Friday, February 27, 2009, 6:30 pm, in the fifth floor open studios of the University of Oregon Architecture and Allied Arts program at White Stag, 70 NW Couch Street, Portland.

the back room welcomes Brad Cloepfil and Tom Kundig, in conversation with architect Jerry Garcia (the crafting of buildings and career...the endurance of the sketch...hidden energy...the difficult simple).

Tom Kundig is a principal partner at Seattle's Olson, Sundberg, Kundig, Allen, which was named the AIA's national Firm of the Year for 2009. His work has been published widely, including in a book from Princeton Architectural Press, Tom Kundig: Houses. Brad Clopefil is the founder and principal of Portland's Allied Works. His recent projects include the Museum of Art and Design, in New York, the Clyfford Still Museum in Denver, Colorado, and the Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, in Dallas, Texas. Jerry Garcia was the cofounder of UND, in Seattle, and is now a senior project manager at Olson, Sundberg, Kundig, Allen. He has worked on the Rolling Huts and the Candela Hotel and Residencies Tower in downtown Seattle.

Food this evening is a three-course dinner prepared by Jason Barwikowski, head chef of Portland's Clyde Common. Wines by Tyson Crowley, formerly of Cameron Winery, now head of Crowley Winery. Live music by Dragging An Ox Through Water.

6:30 p.m.
dinner at 7 p.m.

$65, inclusive. This event is SOLD OUT

The University of Oregon's architecture studios are located in the historic White Stag building, where Front Avenue meets NW Couch Street, at the foot of the Burnside Bridge.

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