Touring the new Literary Arts headquarters, and turning the page
Executive director Andrew Proctor leads the way through a new Central Eastside office, bookstore, café, and event space scheduled to open in November.
Executive director Andrew Proctor leads the way through a new Central Eastside office, bookstore, café, and event space scheduled to open in November.
How best to replace Portland’s busy east-west span? Bridge designer Keith Brownlie of Britain’s BEAM Architects parses the best choice from a sextet of arches and cable-stays. Now the bridge committee has selected an inverted “Y” cable stay design.
The designers of the Portland airport’s new terminal, opening Aug. 14, create an environmentally friendly, technologically innovative space that feels like a “first walk in an Oregon forest.”
The design team proposes a new welcome center, colorful paint jobs, bold signage, and justice-oriented collaboration to transform the university campus and help revitalize downtown.
As the deadline for public comment approaches, a stagehand at the 3,000-seat downtown performance hall argues that a vital voice has been largely left out of the conversation.
The urban university intends to create a stronger sense of campus identity — and become a leader in revitalizing downtown Portland.
The university’s revised design proposal for a Keller Auditorium replacement offers two venues in one: a Keller-sized 3,000-seat hall and a versatile 1,200-seat companion space.
Buildings by Portland’s two greatest midcentury-modern architects – Belluschi’s Central Lutheran Church and Yeon’s wooded Jorgensen House – face uncertain futures.
OSU’s new performance and exhibition space, a busy hub of activity from morning to evening, brings a chance to transform how people see the university – and it has an open house April 6.
The 3,000-seat Keller needs replacing. What’s the best choice: a new building at PSU, a new hall at a revamped Lloyd Center, or a full-scale renovation where it is now?
Sure, there will still be books, but get ready for big changes in the libraries emerging from 2020’s $387 million bond.
Next spring’s opening will make Corvallis a destination for world-class arts performances, exhibits, and education.
The Portland Art Museum’s redesigned, glass-ensconced addition, due to open in summer 2025, will make viewing easier and could be a boon to an ailing downtown.
Nestled beside Forest Park, the former Salvation Army White Shield Center is set to become a whole new cultural campus, devoted to classes, lectures and artist residencies.
Either way, seismic concerns are pushing a decision. A recent tour of Oregon’s biggest performance hall demonstrated the building’s need and its untapped potential.
Portland’s 1917 performance hall can’t withstand a major quake. What’s next: Expensive upgrades or more expensive replacement of the hall?
A Tuesday ribbon-cutting sets the stage for art and performance at the new, $55 million Patricia Reser Center for the Arts.
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