Portland State University School of Architecture

Join us for this week’s Fridays @1 as Hope Svenson discusses her work as an architectural historian and archivist specializing in the built environment of Oregon. She will talk specifically about the 2021 book she published on Oregon’s Mt. Angel Abbey library building, designed by Alvar Aalto, and her current position as the Architecture & Design Project Archivist at the Oregon Historical Society. Architectural archives are representations of our built (and unbuilt) environment that have value as historical documents, contractual records between architects and clients, and are works of art in their own right. Svenson brings a historian’s perspective to the design discipline that values the archival record and the stories it tells (and doesn’t tell) about what we build, what we don’t build, and why.

March 6th 1pm-2pm
Shattuck Hall Annex
SW Broadway at Hall Street
1914 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR 97201

More info in bio link

Join us for this week’s Fridays @1 as Hope Svenson discusses her work as an architectural historian and archivist specializing in the built environment of Oregon. She will talk specifically about the 2021 book she published on Oregon’s Mt. Angel Abbey library building, designed by Alvar Aalto, and her current position as the Architecture & Design Project Archivist at the Oregon Historical Society. Architectural archives are representations of our built (and unbuilt) environment that have value as historical documents, contractual records between architects and clients, and are works of art in their own right. Svenson brings a historian’s perspective to the design discipline that values the archival record and the stories it tells (and doesn’t tell) about what we build, what we don’t build, and why.

March 6th 1pm-2pm
Shattuck Hall Annex
SW Broadway at Hall Street
1914 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR 97201

More info in bio link

Join us for this week’s Fridays@1 as Hope Svenson discusses her work as an architectural historian and archivist specializing in the built environment of Oregon. She will talk specifically about the 2021 book she published on Oregon’s Mt. Angel Abbey library building, designed by Alvar Aalto, and her current position as the Architecture & Design Project Archivist at the Oregon Historical Society. Architectural archives are representations of our built (and unbuilt) environment that have value as historical documents, contractual records between architects and clients, and are works of art in their own right. Svenson brings a historian’s perspective to the design discipline that values the archival record and the stories it tells (and doesn’t tell) about what we build, what we don’t build, and why.

March 6th 1pm-2pm
Shattuck Hall Annex
SW Broadway at Hall Street
1914 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR 97201

Join us for this week’s Fridays @1 as Hope Svenson discusses her work as an architectural historian and archivist specializing in the built environment of Oregon. She will talk specifically about the 2021 book she published on Oregon’s Mt. Angel Abbey library building, designed by Alvar Aalto, and her current position as the Architecture & Design Project Archivist at the Oregon Historical Society. Architectural archives are representations of our built (and unbuilt) environment that have value as historical documents, contractual records between architects and clients, and are works of art in their own right. Svenson brings a historian’s perspective to the design discipline that values the archival record and the stories it tells (and doesn’t tell) about what we build, what we don’t build, and why.

March 6th 1pm-2pm
Shattuck Hall Annex
SW Broadway at Hall Street
1914 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR 97201

More info in bio link.

For this week’s Fridays@1, we invite you to join us for a special Thesis Open House in the School of Architecture. From 1:00–2:00 PM, Shattuck Hall second floor hallway and Room 212 will transform into an exhibition space featuring the work of our thesis students. Their projects will be pinned up, offering a glimpse into the ideas, research, drawings, models, and design investigations they have been developing so far. This is a walk-through event, giving you the opportunity to move freely and engage with the work at your own pace, and speak directly with the students about their projects. Each thesis student will be present beside their work to share their process, explain their concepts, and answer questions.

Friday, February 27th 2026 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Location
Shattuck Hall 2nd Floor Hallway and Room 212
SW Broadway at Hall Street
1914 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR 97201

Find more information through the link in bio

Concepts tested, feedback incoming.

Thank you to Leah Martin for joining us at today’s Friday@1 and sharing insights on practicing Architecture Plus. Expanding architecture beyond design to include advocacy, policy, development, and finance.

Join us this Friday @ 1 as Leah Martin, co-founder of Allied8, discusses Architecture Plus, expanding architecture beyond design into development, advocacy, policy, and finance.

How can architects shape systems, communities, and futures in a time of climate and housing challenges? Find out this Friday.

Feb.20 1pm-2pm
Shattuck Hall Annex
SW Broadway at Hall Street
1914 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR 97201
More info in bio link

Join us this Friday @ 1 as Leah Martin, co-founder of Allied8, discusses Architecture Plus, expanding architecture beyond design into development, advocacy, policy, and finance.

How can architects shape systems, communities, and futures in a time of climate and housing challenges? Find out this Friday.

Feb.20 1pm-2pm
Shattuck Hall Annex
SW Broadway at Hall Street
1914 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR 97201

More info in bio link

A collection of pinups and midterm reviews from our graduate studios and 4th-year undergraduate cohorts.