Responsibilities

Editor in Chief
ArchitectureWeek, the leading magazine of design and building online, since 2000.
Great Buildings Online - Architecture around the world and across history, since 1996.

Publisher
PetitionOnline - the original and leading online petitioning web site, and a premiere forum for collective free speech, since 1999.
Archiplanet - the community-created all-buildings worldwide collection, since 2006.

Author
DesignWorkshop® 3D modeling software, published by Artifice, Inc. Eugene, Oregon. 541-345-7421 voice, 541-345-7438 fax.
The Great Buildings Collection, multimedia encyclopedia of architecture on CD-ROM, originally introduced in 1994 by Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, and published since 1998 by Artifice, Inc..

Director
Design Integration Laboratory Eugene, Oregon. c/o 541-345-7421.

Community Volunteer
President, Friends of Eugene - Eugene's leading public interest non-profit land use, transportation, and environmental watchdog group.
President, Southeast Neighbors - the city-recognized neighborhood association for southeast Eugene, representing about 13,000 residents.

Founding Coordinator
Architectural Computing Curriculum, Department of Architecture, University of Oregon, 1990 to 1996.

Teacher
Design, Computer-Integrated Design, Computer Applications in Architecture

Designer
Matthews Associates, building design and programming and related consulting
Progressive Forge, functional iron art

Education

Schools

Massachusetts Audubon Society, Lincoln, Massachusetts, circa 1968-1975. natural history and outdoor craft

Decordova Museum Art School, Lincoln, Massachusetts, 1970-1975. fine arts and crafts

Wayland High School, Wayland, Massachusetts, 1972-1977. general education, theatre, science

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, 1976-1977. art history

Deep Springs College, Deep Springs, California, 1977-1979. liberal arts, solar engineering, political theory. more.

University of California, Santa Cruz - Bachelor of Arts, Environmental Studies: Ecodevelopment and Appropriate Technology, with a minor in Engineering, 1983.

Columbia University, New York, New York. graduate studies in architecture, 1984

University of California, Berkeley. Master of Architecture, professional degree, 1988

Some influential teachers

Christopher Alexander, William Feinstein, Howard Friedman, Donlyn Lyndon, Mary Turnbull, Mark Smith, Laura Hartmann, Claude Stoller, (UC Berkeley); Joseph Esherick (EHDD); Paul Niebanck, Michael Rotkin (UCSC); John Scharr, David and Sharon Schuman (Deep Springs); Ted Tucker (Decordova Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts).

Some notable former students and teaching assistants

Lars Uwe Bleher (University of Oregon; Atelier Markgraph, Frankfurt, Germany, etc.), Mark Dedlow (Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory), Charles Ehrlich (Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, formerly Pacific Gas and Electric), Peter Horne (Yost Grube Hall, Portland, Oregon), Jun Inoue (President, 3D Innovations, Tokyo), Janine King (Faculty, University of Florida), Ross Leventhal (NBBJ, Seattle), Lawrence Martin (Roybal Corporation, Denver), Douglas Noble (Faculty, University of Southern California), David Owen (ArchitectureWeek, Portland, Oregon), Alene Stickles (Zimmer Gunsul Frasca, Portland), Michael Wheeler (Artifice, Inc., Eugene, Oregon), Stefan Wynn, Misako Yamaguchi (Roybal Corporation, Denver).

Publications, Grants, & Conference Presentations

"Disaster Engineering", cover story, ArchitectureWeek, 2005.0831.

"Neighborly Mod", cover story, ArchitectureWeek, 2005.0202.

Friends of Eugene Newsletter, various articles, 2001 through 2005.

Southeast Neighbors Newsletter, various lead articles, 2000 through 2006.

"Postcard from Thomasville", ArchitectureWeek, 2004.0526.

"Learning from Pierre Koenig", cover story, ArchitectureWeek, 2004.0421.

"Postcard from Rome", ArchitectureWeek, 2004.0303.

"Postcard from London", ArchitectureWeek, 2001.1114.

"World Trade Center Destroyed", cover story, ArchitectureWeek, 2001.0912 - joint editorial with B.J. Novitski.

Architectural Design in Live 3D, invited conference seminar at A/E/C/ Systems 2000, Washington D.C.

ArchitectureWeek, the new magazine of design and building, Editor in Chief, 2000 to current.

PetitionOnline.com, free speech web site for grassroots democracy, with Mike Wheeler, Artifice, Inc. from 1999 to current.

"Perspectives on Radiance", guest commentary, Nikkei Computer Graphics magazine, Tokyo, May 1999.

RenderCity!, with Mike Wheeler, Artifice, Inc., web user interface and automated web-based rendering service using the Radiance lighting simulation rendering engine.

DesignWorkshop Machines, with Mike Wheeler, Artifice, Inc., web-based modeling accessories for DesignWorkshop.

"Conceptual Design Energy Analysis Tool", PEIR II grant participant with Geopraxis, California Energy Commission, 1999-2001.

A Model For Integrated Spatial and Structural Design of Buildings, paper and presentation, with Stephen Duff and Donald Corner, CAADRIA 98, Osaka, Japan

Great Buildings Online, architectural reference web site, with Mike Wheeler, Artifice, Inc.

MicroSHADOWS for Power Macintosh, user-interface design for 3D solar impact and building code analysis software, for Artifice, Inc. with EPCOT of Tokyo, Japan, 1996-1999.

MachTen Radiance, a simple port of Radiance by Greg Ward, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, for the MachTen operating system, a Power Macintosh native Unix implementation from Tenon Intersystems that runs transparently on top of Macintosh System 7.5.

Architecture Department World Wide Web Area, University of Oregon, 1995-1996.  (see also The DIL References on Architectural Computing )

Proposal for a New Media Center, University of Oregon, principal investigator, with Zary Segal and Dan Udovic, 1995.

Great Buildings Collection, architectural CD-ROM published by Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1994 (published by Artifice, Inc. since 1998)

Proposal for a New Media Center, University of Oregon, principal investigator, with Zary Segal and Dan Udovic, 1994.

"DesignWorkshop", architectural 3D modeling software, published by Artifice, Inc., 1993 - 1999.

"Computer-Integrated Introductory Design Studios", lead author of joint paper (presented by co-author Linda Zimmer), ACSA/EAAE International Conference, Prague, 1993.

"DesignWorkshop - Architectural Design Modeling", paper presented, ICSRIC '92, Baden-Baden, Germany.

"The Great Buildings Collection", paper presented, ICSRIC '92, Baden-Baden, Germany.

"Computer-Integrated Studios at Oregon", paper presented, ACSA West '92, San Luis Obispo.

New Faculty Award, summer salary support for development of a multimedia encyclopedia of architecture, University of Oregon, November 15, 1991.

Academic Software Development Proposal, continuing equipment support for the development of a multimedia encyclopedia of architecture, valued at $12,063, from Apple Computer, May 20, 1991.

"Achieving Integration by Student Ownership of Computers", primary instructional equipment grant for the Design Computing Laboratory, a 24-hour student access computer lab, providing 10 Macintosh IIcx and IIx computers valued at $83,000, based on a five year plan for integrating digital media in the department, from Apple Computer, 27 November 1990.

"Linking Design, Cost Estimation, 3-D", review article on architectural software for the Macintosh, MacWEEK magazine, 7/10/90.

"Models of Maturity", review article on 3D modeling software for the Macintosh, MacWEEK Magazine, 3/27/90.

Great Buildings Collection Equipment Grant, intial supporting grant for a multimedia encyclopedia of architecture, valued at $15,005, from Apple Computer, 6/22/90.

"An Integrated Computer-Aided Design System for the Superconducting Super Collider", presentation, U.S. Department of Energy Workshop on Computer-Aided Engineering, 1989.

"In Search of CAD Format Standards", guest editorial, MacWEEK, August 1989.

"CAD on the Mac", CAD evaluation series co-editor and author, BMUG Newsletter, 1989. ("CAD on the Mac - Part 1", p59-60, BMUG Newsletter, Volume V, Number I, Winter/Spring 1989. "CAD on the Mac - Part 2", BMUG Newsletter, Volume V, Number II, Summer/Fall 1989.)

" Three-Dimensional Sketching", master's project in architecture, UC Berkeley, 1988.

"Steps Toward a Philosophy of Design", thesis in environmental design, UCSC, 1985.

Lectures, Seminars, Design Juries, & Public Appearances

Santa Barbara Forum on Digital Transitions, invited panelist for PetitionOnline, 2006.

City Club of Eugene, land use series, presenter for Friends of Eugene, 2006.

Citizens State of the City, Eugene, Oregon, presenter for Friends of Eugene, 2005.

Chrysalis remodeling awards, design juror, 2004 - announced June 11, 2004 in Atlanta, during the Southern Building Show.

Auto-des-sys 2000-2001 form-Z Joint Study Awards, design juror, 2001.

Seattle AIA 'Meet the Press' event, invited panelist, circa 2000.

Seattle AIA Awards, design juror, circa 2000.

Competition Juror, "The Designers 3D CAD Shootout for Architectural CADD Systems", at A/E/C Systems 2000, Washington D.C. Convention Center, June 2000.

Competition Juror, "The Designers 3D CAD Shootout for Architectural CADD Systems", at A/E/C Systems '99, Los Angeles Convention Center, May 1999.

"3D Modeling in the Design Studio", Faculty/Student Workshop with Fred Brooks, Stuart Feldman, and Phil Christiansen, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, 1998.

"Computer-Integrated Architectural Design Curriculum", Faculty Workshop, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, 1997.

"Practical Design of 3D User Interfaces", Course Instructor, ACM/SIGGRAPH 1996, New Orleans, August 1996.

"DesignWorkshop with QuickDraw 3D and the Total Building Delivery System", seminar series in Nagoya, Japan, sponsored by Morisada-Kosho Corporation, Fuji-Xerox, Prova, and 3D Innovations, March 1996.

Infinite Solutions,  regional television program, hour long one-on-one interview, featuring discussion on the state of digital media in the architecture profession, conducted by Scott Weba.  (see tenure case video tape) 

"DesignWorkshop and the Total Building Design System", seminar series in Japan, Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Hiroshima, Kanazawa, sponsored by Apple Centers Japan, Yume Ga Aru, Prova, and 3D Innovations, July 1995.

The Computer Chronicles,  national educational television broadcast, "DesignWorkshop" presentation (PC-TV show #1205).  (see tenure case video tape) 

"Practical Design of 3D User Interfaces", Course Instructor, ACM/SIGGRAPH 1995, Los Angeles, August 1995.

"DesignWorkshop" presentation, Berkeley Macintosh User's Group, Berkeley, California, June 30, 1995.

"Architectural Multimedia", Architecture and Allied Arts Alumni Association lecture series, Eugene, Oregon, 1994.

"CAD on the Mac", public talk, Software Association of Oregon, September 1994.

The Designer's Toolkit, professional seminars for Artifice, Inc., summer 1994.

"Architectural Multimedia", Architecture and Allied Arts Alumni Association lecture series, San Francisco, 1994.

Great Buildings Collection  public installation, Portland Architecture Week, Portland, Oregon, 1993.

The Designer's Toolkit,  professional seminar for Nike, Inc., winter 1993.

"AEC Design Technology in the U.S.", private lecture for Itogumi Construction, Portland, Oregon, 1992.

"Possibilities", Apple Computer, Inc. national educational marketing video, presented as a higher-education instructional technology exemplar, 1992.  (see tenure case video tape) 

"Getting Started with Macintosh CAD", public lecture, Macintosh Business Conference, Los Angeles, 1989.

"The Mac at Cal", presentation at Educators' Forum, AEC Systems '89, Los Angeles.

Energy News,  reporter and managing editor for a monthly alternative energy newspaper, 1982.

Design Projects

Glenwood Village Hall and Town Square, national competition entry, with Brewer Design of Portland and the students of Architecture 410/510, May 1996.

Retail Sales Cart Prototype, for Activate, Inc., design collaboration with Brewer Design of Portland (Misako Yamaguchi, design associate), Spring 1996.

University of Oregon Law School Design Charette, team member, and also provided computer models used by other teams, January 1995.

Trade Show Booth, for Artifice, Inc., modular steel with wood and foam-core inserts, designed for light weight and rapid no-tools assembly, 1995.

International Residential College Feasibility Study, professional services proposal, including demonstration of computer-aidied interactive user-group visualization activities, with James McLane, Polly Welch, Jenny Young, January 1994.

Faculty Multimedia Laboratory, proposed remodeling at the UO Computing Center, 1992.

Evanston Public Library, national competition entry, with Jenny Young, 1991.

Office Remodeling, space for 50 scientific and support staff of the SSC Central Design Group, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, 1989.

Design Studio Security Remodeling, Wurster Hall, UC Berkeley, 1989.

Laurent Street Gates, hand-forged steel, Santa Cruz, California, 1985.

Ornamental Detailing at Blueberry Hill, forged and fabricated steel and copper, Scotts Valley, California, 1983-84.

Kuumbwa Jazz Center, landscape design, Santa Cruz, California, 1983.

Corralitos Gates, fabricated steel and copper, 24'x 6.5', Corralitos, California, 1980-82.

Solar Hot Water System, collective design and construction of a scratch-built active solar heating system, Deep Springs College, 1979.

Meetinghouse, a small-group retreat building, Deep Springs College, 1978-79.

Remodeling Projects, Deep Springs College, 1978.

Selected Press Coverage, Recognition, and Citations

Continuing media coverage related to PetitionOnline.com

Continung local coverage in the Eugene Register-Guard

Continung local coverage in the Eugene Weekly

"Today's Research, Tomorrow's Software" by B.J. Novitski, Architectural Record, December, 1999, p223, quoted at length, also references to DesignWorkshop and the Great Buildings Collection.

"Building Respect : World Wide Web sites offer instruction on architecture as art", by J.D. Biersdorfer, full-page feature article on the Great Buildings Collection and the Great Buildings Online, New York Daily News, February 28, 1999, Sunday Business p3.

Feature article on the Great Buildings Online, Times of London, January 6, 1999.

Feature article on the Great Buildings Online, New York Times, December 17, 1998.

"Architects are seeing in 3D", photograph, discussion, and sidebar in an article focusing on QuickDraw 3D and architecture, with quoted comments from David Bailey, California architect and DesignWorkshop user, MacWEEK  magazine. p37-38, 8/26/96.

"Software from the Schools", Architecture  magazine, article profiling DesignWorkshop and three other examples of innovative architectural software orginating from university research, by Nancy Solomon. p153-157, 8/96.

Who'sWho in America, biography subject, 51st Edition.

Citation of DesignWorkshop in "3D Sketching" a technical paper in the SIGGRAPH '96 Proceedings,  8/96.

Design Thesis by Lars Bleher, University of Stuttgart, using DesignWorkshop and Radiance, described in a feature article in MacForum ARCHITEKTUR und Gestaltung,  (Swiss magazine) #2/96, May 1996.

Who'sWho in American Education, biography subject, p542, 1996-1997, 5th Edition.

Interview with Kevin Matthews, Personal-Computer for All Designers  (PAD ) magazine, Japan, Fall 1995.

DesignWorkshop-in-practice series of monthly articles, focusing on work by ARX, an architecture firm in Tokyo, Nikkei Mac  magazine, Japan, 10/95, 11/95.

National Geographic  magazine, photograph showing a virtual reality system for handicapped rehabilitation being used with an environment modeled in DesignWorkshop, 1995.

Citation and illustrations of The Great Buildings Collection,  in a technical paper on architectural multimedia, by , ACADIA '95 Proceedings, 10/95.

DesignWorkshop review and tutorial article, Personal-computer for All Designers  magazine, Japan, Summer 1995.

Oregon Campaign video presentation, University of Oregon, 1995. (only untenured faculty member in a series of mentor teacher profiles).  (see tenure case video tape) 

Citation of DesignWorkshop in "The Radiance Rendering System", a technical paper by Greg Ward, in the SIGGRAPH '94 Proceedings.

"Around the World in 80MB", review of The Great Buildings Collection, The Village Voice,  3-22-94.

Mac User  magazine "1993 Eddy Finalist Award" given to DesignWorkshop 1.0, in the category of Best New Computer-aided Visualization.

"Computers go to School" including profile of design computing at the University of Oregon, Architecture  magazine, 9/93.

"Designing the Future", Oregon Insight, Fall 1993.

Higher Education in Oregon, featured faculty member, Sunday Oregonian,  5/30/93.

Review of DesignWorkshop, Architectural Record .

The Great Buildings Collection, general information article, The New York Times,  metropolitan edition.

"Keying in a Fresh Design", technology transfer success story, Oregon Business,  6/93.

"Mac CAD Software adding Dimension to Architecture", featuring DesignWorkshop, MacWEEK  magazine, 1/25/93.

"Visiting Lost Cities", including a discussion of The Great Buildings Collection,  Computer Graphics World,  1/93.

Reviews of "DesignWorkshop", MacWEEK,  MacWorld,  MacUser,  MacUser UK  etc.

"DesignWorkshop" announcements, PC WEEK,  MacWEEK,  InfoWorld,  Byte,  Computer Graphics World,  etc.

"The Great Buildings Collection", announcement, Syllabus,  12/91.

"Profiles in Computing...", University of Oregon Computing News,  11/91.

"Joining the Group to Save the Individual", Wayland-Weston Town Crier,  May 1977.

Important Note on Distribution Media -- This collection of academic background materials was originally assembled primarily in the form of a hyperlinked World-Wide Web area, due to the importance of hyperlinks in many of the included digital originals. The web-based assemblage was also printed and photocopied so a hardcopy reference was available to reviewers. While great efforts were made to match the original web and printed versions, unavoidable practical compromises mean that some items would be found only in either the web version or the hardcopy version. The live online web version will of course represent the most up-to-date assemblage.

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