Former Project Manager,

Multiple award-winning and groundbreaking

transit-oriented project in Portland, Oregon

"Perhaps the most interesting experiment in New Urbanist

planning anywhere in the country" - New York Times op-ed

 Former Director of Education

Founder of its respected professional education program in sustainable

 urbanism, in partnership with the Royal Institute of British Architects,

the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, and leading UK and

international universities, agencies and professional organizations

"Highly intelligent inquiries into key urban issues." - Architects' Journal, UK

"The Deputy Prime Minister's office is proud to be associated with them." 

- Keith Hill, UK Minister for Housing, ODPM

Co-Founder and Research Associate

The Centre for Environmental Structure - Europe

Legendary architect/planner Christopher Alexander's practice-based

research centre affiliated with the University of Cambridge

"Alexander may be the closest thing design has to a Zen master."

-The New York Times

CNU Planning Team member, Mississippi Gulf Coast 

UNOP Planning Team member, District 6, New Orleans

Co-recipient of  the  Ahwahnee Award for Smart Growth,  the Arthur Ross Award for

Community Planning (for work to rebuild the Gulf Coast after Hurricane

Katrina), US DOT Livable Communities Transit Design Award, et al.

Author and lecturer (in the US, UK, Mexico, Canada, Europe, Asia, the Middle East) on pattern languages,

generative design processes, new research into sustainable design and construction, and related topics  

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