Program Sponsors:

Microsol Resources Corporation, an Autodesk Architectural Premier Solutions Provider located in New York City, is proud to be a sponsor of ENYA. As part of this sponsorship, Microsol Resources offers ENYA mentees a one-time $300 discount towards the purchase of a single seat of Architectural Desktop 2007 or the AutoCAD Revit Series 9 (bundle of AutoCAD 2007 and Revit Building 9). This offer is valid until March 31, 2007, and can be applied towards the purchase of only one license of software. For inquiries or to order, please email
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MENTORING: BEYOND IDP

Kick-Off Event
When: April 19, 2006 6:30p - 8:30p
Where: Center for Architecture
Registration: CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
Back by popular demand, Mentoring: Beyond IDP is a program designed to provide young architects with access to inspiring, experienced architects in a comfortable, informal group setting. The foundation and continuum of architectural practice has always had its roots in education, and mentoring has been the traditional method of teaching young architects. Historically, young architects worked along side a master architect and learned by listening, observing, and participating. The last few decades has seen a shift away from this form of education.

Today young architects in New York are in need of a program that reinvents the historical model, mentoring, facilitating personal relationships and fostering the learning process with experienced architects.

In this program, young architects register online to participate. Registrants are invited to attend the Kick-off Event on April 19, 2006 - in which they will have an opportunity to get to know the available Mentors. In order to be placed with a Mentor, registrants must email a ranked list of their preferred 5 Mentors to
ENYA@aiany.org by 6:30PM EST on April 21, 2006. Mentees will be notified of their placement with a Mentor on April 28, 2006 and will meet as a group, with the Mentor's other Mentees, at least 4 times before mid-January 2007. Discussion topics during these meetings are determined by both mentor and mentees. The program concludes with a wrap up event showcasing the mentees and the experiences they have drawn from the program.

Please note: All of the Mentors limit the number of Mentees they will accept. Therefore, there will be a limited number of Mentees who can be placed with a Mentor. ENYA will attempt to place all registrants (which may include recruiting additional Mentors), however registrants are not guaranteed a Mentor.
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ELIGIBILITY:
The program is open to young professionals including artists, architects, landscape architects, graphic designers, and urban planners. The program is NOT open to students. Applicants are not required to be members of the AIA, however the selected Mentees will be required to join in order to participate in the program.
If you applied for this program in 2004 and were not placed with a Mentor, you are not required to pay the registration fee for the 2006 program. You will only be required to pay admission to the Kick-Off and Wrap-Up Events, if you wish to attend them.
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Schedule is subject to change.

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MENTOR BIOS

Ann Butter Taryn Christoff & Martin Finio Richard Dattner, FAIA Eric and Nancy GoshowDavid Helpern John Henderson Kevin Kennon

Jonathan Marvel, AIA Matthew Priest Alex Richter, AIA Porie Sakia-Eapen, AIA Paul Segal, FAIA Jerri Smith, AIA Dennis Vermuelen Oliver Wilhelm, AIA

Ann Butter
Blumberg & Butter
Blumberg & Butter, P.C. is an architectural firm specializing in landscape design and recreation planning. Both principals, Bert Blumberg and Ann Butter, are registered architects who developed an interest in sitework and, specifically parks and playgrounds, over forty years ago. The design of public spaces provides an opportunity to improve the quality of life in the urban environment.
It is a rewarding experience to visit a park or playground which we have designed and observe children and adults enjoying the activities and open space. The length of time from inception of this type of project until it is built is much shorter than most building construction and thus the realization of one's design is achieved much more quickly.
Most of our work is for urban agencies in New York City. We have designed hundreds of parks, playgrounds and recreation buildings for the NYC Department of Parks and numerous playgrounds and athletic facilities for the NYC School Construction Authority. We also provide site inspection services to the Department of Parks for construction of projects which have been designed by other firms or in-house by Agency staff. Careful attention is paid to detailing contract documents so that projects can be constructed, maintenance is minimized and few change orders are required during construction. We strive to achieve solutions which are aesthetically pleasing, fun to play in, environmentally sound, and designed to withstand the rigors of urban life.
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Taryn Christoff & Martin Finio
Christoff:Finio Architecture
Martin Finio is a graduate of the Cooper Union in New York. Before founding Christoff:Finio, he was as an associate for almost ten years in the office of Tod Williams and Billie Tsien, where he headed such projects as the National AIA Award winning Cranbrook Natatorium, and the Go Silk showroom, (a National AIA Interior Award winner) and was deeply involved in other projects in the office such as the Neurosciences Institute in La Jolla California, and the Phoenix Art Museum in Phoenix Arizona. He was guest editor of the 1999 monograph Williams Tsien: Works, part of the architectural monograph series 2G, published by Gustavo Gili. He was also a recipient of a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts for "Conciliator," a temporary structure placed at the intersection of Broadway and Fifth Avenue in New York City, based on the work of John Hejduk. He has taught at Columbia University and is currently teaching at Yale, conducting both a design studio and a course entitled "Systems Integration", where he has brought together some of the brightest minds in high performance, low energy use strategies for design. He has lectured extensively at places such as Yale University, Carnegie Mellon, University of Toronto, Cranbrook, and the Architectural League, and has served on panel discussions such as Pratt University's 2002 International Summer Seminar.

Taryn Christoff is a graduate of IIT, where she was fully immersed in the Bauhaus-inspired pedagogical heritage originally instituted there by Mies van der Rohe. Since that time she has worked for several architectural firms in New York, large-scale and small, gaining extensive experience in corporate and commercial interiors, institutional projects and new residential work. She has been an invited juror at many architectural schools in New York and on the east coast. While Mr. Finio was still an associate at Williams Tsien, it was Ms. Christoff who initiated the practice that would become Christoff:Finio Architecture.
In a few short years they have developed a critical practice with an impressive range of projects. They were cited in 2002 as one of the twenty-five "best new architectural talents" worldwide by Wallpaper* Magazine. They were one of 11 firms selected for Architectural Record's 2004 "Design Vanguard" issue, and they are one of 2005's "Emerging Voices" as selected by the Architectural League of New York. The July 2005 issue of Esquire magazine named Martin Finio one of America's most promising young architects. House and Garden Magazine featured them as one of their "50 for the Future of Design" in April 2006.
Christoff:Finio's proposal for a Danish Aquacenter is currently on display at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., as part of the exhibit Liquid Stone: New Architecture in Concrete. The firm has won several AIA Awards and was recently a finalist in the City Lights streetlight design competition. Martin Finio, Taryn Christoff and their two children reside in New York City.
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Richard Dattner, FAIA
Dattner Architects
Richard Dattner was born in Bielsko, Poland. He attended the Architectural Association of London and received his Bachelor of Architecture from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has taught design at the Cooper Union, City College of New York and the University of Wisconsin and at other school of architecture as visiting design critic and lecturer. He was Vice President of the AIA New York Chapter, former Trustee of the City Club of New York, and served on the board of the Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment National Research Council, and the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission. Richard received the 1992 Medal of Honor from the American Institute of Architects New York Chapter, which is the highest honor the Chapter can bestow for distinguished architecture. He received 1994 Thomas Jefferson Award from the national American Institute of Architects in recognition of his significant contributions to public architecture. He is the author of Design for Play (Van Nostrand/Reinhold, 1969) and Civil Architecture – The New Public Infrastructure (McGraw-Hill, 1995).
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Nancy and Eric Goshow, AIA
Goshow Architects
Nancy Aber Goshow, AIA is a registered architect with over 30 years of experience in architecture, landmarks restoration, and interior design. As Managing Partner of Goshow Architects, LLP, she is co-owner of one of the largest woman-owned architectural firms in New York City.
Ms. Goshow’s interests have led to the firm’s involvement in a diverse inventory of project types. For example, under her direction, the firm has recently completed the renovation of 45 public schools for the NYC School Construction Authority, the new offices for the Mayor of the City of New York, the interior restoration of the Sanctuary of the historic Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York City, and design of a new interactive children’s science museum for Brookhaven National Laboratories on Long Island.
Many of these projects have been recognized for their design merit and have been published in leading architectural journals, including Progressive Architecture, Interiors, and Architectural Record.

F. Eric Goshow, AIA is a registered architect with over 30 years of experience in architectural design and planning. Mr. Goshow has been involved in projects located throughout the East, from Charleston, South Carolina and Charlottesville, Virginia to New York City and Hartford, Connecticut.
Mr. Goshow has extensive experience in corporate offices and institutional design as well as all areas of housing and residential construction. His expertise extends from new construction to rehabilitation and restoration of historically significant structures.
Projects he has led include the award-winning exterior restoration of Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, NYC, the design and construction of over 5,000 units of housing for lower-income families, renovations at Avery Fisher Hall for Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc., a center city master plan for the City of Cumberland, MD, the Luna Park restaurant at Union Square Park, NYC, and Pier 34, the first recreational pier built into the Hudson River in over 30 years. Mr. Goshow also has long-term experience with adaptability and accessibility design standards for the disabled. He has worked with the City’s Commission on Human Rights and the U.S. Department of Justice on accessibility issues concerning significant and Landmarked buildings.
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David Helpern
Helpern Architects
David Helpern founded Helpern Architects in 1971 to create leading-edge designs and plans for educational institutions. Unlike most architects, Helpern chose to use his skills for buildings at all educational levels, from elementary schools to the nation’s greatest universities. Over the years, his practice grew to include a long list of prestigious corporate and hospitality-industry clients as well.
This success stems from Helpern’s reputation as a "professional’s professional": someone with uncommonly high standards for his own work and that of his experienced staff. In addition, he was one of the first architects to establish a building technology division, which enables his firm to combine design, planning, and technological services for effective and often innovative projects. Just as important, he knows how to build in New York, possibly the toughest market in the world.
Helpern holds a B.A. from Brown University and a Master of Architecture from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. In 1993, he was named a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. He is also known for his work with schools and universities—not just designing facilities but also serving to improve education through such organizations as the Institute for Student Achievement, which aids young people at the highest levels of risk.
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John Henderson
Clodagh
John Henderson is Studio Director with Clodagh Design, managing a staff of 20 and working on hospitality and residential projects both in NY and abroad. The Clodagh Design studio provides integrated architectural, interior and industrial design services as well as consulting on landscape and graphic design. The design studio, licensing design group, and retail/trade showroom work together to provide clients a complete environment experience that reflects Clodagh's initiative to create life-enhancing design.
Prior to joining Clodagh Design, John was with Studios Architecture as Associate Principal in NY where he completed significant corporate interior projects. He holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Cornell University.
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Kevin Kennon
Kevin Kennon Architects
Mr. Kennon has over 17 years experience practicing architecture. He has worked for Kohn Pedersen Fox, I.M. Pei and Partners, Michael Graves Architect, Kevin Roche and John Dinkeloo Architects, and Agrest and Gandelsonas. As a design partner at Kohn Pedersen Fox, Mr. Kennon oversaw the design and construction of a wide variety of building types. In 2001, he founded Kevin Kennon Architects. Mr. Kennon collaborated on the design and construction of the ground-zero public viewing platform at the world trade center. His current project is the Incubator- a 50000s.f. artists residence complex in lower Manhattan in collaboration with David Rockwell. He currently sits on AIA NYC Rebuilds Memorial Committee. From 1999-2000 he served on the Oculus Committee of the New York Chapter of the AIA. During this time he was the Co-Chair of the League Circle for the Architectural League of New York. Mr. Kennon was lecturer in architectural design at Yale University from 88-92. He has lectured at Princeton, Yale, Rice, University of Houston, Amherst College, and the Architectural League of New York. He is currently a visiting professor at Columbia and is the executive director of the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies. Mr. Kennon is registered in the State of New York and the State of Delaware.
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Jonathan Marvel, AIA
Rogers Marvel Architects
Jonathan Marvel's parents moved to Puerto Rico in 1958; Jonathan was born there two years later. His father still is a practicing architect in San Juan; his mother is a social planner, working with low income communities across the island.
Jonathan majored in fine arts at Dartmouth College; he received the Bachelor of Arts in 1982. In 1986, Jonathan received the Masters of Architecture degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, where he studied with Jorge Silvetti, Rafael Moneo, and Peter Eisenman. He spent his student summers in New York, working for Emilio Ambasz and Peter Eisenman.
Upon graduation, Jonathan worked for four years in the office of Richard Meier + Partners on the Museu d'Art Contemporani in Barcelona, the Getty Center in Los Angeles, and the High Museum of Art in Atlanta. He then went to Naples to teach architecture, and taught with Kenneth Frampton at Columbia upon return. In 1990, he began practicing on his own. He won the competition for renovating the galleries and entry of El Museo del Barrio in 1992, and in the same year teamed up with Robert Rogers to form Rogers Marvel Architects in New York City.
Today, Rogers Marvel Architects (RMA) is a multidisciplinary practice of 40 architects, landscape architects, urban designers, preservationists, and product designers, working on a wide range of projects including museums, schools, and public spaces. A small satellite office in Cody, Wyoming focuses on houses and land planning. Jonathan and Rob have also co-founded TRUCK Product Architecture and Rock12 Security Architecture. TRUCK designs furniture and homewares for modern living; Rock12 brings design to streetscape elements. Rogers Marvel's NOGO streetscape elements were exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art earlier this year. In conjunction with BKLYN Designs and ICFF Connected events in May 2006, Jonathan is co-curating blockparty, an installation that will feature Brooklyn-based designers, artists, furniture makers and craftspeople and will completely inhabit one of the fourteen State Street Townhouses designed by RMA, now in construction.
Jonathan has been teaching design studios at the GSD and Parsons for the past five years. He's a former Board member of the New York Chapter of the AIA, and currently serves on the preservation committee of the Municipal Art Society as well as on the streetscape committee for the New York City Art Commission. Among the recent projects at Rogers Marvel Architects that you won't see tonight include numerous rooftop residences, streetscapes around the New York Stock Exchange, worldwide retail stores for Kate Spade and Theory, the Stephen Gaynor School and Ballet Hispanico on the Upper West Side, and the South Fork Museum of Natural History on Long Island.
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Matthew Priest
Cooper, Robertson & Partners
Matthew Priest is an urban designer and registered architect with ten years experience. A designer and project manager with Cooper, Robertson & Partners, his current projects involve mixed-use urban infill from 30 to 300 acres across North America. Before moving to New York, Matthew practiced in San Francisco where he planned and designed over 1,000 built multifamily dwellings. Other architectural projects include an urban outpatient cancer treatment center, a public library and numerous nonprofit facilities (religious, educational and arts-related). Matthew earned a B.Arch. from The University of Texas at Austin and a master’s in urban design at Columbia University.
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Alex Richter, AIA
Adamson Associates Architects
Alex Richter is the New York representative for Adamson Associates Architects, an architectural firm that has been responsible for some the largest and most complex commercial developments in the world.
Over the last 18 years, Alex Richter has been involved with some the largest and most complex developments that the firm has undertaken, including the Petronas Towers at the Kuala Lumpur City Center, Canary Wharf and numerous New York area skyscrapers.
Mr. Richter's experience within the architectural and construction industry has provided him with a unique understanding of how architectural design concepts are translated into the practical world of construction.
Mr. Richter has been a moderator at the 2005 Architectural Record 'Innovation Conference' and The Skyscraper Museum's lecture series entitled 'Green Teams, How Sustainability Succeeds in Business'. He is also an adjunct professor at Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture where he teaches building systems.
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Porie Sakia-Eapen, AIA
New York City Transit
Ms. Saikia-Eapen, AIA, is President of the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA) Metro New York/New Jersey Chapter, and Chief Architect at MTA New York City Transit (NYCT). She leads NYC Transit's team of in-house architects, overseeing the design efforts of both in-house and consulting architects on all MTA NYC Transit projects. Her contributions to the design and construction industry over the past 20 years have included architectural design, project development, program management and construction management on a wide range of projects in the public and private sectors.
Ms. Saikia-Eapen frequently represents both MTA NYCT and CMAA in national and international conferences as an invited speaker, with engagements in South Korea, Russia, Argentina, Mexico and India, in 2005. She has lectured on architecture, transportation and construction management at various universities in the U.S. and abroad. In addition to participating in the National Science Foundation's mentoring programs through interviews, lectures & panel discussions and an advisor to the New York Architectural Foundation, Ms. Saikia-Eapen is a long-standing mentor for the NYC ACE Mentor Program and the NYU Alumni Career Advisement Program. With a Bachelor of Architecture and a Masters in Public Administration, Ms Saikia-Eapen is a licensed architect registered in New York State.
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Paul Segal, FAIA
Paul Segal Associates Architects
Mr. Segal is the founding principal at Paul Segal Associates Architects and has been the Partner-in-Charge of numerous projects receiving awards, including 12 AIA awards for adaptive reuse/preservation projects. These projects which range from housing to schools to museums have been awarded for their sensitivity to context and to existing structures. Mr. Segal's experience in long term growth planning projects and his hands-on involvement have assured the success of the firm's many projects. He received his BA and MFA, as a University Scholar and Fellow from Princeton University. He Worked for SOM, Gruzen and Partners, and was involved for three years with TAMS in the planning and design of airports and their long range problems of flexibility and growth. He has been a guest design critic at Columbia and Princeton Universities and the Cooper Union, and for over fifteen years has been an Adjunct Associate Professor at the GSAPP of Columbia University. He has served as a juror and jury chairman for the Bard Award, City Club of NY; chairman of the NY State AIA 1991 Design Awards Jury and the NYC/AIA Residential Design Awards; and as a member of the NYC/AIA Medal of Honor Jury. As a member of the Mayor's Theatre Advisory Council from 1982 to 1990, he assisted in preparing the new zoning program to preserve the Broadway theaters and the character and design quality of Time Square. He was vice-chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Preservation League of NY State and a member of the UDC Citizens Cultural Advisory Committee. He is a member of the AIA College of Fellows, was a member of the jury to select new members of the College of Fellows in 1994, is a past President of the NY Chapter of the AIA and is President of the NY Foundation for Architecture.
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Jerri Smith, AIA
Kohn Pederson Fox Associates
Jerri Smith is a registered architect with 25 years of professional experience. Since joining Kohn Pedersen Fox in 1981, Ms. Smith has developed particular expertise in the design of institutional and corporate facilities.
Ms. Smith served as Senior Associate Principal/Senior Designer for the Gannett/USA TODAY Headquarters, a 825,000 gsf Corporate Headquarters in McLean, Virginia, winner of a 2005 National AIA Honor Award for Architecture, and the new IBM Corporate Headquarters, a 283,000 gsf building in Armonk, NY, completed in 1997. She is Senior Associate Principle/Senior Designer for the award-winning US Courthouse in Buffalo New York, a nine story Federal courthouse on Niagara Square to begin construction in 2007. Previously, she was Senior Designer for the 16-story, 21-court Mark O. Hatfield US Courthouse in Portland, Oregon, and for Lincoln Square, a 48-story mixed-use building with residential, health club, retail, and entertainment components in the dense urban context of New York City.
Ms. Smith's institutional and campus experience includes William H. Gates Hall, the Law School at the University of Washington in Seattle. That 200,000 gsf building, completed in 2003 houses all law school programs, faculty, administration, classrooms, and library. At the College for Creative Studies in Detroit MI, the Walter B. Ford II Building, a new 101,000 gsf facility is devoted to CCS's computer-intensive design arts programs, providing classrooms, studios, departmental and faculty offices, a student hub and display space for the school. Finished in September 2001, the new building completes the definition of the new quadrangle and heart of the campus community, Phase 3 of the 1998 Comprehensive Master Plan. Ms Smith was senior designer for master plan and building.
She is currently working on the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, a 275,000 gsf building to be built on the Ann Arbor campus.
Ms. Smith's urban design work at KPF includes the 1994 Philadelphia Navy Base Reuse Strategy Report for the PIDC/Philadelphia City Planning and master plans for Matsushida Investment and Development in Kyoto and a master plan for a 5,000,000 gsf mixed-use development for the Former Defense Agency Site in Roppongi, Tokyo.
Following September 2001, Ms. Smith worked with the Growth Strategies Committee of New York New Visions, contributing to discussion and white papers produced by the group, and working with others at NYNV and Civic Alliance/Regional Plan Association workshops to produce analytical and urban design studies intended to promote public discourse on the principles and possibilities for the future of Lower Manhattan and the WTC Site.
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Dennis Vermuelen
FLAnk: Architecture on the Front Lines
Dennis Vermeulen's work is informed by his interdisciplinary studies and experience in architecture, fine arts, and museum services. His studies in fine arts and work as an internationally exhibited artist led to strong ties to the artistic community and cultural institutions. While developing his own body of work in fine arts, he also worked for the Guggenheim Museum, heading the Technical Services and Installation Department for the Guggenheim SoHo and working on the inaugural exhibitions at the Guggenheim Bilbao. After managing the design and production team for the designer Elie Tahari to create an innovative retail space and gallery in New York, in 1999, he founded the multidisciplinary design-build firm Mongrel. Vermeulen has designed numerous gallery and museum exhibitions as well as a range of residential projects, including work for private clients and public cultural institutions such as the City University of New York, Bronx Museum of the Arts, and the New York chapter of the AIA. He has worked for Gehry Partners in Los Angeles, where he was involved with a wide range of projects including the Riscal winery and hotel in the Basque region of Spain. Vermeulen is now based in New York, working with FLAnk Architecture, a firm focused on the intersection of development and design, where he is overseeing the design and project management of a new 55,000 square foot residential building and hotel/spa/restaurant in lower Manhattan. He is concurrently serving as construction administrator on a 50,000 square foot commercial development in West Chelsea. Vermeulen received his M.Arch from Columbia University GSAPP.
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Oliver Wilhelm, AIA
The Cybul Partnership
Mr. Wilhelm graduated from the School of Architecture at Syracuse University. Oliver Wilhelm has been a registered Architect for nearly 20 years and is a partner at The Cybul Partnership. Since he has joined the firm, 6 years ago, Mr. Wilhelm has been involved with a variety of design projects ranging from a Car Wash to a 12-story midrise apartment building and a hi-tech commercial Bakery. The New Jersey Society of Architects recognized The Cybul Partnership as The Architectural Firm of the Year for 2003 and the firm received a silver medal from the NJ A.I.A. in 2002 for the Chelsea Car Wash project located on 10th Avenue and 14th Street in New York, NY. for which Mr. Wilhelm served as Project Architect. He is currently involved with a series of upcoming design projects such as the redevelopment of La Marqueta, Urban design development in East Harlem, NY and a design proposal for the development of Piers 13 & 14 on the East Side of Manhattan. Mr. Wilhelm strongly believes in the Architect as a master builder, the use of natural light, location and context as critical design references, and the use of materials, both recycled and new as important to the designs he creates.
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