AWARDS AND PUBLICATIONS
Invested into the College of Fellows, American Institute of Architects 2011 Distinguished Alumnus Award of Washington University in St. Louis School of Architecture, 2011 Six American Institute of Architects design awards
Nine National Organization of Minority Architects design awards Two HUD (Department of Housing and Urban Design) awards One U.S. Department of Defense merit award
Muni Metro East Maintenance Facility: 2010 Honor Award, Amer. Council of Engineering Companies Annual Engineering Excellence Award; 2009 Public Works Project of the Year, American Public Works Association 2009 Green Building of America: GEDC Family Housing
2006 NAHRO (Natl. Assoc. of Housing and Redevelopment Officials) Award of Excellence: Mandela Gateway Eleven exhibitions of architectural work, including AIA national conferences (2008 - 2010) and NOMA national conferences (2008 – 2010)
Ten publications on architectural work, including:
1000X: Architecture of the Americas (2008); Journal of Housing & Community Development (March/April, 2007); NOMA Magazine (fall, 2004): “Home is where Hope Is: the Architecture of Affordable Housing”; Dwell Magazine (April, 2001)
Drawings published in three books
Co-authored with Iain Fraser book on architectural drawing, Envisioning Architecture: An Analysis of Drawing Co-authored with Iain Fraser five articles on architectural drawing Authored three articles on architecture for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Board of Directors, Kimochi, Incorporated 2012 -
President, SFNOMA (San Francisco chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects) 2009 - 2011 Volunteer work with Rebuilding Together, San Francisco 2009 - Board of Trustees, Museum of Craft and Folk Art 2006 – 2010 Advisory Board, Japantown Planning and Preservation Task Force 2001 – Member, Japantown Planning and Preservation Task Force 1998 – 2000 Member, Minority Resource Committee, San Francisco AIA 2001 – 2003 Founding faculty member, NOMA student chapter, Washington University in St. Louis, 1993