***update – this event is sold out***
Coming up soon, the Architectural Heritage Center will be hosting a lecture on John Storrs as part of their Oregon Architects Series. Storrs is one of Oregon’s great architects specializing in the NW Regional Style.
Details from the AHC site:
Saturday, February 16, 2013
10:00 am–11:30 am
Members: $10 General Public: $18
John Storrs (1920–2003) was an iconoclast of the Northwest Regional style of architecture. Known for his creative use of materials as well as his unique designs, Storrs had a remarkable and significant career that included projects such as the Portland Garden Club (1954), Salishan Lodge (1965), and the hyperbolic paraboloid buildings of the 1959 Oregon Centennial Exposition.
Storrs graduated from the Yale School of Architecture in 1950, and moved to Portland a few years later, embarking on a career that included numerous homes in addition to the landmark buildings for which he is better recognized. Historian and AHC education manager Val Ballestrem will present this program with research assistance from consulting historian Morgen Young of Alder, LLC. The presentation is filled with unique images and stories thanks to the generosity of John Storrs’ widow, Frances, who graciously loaned boxes of photos and papers to the AHC for development of this program.
