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Oregon researchers build prototype mass timber home that ‘fits together like gingerbread house’

2024-11-07T11:13:00-05:00

A research team in Oregon has unveiled a mass timber prototype home that seeks to showcase a sustainable, energy-efficient alternative to traditional home construction. Designed by the TallWood Design Institute, a collaboration between the University of Oregon and Oregon State University, the 760-square-foot project was unveiled at an open house event on November 7th.

Image courtesy of the University of Oregon

The home, built from locally sourced mass plywood panels produced by Freres Engineered Wood, aims to address key issues such as affordable housing shortages, wildfire resilience, and economic sustainability. Unlike conventional timber construction, the home is constructed of mass plywood panels shaped to fit together like pieces of a gingerbread house, the team says.

Image courtesy of the University of Oregon

Through the project, the team imagines a future where a home could arrive in a flatpack ...

Get Lectured: University of Oregon, Fall '24

2024-10-17T11:17:00-04:00

Today, the University of Oregon School of Architecture and Environment has shared its public events and lectures information as part of our Get Lectured roundups for Fall 2024.

This week has seen appearances from Bill Leddy and LEVER’s Thomas Robinson. The events continue over the weekend with the two-day Reynolds Symposium from October 18-19.

Next, professors Nico Larco and Kaarin Knudson will make their first Sustainable Design Urban Handbook presentation on October 23. Following that are three lectures by Ameyalli Mañon-Ferguson, Julie Eizenberg and Katherina Körber on October 25, November 11, and November 13, respectively. Nader Tehrani closes the term with the final lecture on November 18.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

Your next role could be teaching mass timber at the University of Oregon

2024-10-09T07:00:00-04:00

Following our previous look at an opening for a Design and Construction Manager at the Eames Institute, we are using this week’s edition of our Job Highlights series to explore an open role on Archinect Jobs for an Assistant Professor of Architectural Design, Structures, and Mass Timber at the University of Oregon.

The role, based in Eugene, Oregon, requires an individual who will “have experience or show evidence of capacity to effectively teach structures for architecture students and lead research in mass timber structures.” The position will also involve research into new advances in sustainable materials, construction, and technology to produce eco-friendly, net zero, and low-impact buildings.

Related on Archinect: RIOS’ 42XX office design introduces mass timber architecture to L.A.’s Westside. Image credit: Pavel Bendov, ArchExplorer

Why the role interests us

The open role at the University of Oregon offers us the opportunity to look back on some of the significant research ad...

The University of Oregon's College of Design Fall '24 events feature Julie Eizenberg, Nader Tehrani, Billy Leddy, and the Reynolds Symposium

2024-09-09T19:56:00-04:00

Class is back in session at the University of Oregon School of Architecture & Environment. As part of our ongoing event highlight at Archinect Partner Schools, let’s take a look at what’s in store at the College of Design in Eugene and Portland for the Fall 2024 semester.

The events start with the timely workshop on "Overcoming Academic Perfectionism," which takes place on September 12th, followed by lectures from Billy Leddy of Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects on October 14th in Eugene and Thomas Robinson of LEVER Architecture on October 16th in Portland. Back in Eugene, the Reynolds Symposium takes place from October 18th to the 19th featuring keynote speakers Evan Reis and Nicholas B. Rajkovich. You can register for the symposium here.

L'Angolo Estate Winery by LEVER Architecture. Image courtesy: LEVER Architecture

The month of October continues with a lecture from Barry Richards of the Rockwell Group on October 23rd and another from Maura Rockcastle on October 25th. NADAAA’s Nader...

University of Oregon opens fellowship for design and spatial justice

2024-04-03T12:19:00-04:00

Following last week’s look at an opening for a Curator of the Loeb Fellowship at Harvard University, we are using this week’s edition of our Job Highlights series to explore an open role on Archinect Jobs for Visiting Faculty Fellowships in Design for Spatial Justice at the University of Oregon, an Archinect Partner School.

The roles, based in Eugene and Portland, call for individuals to teach six courses per year on the topics of environmental, social, and spatial justice in design. “We particularly encourage applications from candidates who are interested in teaching questions in spatial justice at the intersections of gender, race, ethnicity, indigenousness, sexuality, and economic inequality and who are interested in teaching innovation design/research methods with a focus on architectural design studio,” the university says about the fellowship opportunities.

University of Oregon's College of Design awarded more than $16 million in federal funds to bolster timber application in construction

2022-09-19T15:14:00-04:00

The University of Oregon has been awarded more than $16 million in federal funds as part of a grant to the Oregon Mass Timber Coalition from the Build Back Better Regional Challenge.

A total of $41.4 million was awarded to the coalition by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration. $24.6 million is heading to the TallWood Design Institute, a collaboration between Oregon State University and the University of Oregon that aims to advance mass timber construction and other wood product building approaches. Oregon State University will receive $8 million.

Previously on Archinect: Mass timber, clean energy, biotech, and Indigenous communities are among the biggest winners of the $1 Billion Build Back Better Regional Challenge

At the University of Oregon, the funds will be split between two programs in the College of Design, with $14.6 million going toward the Oregon Acoustic Research Laboratory and $2 million for an affordable housing prototype using mass tim...

Get Lectured: University of Oregon, Fall'20

2020-10-20T17:29:00-04:00

The University of Oregon School of Architecture and Environment ramps up for their Fall Lecture series “Care of” or “c/o.”

Archinect's ongoing Get Lectured series features each school's lecture series and their graphic design prowess with eye-catching lecture posters.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

Featuring a poster designed by Isaac Morris, a BArch candidate, UO School of Architecture kicks off with Berlin architect Anupama Kundoo and Hiroto Kobayashi and Naomi Maki of Kobayashi Maki Design Workshop on October 26th with "Care of Time." November the school welcomes landscape historian, theorist and design Alison Hirsch and landscape and policy scholar Willow Lung-Amam for their second event "Care of Production" on November 2nd. “Care of Material” will feature UO School of Architecture & Environment Visiting Faculty Fellow in Design for Spatial Justice Nina Maritz of Nina Maritz Architects, Sean C...

University of Oregon announces call for Design for Spatial Justice Fellowship applicants

2020-02-10T12:25:00-05:00

The University of Oregon is currently seeking applicants for its latest cohort of Visiting Faculty Fellowships in Design for Spatial Justice.

The initiative, according to a listing currently featured on the Archinect Jobs board, “will award up to six faculty fellowships in design/research and teaching for durations of two terms to three years, to start as early as September 2020.” Applications will be reviewed beginning February 15, 2020.

The fellowships are part of the UO School of Architecture & Environment’s year-old Design for Spatial Justice Initiative, a program that spans across the school’s architecture, interior architecture, landscape architecture, and historic preservation professional programs in Eugene and Portland, with the aim of “changing the voices that are at the table in order to change the kinds of questions that can be brought to the table,” Erin Moore, Director of the School of Architecture & Environment and Associate Dean of the College of Design, explains t...

The University of Oregon College of Design is searching for a new dean

2020-01-20T20:31:00-05:00

The University of Oregon (UO) College of Design in Eugene, Oregon is currently searching for a new dean.

According to a job listing hosted by the Association for Collegiate Schools of Architecture, the 1,800-student college is home to 1,300 undergraduates and 500 graduate students and offers degrees across three schools: Architecture & Environment; Planning, Public Policy, and Management; and Art + Design.

We're conducting a search for @uoregondesign's new Dean. There's so much good work brewing out here across the art and environmental design fields in climate action, spatial justice, housing, materials research, and public health. Please share and join us: https://t.co/0S0x0EdV8n
— Justin Fowler (@jmfowl) January 20, 2020

In 2018, Oregon architect Erin Moore was named as the new Head of the college's School of Architecture & Environment.

The college's School of Architecture & Environment recently unveiled four new fellows in Design for Spatial Justice that will focus on research...

What makes a work of architecture American?

2017-09-11T20:53:00-04:00

“Whether there is or is not a Northwest regional style of architecture is debatable,” said John Yeon in 1986, “but what is certain is that lot of people want to think there is.”

In "A Fortuitous Shadow," Keith Eggener is inspired by the Portland Art Museum's recent exhibition on John Yeon's life and legacy to explore the concept of regionalism in architecture, beginning with the doubts expressed by the architect long associated with Pacific Northwest regional modernism.

Humanities go digital with archive of historic Rome

2017-07-26T19:42:00-04:00

A multidisciplinary team of researchers from University of Oregon, Stanford and Dartmouth have co-developed a new digital archive. The collection contains nearly 4,000 drawings, prints, paintings and photographs of historic Rome from the 16th to 20th centuries that are now available online to the public. The Rodolfo Lanciani Digital Archive brings together pieces collected by Lanciani, a renowned Roman archaeologist, and reflect Rome’s transformation over the centuries. The physical collection is housed in the Palazzo Venezia.

UO architecture Professor James Tice, principal investigator for the Rodolfo Lanciani Digital Archive, notes the project makes accessible “a precious archival collection and demonstrates how similar materials can be made available to scholars, students and the general public through the digital humanities.”

Porto di Ripetta

Erik Steiner, co-director of the Center for Textual and Spatial Studies (CESTA) at Stanford, observes, “this is part of our long-term amb...

Get Lectured: University of Oregon, Winter '17

2017-01-20T13:42:00-05:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Winter & Spring 2017

Archinect's Get Lectured is back in session for Winter and Spring 2017. Get Lectured is an ongoing series where we feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. Check back frequently to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss. Mark those calendars!

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

See who's speaking at the University of Oregon Department of Architecture in Eugene and Portland for Winter '17.

EUG = Eugene campus, Lawrence Hall (LA)
PDX = Portland campus, White Stag Block (WSB)

Shanghai Xian Dai Architectural Design Group - Shanghai, China
Eugene: Jan 20, 11:30 am LA 206
Portland: Jan 23, 5:30 pm WSB 451

Claire Agre / West 8, Principal + Senior Landscape Architect - New York, NY
Eugene: Jan 23, 5:30 pm Giustina Ballroom, Ford Alumni Center

Margaret Crawford, Professor of Architectu...

Get Lectured: University of Oregon, Fall '16

2016-10-13T12:00:00-04:00

Gearing up for another eventful school year this fall? Archinect's Get Lectured is back in session. Get Lectured is an ongoing series where we feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. Check back frequently to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss. Mark those calendars!

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

See what Fall '16 lecture events are coming up at the University of Oregon Department of Architecture in Eugene and Portland.

EUG = Eugene campus, Lawrence Hall (LA)
PDX = Portland campus, White Stag Block (WSB)

Oct 13
Energy Efficiency Innovation Seminars
Keynote Speaker: Thomas Auer / Partner and Managing Director, Transsolar; Professor, Technical University of Munich
Additional Speakers: Behnisch Architekten and Geokoax
at EUG, 3:30-5:30 p.m. at LA 206

Catherine Johnson and Rebecca Rudolph / Design, Bitches
Oct 24 - EUG, 5:30 p.m. at LA 206
Oc...

Oregon housing design curriculum wins national award

2016-02-24T15:08:00-05:00

“The combination of the course offerings on a regular basis in subject-area courses, housing studios, design-build, as well as programs for both students and the primary faculty involved—that we feel is unique,” says UO architecture professor Michael Fifield.

The University of Oregon Department of Architecture was recognized in January as among the finest in the country for its housing design education.

UO architecture faculty members Michael Fifield, Peter Keyes, and Rob Thallon, who spearhead the UO Housing Specialization Program, received the “Housing Design Education Award-Excellence in Housing Education Course or Activity.” The accolade is given jointly by Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) and the American Institute of Architecture (AIA).

The three professors oversee a variety of subject-specific courses. Thallon teaches Design Build and Residential Building Construction courses, including Oregon BILDS (Building Integrated Livable Designs Sustainably); Keyes instructs a thesis studio and a Housing Design course; and Fifield, the program’s director, teaches housing design studios and subject-area courses including Housing Prototypes, Community Design, and Minimal Dwelling.

“Very few other—if any—housing programs a...

Get Lectured: University of Oregon, Winter '16

2016-01-08T13:25:00-05:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Winter/Spring 2016

Archinect's Get Lectured is back in session. Get Lectured is an ongoing series where we feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. Check back frequently to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

Our next featured poster comes from the University of Oregon, Department of Architecture.

All lectures free and open to the public. EUG = Eugene campus; PDX = Portland campus

SHANGHAI XIAN DAI ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN GROUP - Shanghai
EUG - Jan 11, 5:30 p.m. at Lawrence Hall. Room 206
PDX - Jan 12, 2:30 p.m. at White Stag Block. Room 150

HALLGEIR HOMSTVEDT / Hallgeir Homstvedt Design - Oslo, Norway
PDX - Jan 19, 5:00 p.m. at White Stag Block. Room 150
EUG - Jan 20 5:30 p.m. at Lawrence Hall. Room 278

JOHN QUALE / University of New Mexico
EUG - Jan 25, 5:30 p...

Get Lectured: University of Oregon, Fall '15

2015-10-08T09:30:00-04:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Fall 2015

Archinect's Get Lectured is ready for another school year. Get Lectured is an ongoing series where we feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. Check back frequently to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

Our next featured poster comes from the University of Oregon, Department of Architecture.

All lectures free and open to the public.
EUG = Eugene campus, Lawrence Hall
PDX = Portland campus, White Stag Block

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

Listed below are upcoming events.

Billy Leddy & Marsha Maytum / Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects - San Francisco
EUG - Oct. 12, 5:30 p.m. at LA 206
PDX - Oct. 13, 5:30 p.m. at Room 150

Luis Hoyos / California Polytechnic State University, Pomona
EUG - Oct. 19, 5:30 p.m. at LA 206
PDX - Oct. 20, 5:30 p.m. at Room 150

Carrie Strickland & William Neburka...

Get Lectured: University of Oregon, Spring '15

2015-04-02T17:00:00-04:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Winter-Spring 2015

Archinect's Get Lectured is back in session! Get Lectured is an ongoing series where we feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. Check back frequently to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

Our latest featured poster comes from the University of Oregon School of Architecture and Allied Arts in Eugene and Portland for their upcoming Spring '15 lecture events. The school also announced Tine Hegli of Snøhetta as the 2015 Belluschi Distinguished Visiting Professor.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

All lectures free and open to the public.
EUG: Lawrence Hall, 1190 Franklin Blvd., Eugene, Oregon
PDX: White Stag Block, 70 NW Couch St., Portland, Oregon

Apr 8
6 pm
Judy Yung / Emeritus Professor of American Studies, University of California Santa Cruz
"Angel Island: Immigrant Gat...

Get Lectured: University of Oregon, Winter '15

2015-01-05T13:26:00-05:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Winter-Spring 2015

Archinect's Get Lectured is back for 2015. As a quick refresher, Get Lectured is an ongoing series where we feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. Check back frequently to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

Our first poster of 2015 comes from the University of Oregon, School of Architecture and Allied Arts in Eugene and Portland, OR for their Winter 2015 lecture series events.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

All lectures free and open to the public.
PDX = Portland campus, Lawrence Hall
EUG = Eugene campus, White Stag Building Event Room

JANUARY

NANCY YEN-WEN CHENG / Dept. of Architecture, University of Oregon
Jan 8 - PDX, 12:00 pm at WSB Event Room

FRANK ESCHER + RAVI GUNEWARDENA / EscherGuneWardena Architecture
Jan 12 - EUG, 5:30 pm at LA 206
Jan 13 - PDX, 5:30 pm at ...

Get Lectured: University of Oregon, Fall '14

2014-09-29T13:45:00-04:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Fall 2014

Say hello to another edition of Archinect's Get Lectured! As a refresher, we'll be featuring a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. If you're not doing so already, be sure to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

Our next featured poster comes from the University of Oregon, School of Architecture in Eugene and Portland, OR.

All lectures free and open to the public.
PDX = Portland campus, Lawrence Hall
EUG = Eugene campus, White Stag Block

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

GORDON GILL / Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture - Chicago, Beijing
Oct. 7 - PDX, 5:00 p.m. at Natural Capital Center, Ecotrust Building

PHILLIPE BLOCK / Block Research Group, ETH - Zurich
Oct. 13 - EUG, 5:30 p.m. at LA 206
Oct. 14 - PDX, 5:30 p.m. at WS 150

NEIL DENARI / Neil M. Denari Architects - Los Angeles
Oct. 20...

Get Lectured: University of Oregon, Spring '14

2014-03-27T13:31:00-04:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Winter/Spring 2014

Archinect's Get Lectured is up and running again for the Winter/Spring '14 term! As a refresher from our Fall 2013 guide, every week we'll feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current season. If you're not doing so already, be sure to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

The University of Oregon School of Architecture is back again for today with their upcoming Spring '14 lecture series.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

Note each lecture's time, date, and location.
EUG = Lawrence Hall: 1190 Franklin Blvd Eugene, OR 97403
PDX = White Stag Block: 70 NW Couch St Portland, OR
PDX = Smith CFI Showroom: 620 NE 19th Ave Portland, OR

APRIL

Hopes 20 Conference: Inevitability
April 1-6
More info

Prof. Dr. J. Alexander Schmidt
Germany
April 7 | 5:30 PM | Lawrence Hall 177 - EUG
April 9 | 5:30 PM |...

Get Lectured: University of Oregon, Winter '14

2014-01-13T13:46:00-05:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Winter/Spring 2014

Archinect's Get Lectured is up and running again for the Winter/Spring '14 term! As a refresher from our Fall 2013 guide, every week we'll feature a school's lecture series--and their snazzy posters--for the current season. Be sure to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

Our next poster comes from the University of Oregon, School of Architecture and Allied Arts.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

Note each lecture's dates, locations, and times.
Lectures will take place at:
U.Oregon - Lawrence Hall (EUG): 1190 Franklin Blvd, Eugene, OR 97403
U.Oregon Portland - White Stag Block (PDX): 70 NW Couch St, Portland, OR

JANUARY

Tine Hegli / Snøhetta - Oslo, Norway
Jan 13 at EUG Lawrence 115, 5:30 p.m.
Jan 14 at PDX White Stag Block Event Room, 5:30 p.m.
Sponsored by Walker Warner Architects

Walke...

Get Lectured: University of Oregon Fall '13

2013-10-15T12:50:00-04:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Fall 2013

Here on Archinect we recently launched "Get Lectured", where we'll feature a school's lecture series--along with their snazzy posters--for the current season. Check back regularly to stay up-to-date and mark your calendars for any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

Today's list of lecture events is from the University of Oregon, School of Architecture and Allied Arts - Department of Architecture.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

Note each event's time and locations.
EUG = Eugene campus
Department of Architecture
1206 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403

PDX = White Stag Block, Portland
70 NW Couch St.
Portland, OR 97209

OCTOBER

October 7
5:30 pm
Donlyn Lyndon / Eva Li Professor Emeritus of Architecture and Urban Design-UC Berkeley
at EUG - 206 Lawrence Hall
October 9:
5:30 pm
at PDX - 451 White Stag Block

...

Timber in the City Competition: Design Students Imagine a Mixed-Use Complex for Red Hook

2013-08-14T13:47:00-04:00

The Timber in the City competition organized by ACSA, the Binational Softwood Lumber Council, and Parsons The New School for Design, attracted over 1,000 architecture students and young professionals to create proposals for a mid-rise, mixed-use complex addressing NYC housing needs. The winners were chosen by a panel of leading architects and professors based on the use of wood as the primary structural material while meeting the needs of the Brooklyn waterfront community.

See the winning projects: www.acsa-arch.org/timber

The competition focused on a site in the Brooklyn waterfront neighborhood of Red Hook, with a population of public housing residents and working artists and designers, and a number of new residential and commercial developments. With a focus on regenerating the urban manufacturing sector and addressing housing needs, entrants, working individually or in teams, were tasked with incorporating affordable housing units; a bike sharing and repair shop; as well as a vocational, manufacturing and distribution center for the innovative use of wood technology.

“Today, timber is being used in new, innovative ways to help address the economic and environmental challenges of the build environment,” said Cees de Jager, executive director of BSLC. “This competition brought to life the way the design community is recognizing the benefits of wood – from reduced economic and environmental impact to enhanced aesthetic value and structural perfo...