Please join us at UO Portland on Monday, October 6 at 5:30pm for the first public event in the Fall 2025 School of Architecture & Environment Lecture Series.

Description: In the early 1970s, a group of young architects moved to Eugene, Oregon to explore life out west and to teach architecture at the University of Oregon after working with the great Estonian-born American architect Louis Kahn in Philadelphia on what are now considered masterpieces of postwar modern architecture. Thomas Hacker was among these teachers, and would have a great impact on the next generation of architects practicing in the region today through his teaching, before moving to Portland and beginning an equally influential practice.  

Throughout his education at the University of Oregon and professional development in Portland, Daniel Toole has explored this rich legacy while working under a number of architects taught by Thom Hacker. For many years he dreamed of making a pilgrimage to Philadelphia to see the Louis Kahn archives and buildings nearby. He was able to finally make this journey in early 2025 and will share reflections from this trip through personal photographs and pastels.

Daniel Toole is an architect and educator based in Portland working throughout the northwest and beyond. He holds degrees in architecture from the University of Oregon and Harvard GSD. Before founding his own practice in 2020, he worked for a number of architects trained by Thom Hacker, such as John Cava and Brad Cloepfil (Allied Works), where his interests in this legacy were cultivated.