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A s aia national reports in “The Business of Architecture: 2014 AIA Firm Survey Report,”

design activity at architecture firms has recovered to pre-recession levels (see story on Page 4). Many Oregon f irms are enjoying the economic rebound, which is bringing a surge of new projects, the ability to hire new staff, and relief that the Great Recession may finally be in the rear-view mirror.

Reprioritize and reinventStuart Emmons’ firm had just marked a decade in business. He had recently staffed up to 10 employees. A new courthouse, an office building, a rehabilitation of a historic property and condominium projects were on the boards. His firm was maturing into the type of entity he had dreamed of building since he was very young.

Then came the economic storm that put a halt to nearly all of the firm’s work. Looking back, Emmons uses a different description.

“I saw it as a cataclysmic tsunami,” he recalled, noting the difficulty of letting talented employees go and eventually shutting the firm’s doors.

“It was really hard. Everything I had worked for in my life was pretty much taken away very quickly.”

But the tumult led Emmons to reprioritize – and reinvent himself. “I

thought about what I had done with my career up to that point and what was important to me. I sat back and looked at what I could do to be more effective, have more fun and make more of a difference.”

For Emmons, that translated about four years ago into a focus on high-quality prefab and modular design and construction for housing and schools. As his website notes, “We

Firms share strategies, lessons learned as signs of

economic recovery strengthen

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On the Cover• Firms share strategies, lessons

learned as signs of economic recovery strengthen

President’s Letter• Opportunity is now to help realign AIA 1

National & Regional News• Design activity recovers to

pre-recession levels, AIA report shows 4

State News• Symposium focuses on issues

architects’ survey identified as priorities 6

• Schnabel named 2014 Van Evera Bailey Fellow 6

AIA Portland• AIA Portland celebrates innovative

design during annual awards gala 10–11• Competition focus of PSU School

of Architecture lecture series 12

AIA Salem• Future of Howard Hall lies with

state’s Land Use Board of Appeals 13

AIA Southern Oregon• AIA Southern Oregon starts

emerging architects group 14

AIA Southwestern Oregon• UO launches fundraising campaign

for architecture school, celebrates top ranking for sustainable design education 17

Practice• Firm News 18

Kah San Chako Haws is the Pacific

Northwest’s first completed modular

multifamily affordable housing project,

and one of the first in the United States.

Stuart Emmons has put a focus on

this and other high-quality prefab

and modular design and construction

projects in the last few years as part

of an effort to bring innovations to the

architecture and construction fields.

Photo courtesy of Michael Mathers

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A IA OREGON2014 DELEGATES Opportunity is now to help realign AIA

Legislative focus on architect liability, exemption to the Architecture Practice Act, resiliency plan, among other issues

From the AIA Oregon President

OREGONarchitectWINTER 2014–2015Volume 13, Number 4

Rod Ashley, AIA

AIA Oregon President

STAFFExecutive Robert Hoffman, AIA Vice President/CEO

Managing Director Amy Sabin

Member Services Amy Dragon Coordinator

Programs Coordinator Colleen Bastendorf

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEPresident Roderick Ashley, AIA

President -elect Vacant (election in Nov. 2014)

Past President Leonard Lodder, AIA

Secretary William Foster, AIA

Treasurer Anthony Moreschi, AIA

Co-Vice President of Legislative Affairs Richard Bryant, AIA

Co-Vice President of Legislative Affairs Curt Wilson, AIA

PORTLAND CHAPTERPresident Stefee Knudsen, AIA

President-Elect Dave Otte, AIA

Delegate Doug Benson, AIA

Delegate Stan Chesshir, AIA

Delegate Alene Davis, AIA

Delegate Bob Hastings, FAIA

Delegate Rob Lecher, AIA

Delegate Lauren Loosveldt, AIA

Delegate Jay Raskin, AIA

Delegate Joseph Readdy, AIA

Delegate Allison Titus, AIA

SALEM CHAPTERPresident Ty Koellmann, AIA

President-Elect Blake Bural, AIA

Delegate William Foster, AIA

Delegate Leonard Lodder, AIA

SOUTHERN OREGON CHAPTERPresident Beverly Thruston, AIA

President-Elect Dana Ing Crawford, AIA

Delegate Mark McKechnie, AIA

Delegate Brian Westerhout, AIA

SOUTHWESTERN OREGON CHAPTERPresident Scott Clarke, AIA

President-Elect Jenna Fribley, AIA

Delegate Seth Anderson, AIA

Delegate Will Dixon, AIA

Delegate Vacant

Delegate Assoc. Dan Abrahamson, Assoc. AIA

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R ecently I had the plea-sure of attending a wonderfully enlightening presentation about

the history of the western alphabet presented by Elizabeth Anderson of Anderson Krygier Inc. Walking the audience through a “real-time” calli-graphic history, Elizabeth illustrated man’s first representative characters, continuing through the letters we are familiar with today. It was a story about change – drawing symbols with char-coal sticks, chiseling letters into stone and eventually leading to today’s fluid letter styles.

As interesting as these developments are, I was also struck by the causes that prompted evolution and change. What surprised me most was the fact that cursive writing is being phased out of school curriculum, and “tapping” on a keyboard is now the new writing lesson. What at first was an unpleasant shock slowly moved me to the realization and understanding of why things do change and that it is critical we stay current on how to be relevant in our world. It is inevitable that change occurs even though we may not be totally aware of it happening, and change is often nec-essary not only for improving our situ-ation, but also to allow us to be more efficient at the same time.

The more I thought about the progres-sion of our alphabet the more I realized that satisfying a need is guided by the technology available at the time, and the execution of a solution typically follows in the most efficient way possible. This is my new metaphor when analyzing where AIA Oregon is today and where our organization should be heading.

During our November Annua l Meeting and Strategic Planning Session, we began to visualize and orga-nize our thoughts on how AIA Oregon and its four local chapters can better work together and share programming, resources, talent and administrative tasks. As we find our world connections growing closer, we are no longer bound by our geographic boundaries and we have a fertile and invigorating oppor-tunity to partner more closely with our neighbors. Please watch for our propos-als and be ready to comment. If you are interested in participating in any way, our executive director, Robert Hoffman, will be happy to provide you with more information on this topic.

On O c t . 17, t he A I A Ore gon Board of Directors held the 2014 Oregon Architecture and Public Policy Symposium at the Center for Architecture in Portland. Two pan-els presented and discussed liability exposure for architects and resiliency issues affecting our state. And two AIA Oregon board members presented a summary of recent activities of the Legislative Affairs Committee.

Moderated by AIA Oregon lobby-ist Cindy Robert, the first panel com-prised of attorney John Baker, AIA, Joe Pinzone, AIA, of SERA Architects, and Phil Dollar of LaPorte Insurance dis-cussed proposed legislation and exam-ples of legislation intended to address liability issues, as well as opportunities to better leverage current laws affect-ing liability exposure for architects. As we watch developments in California and elsewhere which are placing more responsibility upon architects, we are alert to any discussion at the legislative level that would place an unfair burden upon us and our work.

The second panel was moderated by AIA Oregon Board Director Jay Raskin, AIA, with Nathan Good Architects, and included Yumei Wang, natural hazard specialist with the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries; Kent Yu of SEFT Engineering; and Edward Wolf, a citizen activist focused on necessary seismic improvements for our schools. The discussion centered on the history and current issues facing the Oregon Resiliency Plan, and the state’s efforts to plan for and recover from natural disasters. Great strides are being made to prepare us to recover as quickly as possible should a natural disaster occur.

Curt Wilson, AIA, of Eugene’s Pivot Architecture and Alene Davis, AIA, of Portland’s SERA Architects, both mem-bers of AIA Oregon’s Legislative Affairs Committee, updated us about our pub-lic policy position statements. The com-mittee’s work is focusing on five priority issues identified through a recent online survey: architect liability, exemption to the Architecture Practice Act, the Oregon Resiliency Plan, Qualifications-based Selection, and the Expanded Practice Act.

The AIA Northwest & Pacific Region replaced this year’s regional confer-ence with its first annual NW&PR

Leadership Summit, held Oct. 2 in Tacoma. Focusing on Repositioning, the summit provided an opportunity for component and chapter officers, staff and emerging professionals to discuss chapter activities around the region, as well as what successes can be shared and replicated.

The keynote address by Sharon Sutton, FAIA, began the afternoon’s topic of engaging emerging professionals to be the next generation of AIA and com-munity leaders. The day concluded with the Annual Business Meeting, dur-ing which Chere LeClair, AIA, from Bozeman, Mont., was elected our new region director.

Chere, a well-respected practitioner and educator, will replace outgoing director Bill Seider, FAIA, from Eugene and joins Donald King, FAIA, from Seattle as our first regional represen-tatives to the institute’s newly formed Strategic Council. We are very grate-ful to Bill for his tireless efforts and visionary leadership during this time of transition. (Next year’s summit will be held Sept. 23 in conjunction with the Annual AIA Montana Fall Conference in Bozeman.)

During the evening’s Honors and Awa rds Presentat ion, Por t la nd ’s Jon Schleuning, FAIA, from SRG Partnership was awarded the distin-guished Region’s Honor Medal. This honor recognized Jon not only for his notable design talents and leadership, but also for his exceptional service to the profession and his encouragement of emerging professionals and students.

Mahlum Architects, with offices in Portland and Seattle, received the

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N A T I O N A L & R E G I O N A L N E W S

Hugh Hochberg, The Coxe Group

Effective leaders clear paths

Every few months I become acutely aware of the passage of time because of an email that

I receive from the editors of Oregon Architect informing me that a submit-tal deadline approaches. I scramble a bit to collect my thoughts on something that I think will be relevant to practi-tioners, and then I put pen to ink (or, more accurately, fingers to keyboard). Today’s short piece comes from some-thing I wrote this morning on a flip chart in front of a group of about 20 firm leaders from practices around the country. What I wrote, in response to a discussion in the room about foster-ing the development of emerging lead-ers, is this:

Clear their paths; don’t manage their tasks.

Where that came from was my look-ing around the room at these leaders of very successful firms, all of which are doing well by most measures – good

work, good talent, good cultures, good profitability – yet all the leaders felt their firms are doing less than adequate jobs in identifying, developing, nurturing and retaining future leaders. The light that went on for me is that these leaders are passionate about their work, their firms and the advancement of their people, but when it comes to leader-ship development there is a tendency to do too much or too little rather than doing what’s just right (sounds a bit like Goldilocks and the Three Bears, doesn’t it?).

“Too much” in this context means staying too close to the developing lead-ers’ day-to-day activities, checking in too often (which looks more like man-agement than leadership), and trying to influence them to do what you do in the same circumstance instead of giving them more opportunity to do it in a way that reflects their strengths. Even if their approach turns out to be less effective

than yours might have been, the notion of learning by doing is highly beneficial.

“Too little” takes the form of inade-quate, unstructured and ad hoc dialogue with the emerging leaders, inadequate interim and after-the-fact feedback, and conveying a sense that you don’t care very much.

Finding the right balance is difficult, and what is right with one individual may well tip toward too much or too little with another. No one said this would be easy.

Another way of looking at it has to do with confidence – yours in the emerg-ing leader, and the emerging leader in herself or himself – with the perhaps obvious conclusion that the stronger the confidence, if that confidence real-istically aligns with capability, the more today’s leader can and should stay out of the way and primarily clear the path for the developing leader to do just that: develop. Another aspect is introducing

the emerging leader to the workings of the firm so that leadership development isn’t happening in a vacuum. Get over your paranoia about the information to which individuals have access. Since if they are smart enough to be future leaders, they are smart enough to figure out most of what you might be trying to conceal.

As a f ina l thought, tel l stories. Arguably, the casual conversations and storytelling that you have with the younger people, whether or not they are on a leadership track, have far more benefit than most formal interactions. Those stories about the firm’s past, its personalities, its successes, its joys and its sorrows convey the really important aspects of culture and values, things that are so important for today’s lead-ers and tomorrow’s to understand and reinforce. ■

Reach Hugh Hochberg of The Coxe Group at hhochberg@coxegroup.com or 206-467-4040.

Another way of looking at it has to do with confidence – yours in the emerging leader, and the emerging leader in herself or himself – with the perhaps obvious conclusion that the stronger the confidence, if that confidence realistically aligns with capability, the more today’s leader can and should stay out of the way and primarily clear the path for the developing leader to do just that: develop.

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2015 OFFICERSPRESIDENT DAVE OTTE, AIA

PRESIDENT-ELECT LEROY LANDERS, AIA

PAST-PRESIDENT STEFEE KNUDSEN, AIA

SECRETARY ERICA DUNN, AIA

TREASURER BILL HART, AIA

DIRECTORS DAVID GRIGSBY, AIA; RICHARD BROWN, AIA; HAN-MEI CHIANG, AIA; KIM OLSON, AIA

(FELLOWS) ALAN SCOTT, FAIA

ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS COREY GRIFFIN, ASSOC. AIA;

MARIAM MOLLAGHAFFARI, ASSOC. AIA

ALLIED DIRECTOR JON NIEDERMEYER, CIC

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AIA Portland President’s Message

A time of growth and strategic, deliberate change

Stefee Knudsen, AIA

AIA Portland; as we see the economy improving for our profession; and as we get inspired by how architects make the world a better place through design.

This has been a year of significant growth at AIA Portland. We made significant changes in our programs, focusing on leadership, practice and design through programs such as the In-Process series, Business for Architects, Architecture & the Law, and Architects Regaining the Role of Master Builders. We have continued the Architects PATH leadership series to grow our next gen-eration of leaders in the profession. We have stepped up our local advocacy efforts with visits from Portland Mayor Charlie Hales, participation in the Thriving Cities Alliance with the Urban Land Institute, and ongoing involvement of the Urban Design Panel that we share with APA and ASLA.

We had the best Homes Tour in our history and our first Design Awards Gala at the Gerding Theater. We are happy that membership is up to near pre-recession

levels, attendance at events and educa-tional programs is exceptionally strong, and members are moving forward in their practices with new momentum and vigor as the economy improves. Our allied partners are engaged with us in new and exciting ways, and our rela-tionships across the industry are ener-getic and collaborative. The state of our chapter is as strong as ever!

It’s also a time of deliberate and stra-tegic change for our members as a new generation of leaders is emerging fol-lowing the Great Recession, and the role of the architect is in a dynamic state of evolution. Because the AIA is really

“all of us,” and is fueled by the volun-teer efforts of many members, the ways our chapter serves members is evolving alongside the profession.

AIA Portland is a resource for our work, a place of inspiration and collec-tive wisdom, and our collective voice to the public through the Center for Architecture. In September, we voted in the next Board of Directors – volunteers leading AIA Portland forward into 2015

– ensuring relevance to us, responding to our needs, and continuing to be a reli-able resource for our practices and the design industry. This year, we held our Strategic Planning retreat early to allow the new board to be ready at the start of the year with a focus on our mission and outreach to the public, our members and our industry partners. Through these efforts, AIA Portland is position-ing itself for the future!

The success of AIA Portland at the Center for Architecture is unquestioned and noted across the nation. The won-derful space has been a tremendous ben-efit for us since it opened in 2009. When the efforts started in 2007, the center had a great plan with a well-thought-out and achievable capital campaign. We all know what happened in 2008. What we haven’t focused on is how the amazing staff and boards of directors responded to the change in circumstances by doing what we do best as a profession: We problem-solved and made it work with-out a capital campaign, taking on the debt of the center without lowering our services or your expectations.

I would even say that AIA Portland continued to improve and get stronger while weathering the same storm that all of us did. But we have done it with-out a cushion or reserves. It would not have been possible without the excellent leadership by Saundra and now Robert, the dedication of Amy Sabin, our man-aging director, and the efforts of AIA Portland staff past and present. But this razor-thin edge places AIA Portland in a vulnerable position financially, and this will be a major focus of the 2015 Board of Directors. Over the next months, the board and staff will look at our options and engage you, our mem-bers, to solicit your input and support so that we can continue to make this chapter stronger, keeping AIA Portland one of the nation’s best chapters, serving the nation’s best architects.

As my term as AIA Portland presi-dent comes to a close, I am excited for next year’s president, Dave Otte, AIA. His positive energy, his ability to ask the hard questions, his inspiring leadership and the energy of the next Board of Directors will help to shape this chapter. Our chapter is the success that it is because of the level of partici-pation of our members, the collegiality that we show each other and the pas-sion we have for the vision of “driving positive change through the power of design.” ■

A s 2014 draws to a close, I am reflecting on the past year. It has been a great year for AIA

Portland as we continue to look at ways to evolve in how we serve our mem-bers; as we say goodbye to amazing Executive Director Saundra Stevens after 24 years at our chapter and wel-come exciting new Executive Director Robert Hoffman to start a new era for

PRESIDENT STEFEE KNUDSEN, AIA n PRESIDENT-ELECT DAVE OTTE, AIA

PAST-PRESIDENT JEFF YRAZABAL, AIA n SECRETARY JONATHAN DUNN, AIA

TREASURER BILL HART, AIA n DIRECTORS BOB BOILEAU, AIA; RICHARD BROWN, AIA; ERICA DUNN, AIA; DAVID GRIGSBY, AIA; KARINA RUIZ, AIA n FELLOW ALAN SCOTT, FAIA

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR LUCAS GRAY, ASSOC. AIA n ALLIED DIRECTOR JON NEIDERMEIER I CIC

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT ROBERT HOFFMAN, AIA

2014 OFFICERS

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P O R T L A N D

Competition focus of PSU School of Architecture lecture series

Portland State University’s School of Architecture tackles the phenomenon of com-

petition in its 2014–2015 lecture series, “Vs.” During the series, which began in October, internationally renowned experts in architecture, architectural criticism and urbanism discuss their work and architectural imagination surrounding the idea of professional and creative competition.

Following are the 2015 dates:Adam Caruso, Caruso St John Architects, London and ZurichJan. 22 at 6 p.m.Caruso is a founding partner of Caruso St John Architects, an international practice with an interest in the emotional potential and physical qualities of construction. Caruso St John engages in a wide range of work at a variety of scales and aims to resist the trend of increased size and specialization dominating contemporary architecture. Its New Art Gallery at Walsall and the Brick House in London have been shortlisted for the Stirling Prize, UK’s most prestigious architecture award. Current clients include Tate Britain, the city of Lille, Bremer Landesbank and the Swiss National Railways.

Alison B. Hirsch, University of Southern California, Los AngelesFeb. 5 at 6 p.m.Hirsch is a landscape architect, urban historian and theorist exploring public histories, the politics of ur ban settlement, and how human corporeality and movement can inspire design. She is co-founder of foreground design agency, a transdisciplinary practice operating bet ween architecture, landscape architecture, urbanism and the visual arts. She co-edited The Landscape Imagination, a collection of essays by James Corner, and authored City Choreographer: Lawrence Halprin in Urban Renewal America, an in-depth analysis of the creative process of Lawrence and Anna Halprin.

The lectures take place in Shattuck Hall Annex, Southwest Broadway at Hall Street, and are free and open to the public. ■

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2014 OFFICERSPRESIDENT BEVERLY THRUSTON, AIA

PRESIDENT-ELECT DANA ING CRAWFORD, AIA

SECRETARY BRUCE W. RICHEY, AIA

TREASURER ROBERT SEIBERT, AIA

DELEGATES MARK McKECHNIE, AIA; BRIAN WESTERHOUT, AIA

PAST PRESIDENT: GARY CAPERNA, AIA

AIA Southern Oregon President’s Message

AIA Southern Oregon starts emerging architects group

Beverly Thruston, AIA

A rchitects are emerging at AIA Southern Oregon! Thanks to the efforts of Patrick McKechnie, Assoc. AIA, AIA Southern Oregon is finally starting an emerging architects group. The group, called EdP, was inaugurated with a fun get-together on Halloween, and had a second event planned for November.

Emerging and intern-level architects are a growing part of Southern Oregon’s membership. With the reces-sion receding, more are being hired in Southern Oregon. We welcome the enthusiasm and energy they bring.

Right now, the group is looking into starting ARE study groups and finding other ways to get together and support one another. The chapter is enthusiastic about these efforts and looking to find ways to help replicate some of the programs running in Portland and Eugene.

So, if you are an emerging architect looking for a great place to work, consider coming to Southern Oregon. ■

50 years of service and contributionsA IA Sou the rn O regon w i l l celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2015, marking its past, present and future with publications and events that recognize the valuable contributions architectural design has made to the region’s quality of life. The celebration will highlight, among other things, some of the region’s most significant projects, including the Chavner Family House in Gold Hill and the Lithia Springs Hotel, now known as the Ashland Springs Hotel.

Please visit the chapter’s website, aiaso.org, for detai ls as AIA Southern Oregon unveils its plans for the celebration. ■

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T he University of Oregon’s architecture program leads the nation in sustainable design

education, according to America’s Best Architecture and Design Schools 2015. The top-ranked UO program has been recognized multiple times among the 154 accredited architecture programs in the U.S.

Sustainability and climate change are seen as the most important issues for design professionals, according to the survey results.

“As populations increase and the world urbanizes, demands for a more environ-mentally responsive built environment grow,” says Brook Muller, acting dean of the UO School of Architecture and Allied Arts (A&AA). “The UO’s pro-grams have been committed to teaching and research on energy-efficient design, reuse and adaptive design, ecological design, and green products and prac-tices for decades.”

The accredited undergraduate archi-tecture degree program is ranked over-all at number 16, and in the top five of programs at public universities. The Interior Architecture Program’s under-graduate and graduate programs are ranked first in schools in the western United States; the graduate program is ranked in the top 10 in the nation. The UO’s accredited degree in landscape architecture is in the top five programs in the western U.S.

Additionally, Associate Professor Kiersten Muenchinger, director of the Product Design Program, was voted as one of the nation’s Top 30 most admired design educators. She is the fifth UO faculty member chosen for the honor since 2007.

In other UO architecture news, the school has launched a campaign to raise $42 million to support students, faculty, programs and facilities. The top priority of the A&AA campaign is Phase 1 con-struction of a new academic home in the heart of UO’s campus. The A&AA goal is part of the UO’s recently announced comprehensive capital campaign to raise $2 billion.

Muller says the investment will boost A&AA’s reputation and ambitions as a worldwide leader.

“To be a creative global leader, A&AA needs to continue what it does well, after 100 years of success, and grow into new and exciting arenas,” he said. “The goals for the school touch on investments needed to become a leading hub combin-ing the best of place-based and techno-logically innovative learning in a premier residential research university. This will position our students and faculty mem-bers to help shape a more sustainable, prosperous, and beautiful world.”

Prior to the announcement of the campaign’s public phase, A&AA raised nearly $26 million. Of the $16 mil-lion left to raise, the primary goal is to

UO launches fundraising campaign for architecture school, celebrates top

ranking for sustainable design educationsecure $13 million in private donations for the first-phase construction of a new home for A&AA.

“Our planning processes have included design studio investigations, analytical reports, programming studies, and a visioning workshop led by Bruce Mau,” said Muller. “This work has yielded remarkable insight about how today’s A&AA students – who are tomorrow’s professionals – learn, work, and create. We are carefully considering locations for this new facility, with specific atten-tion to the University Street area between East 15th and East 18th Avenues.”

The school’s private investment goals include:

▶ New Construction: $13 million Phase 1 fits into the long-term goal of a new integrated home for A&AA in a central and highly visible location. “Intellectual ambitions are best served by open, light-filled, spirited contemporary environments outfitted with the tools that allow us to create, build, prototype, fail, succeed spectacularly, and share our discoveries,” Muller said.

▶ Faculty Excellence: $17.5 million A&AA is a magnet for ambitious, environmentally and socially conscious faculty members. Innovative in research and committed to education at the undergraduate and graduate levels, these life-changing professors actively pursue new ideas and develop knowledge that improves quality of life and address epic challenges facing people around the world, according to the UO.

As the UO launched a $2 billion fundraising campaign, which includes $42 million for

the School of Architecture & Allied Arts, A&AA students celebrated the school’s 100th

anniversary in front of Lawrence Hall. The top priority of the A&AA campaign is Phase 1

construction of a new academic home. Photo by Helios Aerial Photography

▶ Student and Program Support, Facilities Renovation: $11.5 million Initiatives in support for academic opportunities, global education, technology and innovative programs are key campaign goals. Supporting and endowing the Dean’s Excellence Fund will provide the school’s leader with seed funding for new opportunities and build a strong foundation for experimentation and innovations. In addition, funds will help to renovate facilities within A&AA. Updating Hendricks Hall and providing historic building restoration funds for the John

Yeon Center in Portland are important goals.

Privately funded scholarships help recruit and retain promising, high-achieving students. Enrolling outstand-ing graduate students strengthens the school’s professional programs and impacts the quality of research and the school’s ability to attract leading professors.

The $2 billion fundraising campaign, announced in October, is the most ambitious campaign in the UO’s his-tory and the largest fundraising effort ever undertaken by an organization in the state. ■