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Awards, Honors & Competitions
 Publications
 Books Authored
Books That My Work Is Described In
Speaking Engagements, Teaching & Lectures
The information on this page is only a partial listing of some of my achievements throughout my career. Please contact me if you're interested in seeing the complete listing of any category.
Awards, Honors & Competitions
(partial listing)

Sunset Magazine
oooAIA Western Home Award, 1977, Sundown Residence
Alumnus of the Year, CA Polytechnic University Alumni Association. San Luis Obispo, CA 1982
Juror, HUD National Passive Solar Design Competition, August, 1978
Juror, First European Passive Solar Competition for the European Economic Community, Sept 14-17, 1980, London England
Juror, Alaska Energy Efficient Housing Competition, Anchorage, Alaska June, 1981
Stan Halls Annual Architecture Award:
oooMountain Pastimes, Spring St., 1989
oooBlack Thorns, North Pine St., 1992
oooDeer Creek Cafe, Sacramento, 1993
Solar Masters Presentation, National Passive Solar Conference, 1998
Publications
My work has been published in numerous publications including:
Sunset:
oooNovember 1976, April 1977, Oct. & Nov. 1977, July 1978, Feb. 1979, Jan. 1980, Nov. 1982,
oooApril & May 1986, Nov. 1986, May 1998
Better Homes and Gardens:
ooo Aug. 1979, Summer 1980, Winter 1983,
Architecture Magazine:
ooo June 1998
House and Garden:
ooo Aug. 1977, Oct. 1979, Mar. & April 1980,
House Beautiful:
ooo Spring-Summer 1983, Fall 1983, Spring-Summer 1986,
National Geographic:
ooo Sept 1977
Mother Earth News:
ooo Issues 46 & 47
Popular Science:
ooo Dec. 1976, June 1978, May 1980
Books Authored
(partial listing)
Natural Solar Architecture: A Passive Primer,
oooVan Nostrand Rheinhold 1978
Soleil, Nature, Architecture (French),
oooEditions Parentheses: Rouquevaire, France, 1979
Sonne Natur Architektur, (German),
oooVerlag C.F. Muller: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1980
Abitare Con II Sole (Italian),
Franco Muzzio & Co. of Padua. Italy, 1981
oooNatural Solar Architecture: A Passive Primer (Japanese),
oooShokokusha Publishing Company, Inc.: Japan, 1982
Arquitectura Solar Natural (Spanish),
oooEdiciones G. Gili: S.A. Mexico D.F., 1983
Co-Authored:
Passive Solar Architecture: Logic and Beauty,
oooVan Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1981
Solar 4 - Architektur und Energie,
oooAmerika Haus, Berlin, 1981
Work Described in the following Books:
(partial listing)

Solar Oriented Architecture,
oooby Arizona State university College of Architecture, Tempe Arizona (1975).
The Solar Home Book,
oooby Bruce Anderson, Chesire books: Harrisville, New hampshire (1976).
Design for a Limited Planet,
oooby Norma Kurka and John Naar.
Speaking Engagements, Teaching and Lectures
(partial listing)
Lectures:
The Smithsonian Institute, "The Emerging Solar Home", series, October 1981, Washington D.C.
Lecturer-Instructor. Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, "Winterim", 1976 and Summerin", 1978
National Solar Energy Building Design Workshop, April 1979, Iowa State University, Ames
Ecole Plytechnique, June 1980, Lausuanne, Switzerland
Visiting Architectural Lecturer and Instructor, Fall, 1981, University of North Carolina College of Architecture, Charlotte, North Carolina
California Polytechnic Unversity, San Luis Obispo, California 1982, 1990
Universitie De Toulouse, Toulouse, France, 1978, 1991
University de Torino, Italy, 1991
Speaker:
C.O.M.P.L.E.S. Solar Conference, October 1975, Athens, Greece
Aspen Energy Forum, 1977, Aspen, Colorado
FACT 79', January 1979, Lausuanne, Switzerland
Fiera di Genova (Second Passive Solar Seminar), June 1980, Genoa, Italy
Earth Sheltered homes Conference, University of Minnesota, June 1986, Minneapolis, Minnesota
John Muir Workshop, University of California, Octber 1987, Davis, California
Solar Center, Paris, April 1991, France.
Participant, California Energy Commission Focus Group, Passive Solar Energy in California, April 1994
Conference De Soleri, April 1991, Universitede, Sicily, Italy
School Lectures:
University of Wisconsin, University of North Carolina, University of Washington, Oregon State University, Arizona State University, University of Oregon, University of California, University of Minnesota, University of Iowa
Please contact me for a complete resume.
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