Thursday, October 29th, 2009 from 5pm-8pm, a handful of Portland’s top architecture and design firms will open their doors to the public and show off their own creative workspace in a fundraising tour put together by the same people that bring you the “Street of Eames – Portland’s Modern Home Tour”.
The Street of Eames Goes to Work tour includes the offices of architecture firms such as:
- BOORA Architects
- Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects
- Holst Architecture
- Vallaster Corl Architects
The tour will also include the new BSide6 building, the new Mercy Corps headquarters, and creative firms NORTH and Ziba Design.
Tickets are $30 and are only available at the Street of Eames website. Proceeds benefit the Center for Architecture and two Portland after-school programs for homeless elementary school students. This self-guided tour begins at the AIA’s Center for Architecture, 403 NW 11th Ave, the tour runs from 5pm-8pm.
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