CSI March Chapter Meeting
McMenamins: The Art of Master Building

Come join a lively discussion at a historic building (and good beer).  Topics covered include:

• Selection process for projects
• Collaboration process with local community to keep building history and character
• Sustainability (before being green was cool)
• Reuse and adaptive techniques for various aspects of buildings and its fixtures
• Working with architects and contractors using a hybrid design/build-master building format
• View before and after photos from various projects in the Pacific NW

 

Schedule

• 5:30 PM - Social hour
•  6:30 - Dinner
•  7:00 - Presentation

Cost

• $40 - Members
• $50 - Non-Members
• $10 - Students (maximum of 5 students per event)
• $320 - Table of 8
• *Event sponsorships are still available for $250
• A late fee of $10 will be added for all registrants after March 7th.

Speakers

Jennifer Joyce, Artist - Jennifer Joyce has been a distinguished Oregon artist since the mid 60's with a long list of commissions all over the city and state, including murals in places such as the Salem Hospital, various schools and libraries, and throughout several of the McMenamins' establishments. She has also been an active artist member of the Rental Sales Gallery of The Portland Art Museum since 1978, exhibiting her works there on consignment. Her style and motif changes with the ever changing needs of her clientele, but a recognizable use of line and color give her works a look distinctly her own. Many of Jenny's pieces evoke nostalgia and have a folk quality to them, while others are mystical or surreal. Color is often vivid and suggestive, with a more subdued palette used in her landscapes of Oregon imagery.

 

Tim Hills, McMenamins, Senior Historian - Tim Hills' interest in community history began as child growing up in Vermont and became his undergraduate thesis at James Madison University in Virginia. After receiving an MBA in WSU in History, Tim and his wife moved to Portland where he became the historian with Archaelogical Investigations Northwest. In 1996, Tim joined McMenamins during the renovation of the old Crystal Ballroom. Beginning with that venerable and storied place, Tim has had a ball digging around in the past of the company’s 50+ historically intriguing, if not always significant, locations in Washington and Oregon.

 

Mario Espinosa, Senior Associate, Ankrom Moisan Architects - As an architect, Mario has been involved in the restoration of historic facilities for more than 30 years, ranging from upgraded hospitals and churchses to lodging and distilleries. He has designed a great variety of facilities that have achieved financial independence as well as historic designation and tax benefit entitlements. Click here for more information >

Joe Vondrak, Pacific Crest Construction

 

Other information

• Registration deadlines without late fee: March 7, 2014
• AIA continuing education credits available
• All student registrants must bring their student ID for verification to the event 
• Parking is available in the lot behind the Mission Theater after 6:00 PM only.  Street parking or the nearest garage on 14th & Burnside are also options.

A big thank you to our event sponsor: