Entry to the circa-1931 Town Club (Brian Johnson/AHC)
BY BRIAN LIBBY
Harney Elementary School Tour
Offered by the nonprofit Association for Learning Environments, devoted to improving the places where children learn comes this tour of the LSW Architects-desigend Harney Elementary School with a focus on its outdoor offerings, created as part of the Greening of Schoolyards movement, which empowers school communities to utilize the whole campus as a resource, and not just for play: for learning, stress reduction and creative stimulation. Harney Elementary School, 3212 East Evergreen Boulevard, Vancouver. 4PM Monday, September 16. $15 (free for Association for Learning Environments members).
Pearl District Walking Tour - A Century of Preservation and Change
Over the last 20 years, the Pearl District has been transformed from industrial enclave and rail yards into one of Portland’s most popular residential, cultural and retail districts. A century ago, the area went through a similar transformation, from a working class housing area at the edge of a marsh to the city’s biggest industrial and warehousing area. Many of Portland’s best known architects of the period designed buildings for important local and national companies. Most of these buildings remain, with their exteriors intact, and new uses inside. But as the recent demolition of the Pacific Northwest College of Art's Feldman Building (a renovated old warehouse) reminds us, the current wave of development could threaten more historic buildings. Tour meetup location revealed with ticket purchase. 10AM Tuesday, September 17. $20 ($12 for AHC members).
Reflecting an Environmentally-Conscious Mission
The third of three summer events presented by the Architecture Foundation of Oregon to highlight the positive social impact of architecture in the community features Lever Architecture’s recent renovation and expansion of the Oregon Conservation Center for the Nature Conservancy transformed a dated office building into a reflection of the organization’s environmentally-conscious mission. The target LEED Gold design connects people to nature by integrating materials and landscapes specific to The Nature Conservancy’s priority projects around Oregon. Along with a tour, attendees can hear from Lever founder Thomas Robinson about how the building embodies the organization’s mission. Oregon Conservation Center, 821 SE 14th Avenue. 5:30pm Tuesday, September 17. $25.
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 17 and continuing weekly through October 15. $250 ($150 for CSI members, $75 for students).
Useful Waste - Repurposing Construction Mockups
This event, organized by the American Institute of Architects/Portland's Committee on the Environment as part of its COTE Greenback series, introduces attendees to “Useful Waste,” an initiative at the Portland State University Center for Public Interest Design that aims to re-frame the industry’s view on construction waste and encourage material diversion and reuse. Hosted by Julia Mollner of the Center for Public Interest Design at Portland State University, the intent of this initiative is to utilize an overlooked material resource, exterior envelope construction mock-ups, by re-purposing the material and responding to pressing social needs, such as the local state of housing emergency. Mock-ups are seen as temporary structures and typically end up in the landfill due to lack of pre-planning and immovability. This initiative facilitates a new process of material diversion within the typical construction schedule and requirements. AIA Center for Architecture, 403 NW 11th Avenue. 12PM Wednesday, September 18. $20 ($10 for AIA members, $5 for students or those not seeking AIA Continuing Education credits). The lecture repeats as an Architects Without Borders-Oregon event: 6PM Wednesday, September 25. Free.
ORANGEWALLstudios Celebrating 15 Years!
Gary Hartill founded ORANGEWALLstudios Architecture and Planning in 2004 with a desire to explore architecture and design through four key values: passion, vision, collaboration and craft. The studio’s growing team of talented staff comes from a broad background of skills from across the country, rounding out the studio’s expertise in client-focused and detail-oriented design. Come celebrate the firm's 15th anniversary with Hartill, staff and friends. ORANGEwallstudios, Leftbank Building, 240 North Broadway, Suite 308. 4PM Thursday, September 19. Free.
Learning and Libations: 2020 Global Color and Design Forecast
At the latest installment from the Learning and Libations series from the Portland chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute, Susan Williams, the architectural specification and color & design Manager serving the Puget Sound area for PPG Paints, will be on hand to discuss the 2020 Global Color and Design Forecast, which is researched and identified by PPG’s international team of color experts and specialists. The presentation unravels the moods, mindsets, and design direction we see trending throughout geographies and segments. The overarching title this year is "Flow," an energy between structures, systems, and perceptions. It is time to get out of the polarity paradigm and get in the flow of life, Williams argues, favoring integration and accepting differences as complements. 920 SW 6th Ave, Suite 1300. 6PM Thursday, September 19. $10 ($5 for students).
Design Industry Happy Hour
The PDX Design Industry Happy Hour is an opportunity for designers of all disciplines to meet, relax, and share great ideas. There is no agenda or curriculum, just inspiration, camaraderie, and fun. Come cross-pollinate with a dynamic group of designers on the covered patio at Paymaster! Talk shop, share ideas, or just unwind with a group of creative professionals at the end of the week. Paymaster Lounge, 1020 NW 17th Avenue. 4:30PM Friday, September 20. Free.
Broadway and Midtown Tour
Beginning in the 1890s, the area downtown between Southwest Broadway and Ninth Avenue underwent a dramatic change from a residential neighborhood on the edge of town to a bustling commercial and cultural district. This Architectural Heritage Center tour takes a look at what are today some of the most well recognized and architecturally significant buildings in the city. Attendees will see the work of some of the premier Portland architects of the early 20th century, including A. E. Doyle, John V. Bennes and Morris Whitehouse, while also hearing stories about the city’s first public library and one-time park blocks that were lost to development. Tour meetup location revealed with ticket purchase. 10AM Saturday, September 21. $20 ($12 for AHC members).
Merchants and Markets: Historic Yamhill District Tour
Exploring the heart of Portland’s late-nineteenth century commercial district, this Architectural Heritage Center tour visits the Yamhill Historic District and nearby historic buildings of SW Second and Third Avenues. The route is packed with the names of prominent city pioneers who made their mark as merchants, developers and architects as well as providing some of the city’s finest examples of cast iron, Richardsonian Romanesque and Classical buildings. The tour also will visit the Willamette’s first bridge, the first public market, and the city's first Chinatown as we discuss how the district spearheaded the first preservation efforts for Portland’s downtown. Tour meetup location revealed with ticket purchase. 10AM Tuesday, September 24. $20 ($12 for AHC members).
Sip & Dine at Shine
As part of the Architecture Foundation of Oregon's Dine & Design fundraiser series, which features events in significant architectural spaces, Corey Omey of EMA Architecture and Shine Distillery host this introduction to a new working distillery and restaurant in North Portland that delivers elevated pub food with craft cocktails. The space has been thoughtfully designed with a custom distillery showcased within the restaurant. Shine Distillery and Grill, 4232 North Williams Avenue. 5:30PM Tuesday, September 24. $50.
Hillsdale Hike
The hilly hamlet of Hillsdale was created out of the former Fulton Park Dairy in the early 1950s. Distinguished by parallel automobile era strip malls along Capitol Highway. On this Positively Portland walking tour, attendees will have a look at a few historic sites on our walk past spacious homes with stunning views on our way up to Healy Heights. Baker & Spice, 6330 SW Capitol Highway. 10AM Friday, September 27. $15.
Outside-In: Takashi Yanai
As part of Portland Design Pop's Jamie Hendrickson Memorial Lecture Series, Takashi Yanai, director of the residential studio for Los Angeles-area firm Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects, will present his specific approach to creating residential architecture that exudes the essence of its people and its place. A house is essentially a shelter and a refuge, Yanai argues, but it can also be a metaphor for the lives of the owners and a vessel for their mementos and, in keeping with the Vitruvian dictum that the best buildings “take note of the countries and climates in which they are built,” a site-specific reflection of its topography. Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison. 5PM Friday, September 27. $18 ($12 for emerging professionals, $6 for students — with additional service charges).
Landscapes and History — River View Cemetery
Founded in 1882 and located at the west end of the Sellwood bridge, River View Cemetery is the premier 19th century garden-style cemeteries on the West Coast and one of Portland's most beautiful green spaces. A veritable who's who of 19th century Portland resides there but the landscape architecture of rural cemeteries and their entire conception is one the earliest original American art forms and one of the least appreciated. This tour includes the cemetery's particularly architectural offering of obelisks, monuments and mausoleums, all set within one of the city's most picturesque landscapes. Tour meetup location revealed with ticket purchase. 10AM Saturday, September 28. $20 ($12 for AHC members).
Architect Folger Johnson: The Public and Private Works of a Transplanted Southern Gentleman
Like many ambitious young architects of his generation, Folger Johnson (1882 - 1970) arrived in Portland in the early twentieth century as the booming city emerged as the major metropolis of the Pacific Northwest. Born in Georgia, Johnson received his architectural education at Columbia University in New York and later at L’Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. After arriving in Portland in 1911, Johnson partnered with several significant Portland architects during a 50-year architectural career. Johnson received many public and private commissions including Carnegie libraries in Portland and as far away as Eastern Oregon. His buildings show a command of the classical architectural vocabulary as well as a satisfying flavor of the modernist elements popular in the first three decades of the twentieth century. Nearly a dozen of his designs are now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.This Architectural Heritage Center lecture by architectural historian and Positively Portland Walking Tours founder Eric Wheeler will highlight Johnson's career in Portland including his work on the Town Club in the King's Hill Historic District - one of Johnson's best-known designs. Architectural Heritage Center, 701 SE Grand Avenue. 10AM Saturday, September 28. $20 ($12 for AHC members).
Historic Multnomah Village
The area surrounding Multnomah Village was a hilly, densely wooded wilderness until the establishment of several dairy farms by Swiss immigrants in the 1890s. The development of the electric railway brought economic growth to the small enclave in the early 20th century. We can still see evidence of "streetcar era" buildings on Capitol Hwy in the commercial core of the village today. This Positively Portland Walking tour also includes a walk to Gabriel Park, a very popular local gathering place for recreation with an interesting history. Optional social time with food and beverage at the Lucky Lab Brew Pub after the tour. Tour begins at Gastro Mania Restaurant, 7850 SW Capitol Highway. $15.
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