NOMA Conference held in Portland October 11-15th

October 11-15th Portland will host the NOMA national conference at the Hilton Portland Downtown. With conference registration open, we have some incredible speaker sessions and project tours lined up. Not to mention all the special events in store, like the Host Chapter Party, Awards Banquet, Bros Arts Ball and much more! 

This year our Legacy Project is in collaboration with Black Futures Farm, a community-building and production farm, where meaningful relationships are grown alongside vegetables, fruits, and herbs. Join us to develop design ideas for living walls and get your hands busy collecting seeds for future seasons, pruning berry bushes, mulching, and building garden structures. 

If you aren’t already registered by now, late registration begins September 15th with rates going up. So, make sure to register soon before the conference is sold out! https://conference.noma.net/noma23 We are expecting around 1,200 attendees, including over 40 Student Design Competition teams. 

The NOMA Conference is an inspiring opportunity to cultivate conversations about how we use our voices to actualize efforts that propel us towards a more just, equitable and sustainable world. This is a great occasion for all to attend and learn, support & celebrate with NOMA!

Telford+Brown Studio Architecture Hosting Craig Holmes Exhibit

Telford+Brown Studio Architecture will be hosting an exhibit of Craig Holmes’ artwork as part of Alberta Street’s Last Thursday event, on Thursday, August 31st, from 4:pm - 7:pm. Craig has been a freelance illustrator and artist for over five decades, and has done hand renderings for several high profile architects in the Pacific Northwest and beyond for almost as long.

Telford+Brown is located at 2132 NE Alberta Street. There will be light snacks and beverages.

Stuart Emmons Appointed AIA Oregon's New State Disaster Assistance Coordinator

AIA Oregon has appointed Stuart Emmons, AIA LEED AP as the new State Disaster Assistance Coordinator. State disaster coordinator(s) are AIA members that will establish/ maintain a relationship with state and/or local county Emergency Management Officials, their state or local AIA component, and AIA National. Coordinators work with their component to establish/ maintain a roster of potential volunteers and assist in Disaster Assistance Trainings. Coordinators must take any state-required trainings or certification courses. In some cases, the disaster assistance point person will become the state disaster coordinator.

Stuart has 35 years of architectural and planning experience and is licensed as an architect in all western states. Emmons has focused much of his career on housing, and for the last decade has been involved in innovative prefab modular housing for people experiencing homelessness, workforce housing, and emergency housing for disasters. In addition, Stuart is experienced in preparedness for natural disasters, especially seismic and tsunamis. On a personal note: Emmons was close to the epicenter of the 1994 Northridge Earthquake in Los Angeles, and studied the impacts and responses to that event directly; and has done research on tsunami and earthquake preparedness during his time on the Oregon North Coast in the last 3 years.

Emmons is active in several Oregon communities and is a former candidate for Portland City Commissioner. Emmons holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, and a Master of Architecture degree from Harvard University.