David Arkin

David Arkin, AIA, is a past-president of Architects, Designers, and Planners for Social Responsibility (ADPSR), a founding member of the California Straw Building Association (CASBA), and has taught and lectured on the subject of sustainable design for over ten years. A licensed architect (CA #22459, 1991; NV #5030, 2004), he spent four years as project architect and planner with Van der Ryn Architects—most notably on the Real Goods Solar Living Center—and apprenticed with Obie Bowman at Sea Ranch. While in graduate school at UC Berkeley, he also worked with Peter Calthorpe and Dan Solomon, focusing on mixed-use, city and regional planning issues.