PORTLAND, Or. (31 July 2024) -- Portland State University School of Architecture students have returned to Pendarvis Farm to design and build a new, original minimal-waste performance stage at the annual Pickathon music festival, which runs from August 1 to 4, 2024 in Happy Valley, OR. The... View full entry »
PORTLAND, OR (1 September 2022) – At Portland State University’s School of Architecture, faculty and students are working alongside architecture firms, determined to remove barriers that often keep young people from underrepresented groups from ever dreaming of becoming an architect, or even... View full entry »
Portland, Ore. (4 August 2022) -- As the Pickathon music festival returns from its two-year hiatus, students and faculty at Portland State University School of Architecture have created a brand-new performance venue from reused building materials at the beloved Oregon music festival, which runs... View full entry »
Professor Jeff Schnabel, who was promoted to full professor in May, has been named director of the School of Architecture at Portland State University. Schnabel will assume the directorship on September 1, 2019, succeeding Professor Clive Knights, who is stepping down to rejoin the School’s... View full entry »
The Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake—whenever it occurs--is expected to devastate the Pacific Northwest region and destroy the Burnside Bridge in Portland, Oregon. Expert analysis indicates that the bridge is likely to collapse in a manner that would block north-south ship traffic in the... View full entry »
"Anthropocene," a new sculpture designed by Assistant Professor Aaron Whelton with the contributions of architecture students Jonathon Brearley, Griffin Lutz, Kip Olkowski, Molly Jacobs, and Kagan Reardon, was unveiled on the PSU campus on Friday, April 26. The sculpture underscores PSU's... View full entry »
Homelessness among military veterans in Clackamas County is on the rise. According to the Clackamas County 2017 Point-in-Time Count of Homeless Individuals, the number of homeless veterans increased by 15 percent between 2015 and 2017. This year, however, a small group of homeless veterans in... View full entry »
Portland State University School of Architecture is proud to offer a new scholarship for first-generation Oregon architecture students, thanks to a generous gift by Portland-based Opsis Architecture. The Opsis Architecture Scholarship will benefit a first-generation college student who is an... View full entry »
Portland State University School of Architecture’s Center for Public Interest Design has been honored by the 2018 SEED + Pacific Rim Awards for their work on two collaborative design-build projects: a Cultural Center in Chamanga, Ecuador, and the Kenton Women’s Village in Portland, Oregon. ... View full entry »
Portland, Ore. (15 June 2018)—Americans for the Arts today honored outstanding public arts projects created in 2017 through the Public Art Network Year in Review program, the only national program that specifically recognizes the most compelling public art. Chosen by public art experts, the... View full entry »
Sergio Palleroni, Portland State University Professor of Architecture and Director of the Center for Public Interest Design, was interviewed together with Jane Anderson in the latest episode of the Curry Stone Design Prize's Social Design Insights podcast (#68: Bringing Designers Together, Part... View full entry »
PORTLAND, Ore. (9 October 2017) – Portland State University School of Architecture proudly welcomes three leading architects and scholars as Distinguished Visiting Professors in the 2017-2018 academic year. Leni Schwendinger, a recognized authority in the field of urban lighting, will hold a... View full entry »
The Curry Stone Design Prize has named Portland State University School of Architecture professor Sergio Palleroni a member of its 2017 Social Design Circle.The Curry Stone Design Prize is awarded annually by the Curry Stone Foundation to recognize innovative designers, practitioners, and projects... View full entry »
Portland State University’s Center for Public Interest Design and School of Architecture are proud to join with Design Corps, Social Economic Environmental Design (SEED), DesignBuildXchange, and Live Projects Network to host Building on the Common Ground: Structures for Inclusion Conference... View full entry »
Portland State University students in architecture and public interest design took on a unique challenge this fall: design and build micro dwelling units, or “sleeping pods,” to keep homeless people safe and warm this winter.Their innovative housing units were displayed alongside those... View full entry »
(PORTLAND, Ore.) 21 December 2016 – The work of six PSU Master of Architecture students was recognized at the 2016 AIA Northwest and Pacific Region Student Design Awards (AIA NW+PR) this fall.At the November 5 awards ceremony held in Fairbanks, Alaska, Nicolas Pectol (Master of... View full entry »
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE LAUNCHES CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEREST DESIGN The first of its kind in the country, the Center for Public Interest Design is funded by a $1.5 million anonymous gift PORTLAND, Or. (20 May 2013) – Portland State... View full entry »
PORTLAND, Or. (4 April 2013) – Portland State University’s School of Architecture has announced that its professional Master of Architecture program, established in 2009, has received initial accreditation from the National Architectural Accrediting Board. "We've had many... View full entry »
