Lectures and Forums

Dan Wood is principal and co-founder of WORKac, a New York City-based firm developing architectural and urban planning projects that engage issues of culture and consciousness, nature and artifice, surrealism and pragmatism. The firm’s practice extends from the United States, to Russia, and China, [...]

This is an opportunity to engage with local leaders in the field of design. A panel of compelling members of the Portland design community will be gathered to discuss the integral role collaboration plays in the emerging multi-disciplinary design industry.

Presentation by Nina Smith, Executive Director, GoodWeave and Andrew Neave, Artistic Director of Lapchi, LLC. Bourbon and Beer reception to follow with Burnside Bourbon courtesy of local distillery, Eastide Distilling This important and thought-provoking presentation will cover key aspects to [...]

Join the University of Oregon in Portland Department of Architecture as we welcome Achim Menges, architect and professor at the Institute for Computational Design | University of Stuttgart. A pioneer in construction innovation, Achim Menges will discuss how material characteristics can drive architectural form. Rather [...]

Each Friday at 4pm, the students, faculty and community of the Portland State University Department of Architecture converge on the Shattuck Hall Annex to hear the remarks of notable architects, artists, designers, landscape architects, academics and fellow students about their [...]

The 2012 Build Small | Live Large Housing Summit will gather leaders in the development, real estate, building and design sector from across the bioregion for an intensive day of inspiration, project case studies and peer-to-peer learning. Industry professionals will [...]