A number of urban designers, acting on their own initiative, use creative tactics to challenge the way community members and policymakers think about the social implications of the built urban environment. This research ...

This report presents a summary of student design process and urban design ideas for the Booth-Kelly Center in Springfield, Oregon. The report includes precedent studies of successful eco-communities around the world, ...

This thesis attempts to determine if food-producing plant growth can be incorporated within a building envelope to create an ideal plant growth environment while simultaneously enhancing the thermal properties of the ...

Oregon’s urban growth management experience sets it apart from other land use planning and regulatory programs in the United States. The Oregon land use program has endured for more than forty years, suffering the vicissitudes ...

The overall goal of this course was to enhance the attractiveness of La Pine for its citizens, visitors, and businesses. This goal was broken into three primary projects focusing on Urban Renewal, industry viability, and ...

This framework provides an overview of the work Urbanism Next does and how we approach our research.

The novels of Don Berry rank among the best to emerge from the Northwest and can be considered as serious entries in a growing group of New Western novels. While the term "New Western" is widely used, definitions of its ...

In The Conduct of Inquiry Abraham Kaplan states that “what makes a concept significant is that the classification it institutes is one into which things fall as it were of themselves.” It is common to hear people speak of ...