Rainy Refuge

Filmmaker Gus Van Sant and Architect Brad Cloepfil Talk Portland and Inspiration

Filmmaker Gus Van Sant and architect Brad Cloepfil–two friends based in Portland, Oregon–spoke to a full house at the Hammer Museum’s Billy Wilder Auditorium about why they live in Portland, what influences their work, and how they get inspired. It was an entertaining and laid-back conversation occasioned by the publication of Allied Works Architecture/Brad Cloepfil: Occupation, a new book by Cloepfil and his firm.

Getting Away From it All

Van Sant opened the chat. “We’re here to talk about why we live in Portland and why we work there,” he explained.

“Why do …

October 19, 2011

If These Walls Could Talk

Photographs and Drawings from Allied Works Architecture/Brad Cloepfil: Occupation

October 17, 2011

For over a decade, architect Brad Cloepfil and his firm, Allied Works Architecture, have been designing some of the United States’s most influential public, institutional, commercial, and residential buildings. A …

Natural Wonder

How, If At All, Does Your Aesthetic Draw On the World of Nature?

October 17, 2011

Nature and art have been closely linked since the dawn of art itself. From the cave paintings of prehistory to the abstract landscapes of the 20th century, artists have sought …

If You Skipped Church Today

The Angels of Mission San Xavier del Bac

August 18, 2011

In Glimpses, Zócalo presents a series of images that explore connections and community–or simply delight the eye.

San Xavier del Bac, a two-century-old mission that rises like a white dove from …

The Conscience of Loyola

Bob Benson Fought for Equality -- And Discovered Frank Gehry

by Miriam Pawel | June 27, 2011

Bob Benson was a California original, and it seemed only fitting that his memorial service featured Frank Gehry in one row and a dozen cafeteria workers in the next. Loyola …

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Rainy Refuge

Filmmaker Gus Van Sant and Architect Brad Cloepfil Talk Portland and Inspiration

If These Walls Could Talk

Photographs and Drawings from Allied Works Architecture/Brad Cloepfil: Occupation

Natural Wonder

How, If At All, Does Your Aesthetic Draw On the World of Nature?

If You Skipped Church Today

The Angels of Mission San Xavier del Bac

The Conscience of Loyola

Bob Benson Fought for Equality -- And Discovered Frank Gehry

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Architecture Does Matter—Even In Crazy L.A.

But How To Use It For Our Benefit Is Another Question

How Frank Lloyd Wright’s Architecture Turned New York Into the Center of the World

Though the Wisconsin-Born Architect Called the City a ‘Pig Pile’ and ‘Incongruous Mantrap,’ It Made Him a Superstar

Was Ever a City More Bewildering?

Wim Wenders, John Singleton, Richard Rodriguez, and Others Grapple With the Hidden, Violent, Beautiful, Sunny, Dreamy Mystery That Is Los Angeles

Why Do So Many Public Buildings in the U.S. Look Like Greek Temples?

In the Architectural Void of a New Nation, William Strickland Borrowed from Ancient Athens to Express America’s Democratic Ethos

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