Brian Libby

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About Brian Libby

I am a Portland, Oregon-based freelance design and arts writer, mostly journalism but increasingly books and communication for business and public clients.The publications I've written for include nine sections of The New York Times, as well as The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Architectural Digest, Dwell, Metropolis, Salon, CityLab, Architect, Architectural Record, Oregon ArtsWatch, The Portland Tribune, The Oregonian and Portland Monthly, among others.I have interviewed architects Frank Gehry, Herzog & De Meuron, Daniel Libeskind, Brad Cloepfil, Michael Graves, Samuel Mockbee, Kengo Kuma and Cesar Pelli; film directors David Lynch, Gus Van Sant, Sofia Coppola, Danny Boyle, Wim Wenders, Todd Haynes, Stephen Frears and Miranda July; actors Forest Whitaker, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Charlotte Rampling and Michael Palin; sports legends Bill Walton, Steve Kerr and Dan Fouts; novelists James Ellroy and Jon Raymond; and elected leaders including mayors, governors, congresspersons and senators.I also write for non-journalist sources, including Autodesk and numerous architecture firms, as well as commissioned architectural monographs such as "The Portland Building" (2022), "Interface Engineering: 50 Years of Innovation" (2020), and "Collaboration For A Cure: The Knight Cancer Research Building and the Culture of Innovation" (2019). My first book was "Tales From the Oregon Ducks Sideline" (2008/2011). My work has also been included in the books "Sofia Coppola: Interviews"​ (2023) and "The U2 Reader: A Quarter Century of Commentary, Criticism and Reviews" (2003).​ As co-founder of the Friends of Memorial Coliseum, I was able to help save a midcentury-modern landmark arena from demolition; it's since been named a National Treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.My photographs have been published in The New York Review of Books, Dwell, Metropolis, CityLab, Architect, and The Oregonian, among others. The photo "Alder Garage" is featured on the cover of Beauty Pill's 2014 album “Beauty Pill Describes Things As They Are,” named one of the decade’s 10 best by Time magazine. My short films have screened at the Portland International Film Festival and the Northwest Filmmakers Festival (winning three Judge's Awards) as well as venues in Denver, Seattle, San Francisco, London and Berlin, with a 2007 solo retrospective at the Portland Art Museum's Northwest Film Center (now PAM CUT).

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Brian Libby

Brian Libby

Freelance architecture & arts writer
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  • Brian Libby
    Freelance Writer And Author
    Brian Libby Jan 2001 - Present
    Portland, Oregon Area
    My job is rooted in freelance journalism, both criticism and reportage, mostly architecture but with forays into film and visual art. My magazine and newspaper clients present and past include Dwell, Metropolis, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Architectural Digest, CityLab, Bloomberg, Architect, The Oregonian, People, The Christian Science Monitor and Architectural Record, among others. I also write directly for business clients, including architectural monographs and ongoing communications. My commissioned books include "The Portland Building" (2022), "Interstate Engineering: 50 Years of Innovation" (2020), "Collaboration For a Cure: The Knight Cancer Research Building and the Culture of Innovation" (2018).
  • Brian Libby
    Photographer
    Brian Libby Jan 2001 - Present
    Portland, Oregon Area
    Photography for publications including Metropolis, The New York Review of Books, Portland Monthly and The Oregonian, as well as the books "An Architectural Guidebook to Portland" (OSU Press, 2007) and "Portland Public Sculptors" (America Through Time, 2021). Solo exhibit at American Institute of Architects gallery in 2003, and cover image for Beauty Pill's 2014 album "Beauty Pill Describes Things As They Are" (named one of the decade's top 10 albums by Time magazine)
  • Portland Architecture Llc
    Editor & Publisher
    Portland Architecture Llc Feb 2005 - Present
    Portland, Oregon Area
    Founder of blog devoted to local design and architecture news and criticism
  • Portland State University
    Adjunct Professor
    Portland State University Jan 2012 - Mar 2012
    Portland, Oregon Area
    I taught a Portland State University class in the undergraduate Honors College called "Urban Discourses: Humanities," the objective of which was to learn about cities through arts and culture.
  • The American Institute Of Architects (Aia)
    Communications Director
    The American Institute Of Architects (Aia) Jul 1999 - Jan 2001
    Portland, Oregon Area
    Marketing, communications

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