Rendering of the planned Patricia Reser Center, Beaverton (Opsis Architecture)
BY BRIAN LIBBY
South Park Blocks Walking Tour
This eleven-block portion of the downtown area was first platted and donated to the City of Portland in 1852, transforming a fire break parcel into the most desirable residential area of its day, complete with schools, playgrounds, stately homes and places of worship. On this Architectural Heritage Center tour one can take a stroll through the groves of elms and recount some of the stories they would love to tell about the area’s history and architecture. The South Park Blocks stand alone as a place of revitalization, refreshment and cultural allure. Tour meetup location revealed with ticket purchase. 10AM Tuesday, September 3. $20 ($12 for AHC members).
Fall 2019 CDT Certification Class
The Oregon chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute offers this series of training classes for achieving Construction Documents Technologist (CDT) certification, begun in August and continuing through mid-October. This ten-class series is useful for everyone in the A/E/C industry who wants to understand the processes, roles/responsibilities and project delivery from cradle to grave. Mutual Materials, 2175 NW Raleigh Street, Suite 103. 6PM Thursday, September 3 and continuing weekly through October 15. $250 ($150 for CSI members, $75 for students).
Opsis at 20: A Retrospective
Founded in 1999 by Alec Holser, Jim Kalvelage and James Meyer, Opsis Architecture was envisioned as a firm with the energy of the trio's architecture-school studios: working collaboratively with clients and setting a standard in the region for design excellence. In the subsequent 20 years, Opsis has won many design awards for with a focus on public buildings including city halls, university buildings, libraries, arenas and high schools. Two of the firm's projects, including 2019's Oregon Zoo Education Center, have been named to the AIA Committee on the Environment's Top Ten Green Projects list. This opening reception is for the continuing exchibit Opsis at 20: The Nature of Community, featuring a variety of past work. University of Oregon, White Stag Block, 70 NW Couch Street. 5PM Thursday, September 5. Free.
Sustainability Credentials Alphabet Soup - Panel Discussion
Join the Portland chapter of the American Institute of Architect's Committee on the Environment and its Emerging Professionals Committee as they decipher the many sustainability credentials available (whether it is LEED, WELL, Passive House, or Living Future) in an effort to make this jumble of acronyms less confusing and more approachable. Panelists include Peter Harrison of ZGF, Beth Shuck of Brightworks, Summer Fowler of Ecoreal, and Scott Kosmecki of Hinge Build Group. AIA Center for Architecture, 403 NW 11th Avenue. 5:30pm Thursday, September 5. $20 ($10 for AIA members, $5 for students or those not seeking AIA Continuing Education credits).
Lair Hill Neighborhood Tour
It turns out that Lair Hill is not named for a hill. Named for pioneering Portland lawyer and newspaper editor William Lair Hill, this residential neighborhood and subject of an Architectural Heritage Center tour is one of Portland’s oldest. Lair Hill contains a fascinating mix of historic homes, along with notable buildings significant for their connections to the city’s early immigrant populations. It’s also a neighborhood that was impacted by urban renewal and freeway development. Tour meetup location revealed with ticket purchase. 10AM Saturday, September 7. $20 ($12 for AHC members).
Historic Lake Oswego
This Positively Portland walking tour starts in the heart of downtown Lake Oswego and continues through the oldest neighborhood in town and down to the site of the historic 1866 iron smelter: the only surviving stone smelter furnace in the West, and was restored through a broad-based community effort in 2010. Tour begins at St. Honore Boulangerie, 315 First Street. 10AM Saturday, September 7. $15.
West End Tour
In recent years, the area bounded by West Burnside Street, 10th Avenue, and I-405 has been revitalized as a popular shopping, dining, and night spot. In many ways the area once again reflects its early 20th century development with several hotels of varying sizes and a variety of commercial buildings. This Architectural Heritage Center tour examines a portion of the West End filled with buildings ranging from First Presbyterian Church to the Sentinel Hotel. Along the way, one will learn the fascinating social and architectural significance of the neighborhood, while seeing firsthand, the work of important Portland architects, including William C. Knighton, A. E. Doyle, and several others. Tour meetup location revealed with ticket purchase. 10AM Tuesday, September 10. $20 ($12 for AHC members).
International Japanese Garden Training Center: Professional Intensive Courses
This October, Portland Japanese Garden’s International Japanese Garden Training Center offers a new educational opportunity for design professionals: Professional Intensive Courses. Aimed at meeting learning needs of architects, landscape architects, and other design professionals, these two to three-day courses are taught by Portland Japanese Garden staff and focus on a single topic. The first three-day course, taking place October 22 – 24, “With an Eye Towards Nature: A Japanese Garden Design Intensive,” provides 25 hours of theoretical and hands-on training in the Japanese approach to designing with nature and its modern use and application. Portland Japanese Garden, 611 SW Kingston Avenue. Application deadline extended to Thursday, September 12. $1350.
Information Session: Master of Architecture and Graduate Certificates
Portland State University's School of Architecture offers two options for master's level study in architecture, together with a graduate certificate in public interest design, a graduate certificate in urban design, and a pre-professional undergraduate degree in architecture. At this information sessions, prospective students can meet faculty and the director, talk with current students, learn about the curriculum and teaching philosophy, discover leadership and design-build opportunities for students, tour department studios and lab facilities, and find out more about the application process. Portland State University, Shattuck Hall, 1914 SW Park Avenue. 11:30AM Friday, September 13. Free.
Moisture and Mass Timber
What is checking and cracking and why does it happen? How does wood, and mass timber, interact with moisture in its environment during service, and how does that affect performance and serviceability? What protective precautions are necessary to cover timbers during construction? What detailing is just…wrong? This season's first gathering of the Critical Mass (Timber) Meetup Group features a discussion with Anderson Construction project executive Brad Nile, National Centre for Timber Durability and Design Life director Jeff Morrell, and Oregon State University wood science and engineering assistant professor Mariapaola Riggio. Meier & Frank Building, 555 SW Morrison Street, second floor. 4PM Friday, September 13. Free.
Historic Homes Of The Alphabet District Tour (Part II)
This second installment of the Architectural Heritage Center's historic Alphabet district homes tour explores another section of the area, where you’ll learn of its transformation from farmland to Portland's "Millionaire Row". Featured architectural styles include Italianate, Queen Anne, and Jacobean Revival. You’ll also learn about the nuanced differences in American Revival styles, and see one of Portland's rare Romanesque Revival homes, the famous Mackenzie House. Tour location revealed with ticket purchase. 10AM Saturday, September 14. $20 ($12 for AHC members).
Garageitecture: From the Carriage House to the Garage Band
Garages are one of the most pervasive architectural spaces of the past century, but how did that happen? For the first time, the Architectural Heritage Center presents a lecture by Jim Varner traces the development of the garage from its days as a place to house a horse and buggy through the early 20th century, when most garages were add-ons to existing homes. From there he’ll explore how by the mid-century, people had become so attached to the garage so such so that they were now physically attached to our homes and often sized for more than one vehicle. As time went on, garages have come to almost dominate the houses to which they are attached, leading to neighborhood backlash, but also to an era in which garages, while still common, are used less and less for actually housing vehicles. Architectural Heritage Center, 701 SE Grand Avenue. 10AM Saturday, September 14. $20 ($12 for AHC members).
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