It was a beautiful Oregon weekend at the coast and ‘The New Now’ was the theme this year. Headlining presenters from Los Angeles, Houston, Berkeley and some home grown Oregonians such as Mark Frohnmayer joined us and challenged and engaged our design professionals. There were breakout sessions and workshops following the presentations that encouraged questions...

Have you wanted to be a mentor or be mentored? Have you wondered what it would be like or what it would take? Come to a question and answer, brown bag lunch on March 13th to find out. We hope to see you at noon at the Broadway Commons, Africa Room, don’t forget your lunch!...

You are invited to join the board and fellow members on November 8th at 5:30pm at Gamberetti’s to discuss the past year and plan for the upcoming year. Enjoy hosted appetizers while mingling and brainstorming for 2012.  Are there things you liked this year? Something you’d like to see more of? Would you like to...

Tours: September 1, Noon, Brooks Chemeketa September 19, Noon, McMinnville Chemeketa Upcoming: First Nazarene Church in Salem and Willamette’s Renovated Playhouse – Pelton Theater.    

AIAO is turning 100 on October 27th, 2011. In preparation for this occasion, there is a survey of your top 10 buildings in Oregon. Please take a minute and fill out this form. Watch your email or check out AIAO’s website for upcoming events!

The joint AIA SWO and Salem meeting was full of information and interesting technology. The tour started at OSU’s Wave Research Center, moved on to OSU’s LEED Platinum Energy Center and concluded with a lecture, dinner and slide show at CH2M Hill by Professor Yeh. The topics, although fascinating and tragic simultaneously were pertinent and...

The Architects in Schools Program has concluded for the year, with 75 fourth graders hopefully having a better grasp on what architects do. Starting back in May, Blake Bural and Leah McMillan began with introducing topics such as scale, square footage, clients and basic architectural shapes and then quickly moved into building and designing. The...

Join our AIA neighbors to the south at a joint meeting in Corvallis on May 18th. The program includes a tour of the only LEED Power Plant, the nation’s premier wave simulator, and a slide presentation and discussion on Japan’s earthquake and tsunami damage. Dinner will be served at CH2M Hill’s new Corvallis Building.  To...