Garrett Stephenson of law firm Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt as well as Robert Collins of Day CPM. AIA Center For Architecture, 403 NW 11th Avenue. 12PM Wednesday, April 4. $70 ($50 for AIA members, $30 for Associate AIA members, $10 for students).
Open Architecture Portland: Community Garden Project Kick-Off
Want to get involved in a new community garden project? A local community clinic is in need of a garden storage bench and informational kiosk for their small garden on Southeast Division Street. The goal is to provide a place for tool storage to allow patients ease of access to the garden. The information kiosk will act as a place of shelter and provide information on food security, health, and locations of nearby gardens, farmer’s markets etc. Through this project kick-off meeting, Open Architecture Portland is currently seeking volunteers to lead this project. Peter Meijer Architect, 605 NE 21st Avenue, Suite 200. 6PM Thursday, April 5. Free.
Gary Rogowski
Join author and furniture maker Gary Rogowski for a reading as well as chat on creativity, practice and working with our hands in this digital age. Rogowski's 2017 book Handmade is a series of stories about the value of curiosity and the need for failure and forgiveness in any journey to becoming a master. The book is for anyone interested in doing creative work today. Part memoir, part stories from the bench, it speaks to the artist inside us all. Rogowski tells the story of skidding off a degree path in literature in the 1970s to pursue building handmade furniture. He wrote for and was a contributing editor at Fine Woodworking magazine and his 2002 book The Complete Illustrated Guide to Joinery is in its 15th printing. Rogowski is also the founder and director of The Northwest Woodworking Studio in Portland. Architectural Heritage Center, 701 SE Grand Avenue. 6:30PM Thursday, April 5. Free.
Downtown Portland's North End and Chinatown Tour
This Architectural Heritage Center tour explores the abundant architectural and cultural history in the downtown neighborhood wedged between Old Town and the Pearl District. Along the way attendees will see 19th century gems like the Mariner’s Home building, which has recently been rehabilitated and turned into the Society Hotel. One will also learn how the area became New Chinatown, and later Japantown, while seeing landmark buildings like Union Station, the US Custom House, and a historic fire station. Tour meetup location to be announced. 10AM Saturday, April 7. $20 ($12 for AHC members).
Historic Irvington Walking Tour
Irvington started out as a streetcar suburb in the 1890s and by the 1920s had become one of the most prestigious residential neighborhoods in Portland. The Irvington National Register District includes over 2500 houses, most of them are considered contributing to the historic character of the district. On this Positively Portland Walking Tour, attendees will see only a rather small portion of the neighborhood, but included in the tour are some of the finest examples of Colonial Revival and high style Arts and Crafts residences in the city. Tour begins at Peet's Coffe and Tea 1414 NE Broadway. 11PM Saturday, April 7. $15.
Piedmont Neighborhood Walking Tour
In addition to the well-known neighborhoods of Irvington, Ladd's Addition, or Laurelhurst, Portland is also home to the lesser known but architecturally rich neighborhood of Piedmont. This area contains many fine examples of familiar styles such as Queen Anne and Arts & Crafts but also the less frequently seen forms of Byzantine, Jacobean and Prairie style. Visitors on this Architectural Heritage Center tour will see the work of architects like Joseph Jacobberger, whose North Portland Branch Library has stood as a neighborhood landmark for more than a century. Tour meetup location to be announced. 10AM Tuesday, April 10. $20 ($12 for AHC members).
Unreinforced Brick Masonry Restoration
This April meeting for the Portland chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute will focus on understanding the rationale and methodology for condition assessment and the repair and restoration of historic unreinforced brick masonry buildings. Particular attention will be paid to late 19th and early 20th century unreinforced masonry, its use in exterior construction, and types of deterioration. Much of what is considered visible deterioration can be attributed to any number of factors including the ways in which the brick was manufactured, how it was used within the construction, associated building materials/features, exposure to weather, and previous maintenance or repair campaigns. The program will provide insight into common types of deterioration and material behavior along with specific intervention methods and materials that may be appropriate and sympathetic to the original materials. Speaker Amy Lamb Woods is the Portland director of technical education with the International Masonry Institute and a licensed professional engineer in Washington, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Her background combines architecture, historic preservation, and civil engineering materials. Ms. Woods has over 18 years of experience in forensic engineering, including facade and failure investigations with materials such as brick masonry, terra cotta, stone, concrete, terrazzo, and stucco. Her primary interest is the investigation and repair of historic masonry and concrete materials. Kells Irish Pub, 112 SW Second Avenue. 11:30AM Tuesday, April 10. $40 ($50 if purchased after April 6, $40 for CSI members, $10 for students).
Introduction to the Living Building Challenge
What if every act of design and construction made the world a better place? With the Living Building Challenge, you can create buildings that are regenerative spaces that connect occupants to light, air, food, nature, and community; self-sufficient and remain within the resource limits of their site. Living Buildings produce more energy than they use and collect and treat all water on site; and healthy and beautiful. Living buildings give more than they take, creating a positive impact on the human and natural systems that interact with them. But how can you build a Living Building? How can you help others do so? Come and learn, from Kathleen Smith, vice president of the Living Building Challenge + Education. Portland State University, Native American Student + Community Center, 1825 Southwest Broadway. 12PM Tuesday, April 10. Free.
2018 Old House Revival Tour
This self-guided annual Architectural Heritage Center tour provides the opportunity to see inside several historic Portland-area houses, each 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. Older homes can be adapted to a 21st century lifestyle while not losing all of their original style, historic character, and charm. Homes on the tour are representative of many of the most common eras and architectural styles found in the Portland area. 10AM Saturday, April 14. $35 ($25 for AHC members, $15 for those aged 18-25).
Design Week Portland: Opening Party
Connect with fellow Design Week Portland attendees at this opening party launching 170 different events across the city over the ensuing seven days, with design activations, food trucks, and a live photo booth. A street closure will feature parklet installations, and visual goodies will by curated by Plastic Sunshine. Get a first look inside Custom Blocks, the evening's hosts, home to Southeast Portland's newest creative space. Custom Blocks, 900-998 SE Main Street. 7PM Saturday, April 14. $15.
Restorative Design: The Confluence Bird Blind by Maya Lin
Maya Lin's Confluence Project has brought landscape installations and ecological restoration to six locations along the Columbia River System. Combining natural history, culture, and design, one of these locations, the Confluence Bird Blind, asks us to consider evolving land ethics and one’s role in a sustainable future. Join Confluence as part of Design Week Portland for this informative hike through the significantly restored Sandy River Delta, and discuss using design as a means to greater ecological awareness. The hike is a flat, 2.4 miles round-trip. The group will meet at the kiosk near the restrooms. Sandy River Delta, Interstate Exit 18, Troutdale. 10AM Sunday, April 15. $10.
Portland Bridges Walking Tour
Explore the history, design and infrastructure of Portland's Willamette River bridges, and learn about their look, their development, and their original purpose. The tour will be led by Portland Underground Graduate School instructor John Doyle as part of Design Week Portland. Tour meetup location to be announced. 10AM Sunday, April 15. $30.
Gentrification, Design, and Urban Development: South Portland Walking Tour
A neighborhood re-envisioned in the 1960s by architecture firm Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill (S.O.M.) along with landscape architect Lawrence Halprin, created a new urban model of high-rise apartments, commercial spaces, fountains, and interconnected walkways. It’s Portland's first great experiment with urban renewal and comprehensive urban planning. The tour will be led by Portland Underground Graduate School instructor John Doyle as part of Design Week Portland. Tour meetup location to be announced. 2PM Sunday, April 15. $30.
Resilient Infrastructures and Just Cities: Integrated Design for the 21st Century
Cities like Portland are confronted with the need to invest hundreds of millions of dollars to upgrade water and other infrastructures, during a time of climate change and hydrological regimes that are transforming. Convening experts in architecture, urban design, landscape architecture, engineering, and finance, this Design Week Portland panel discussion will explore the intersection of design, resilient infrastructure, and equity. The structure will involve short talks by four experts representing different disciplines followed by a panel and question and answer session. University of Oregon, White Stag Block, 70 NW Couch Street. 3PM Sunday, April 15. Free.
"Neon" Screening
The 2015 documentary “Neon," screening as part of Design Week Portland, chronicles the imaginative mystery and handmade craft of the neon sign, as well as neon signs' mythic status in 20th century American life. Written and directed by award-winning Australian filmmaker Lawrence Johnston, the film celebrates the beauty, color and vibrant history of this beloved form of advertising from an international perspective as we face a world where it will soon be lost and superseded by LED-illuminated signage. The craft and construction of this 100-year-old medium has changed very little, making neon one the greenest forms of light ever produced, and an amazing and enduring force of color and beauty in the visual landscapes of our lives. Cinema 21, 616 NW 21st Avenue. 7PM Sunday, April 15. $7.
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