The Oregon Experiment is a 1975 book by Christopher Alexander and collaborators Murray Silverstein, Shlomo Angel, Sara Ishikawa, and Denny Abrams.

[4] On top of this, buildings created since the end of World War II included Brutalist architecture, which was aesthetically polarizing.

Documentation related to the building of the University of Oregon science complex in the late 1980s describes 'pattern language' planning principles in process.

The Hatfield-Dowlin Complex, for example, stirred controversy when it was learnt that the University of Oregon had no part in planning nor managing construction.

Hawkins later clarified his comment, stating that he was speaking metaphorically about the shared ideals and passions between the University of Oregon and Nike.