FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR

Fred Stitt, Architect, former instructor in architecture at the University of California, Berkeley. Editor/Publisher, Guidelines. Author of Designing Buildings That Work, Systems Graphics, Systems Drafting, The Design Office Management Handbook, Room Design Standards, Project Management, Predesign & Planning, The Architect's Detail Library, and many other manuals, newsletters, and related publications on architectural practice. Raised in Los Angeles, Fred moved to Oklahoma to study with Bruce Goff at the University of Oklahoma. He then worked for a wide variety of architects, including Polo Soleri in Arizona, Edward Stone in New York, Reid & Tarics in San Francisco and many others. In 1968 he entered the University of California at Berkeley and wrote a series of research papers on the dominant problems of professional practice. Since then he has written and published over fifty manuals on "problems and solutions" in architecture, and lectures extensively on these subjects for architectural audiences across the U.S. Through these years of research and writing, Fred's long-term goal has been to create an experimental school dedicated to the study and solution of problems in design education. That school, founded in 1990, is the SFIA.

INSTRUCTORS

• J. Baldwin, Inventor. Alternative Engineering & Construction.
• Shad Beazer, AutoCad.
• Penny Burbank, Brainstorming, Berkeley.
• Joel Carr, Professional Engineer. Structural engineering.
• David Deppen, Architect. Site Planning & Eco Design.
• Mark Fallin, Solar Consultant. Solar Design.
• Matt Fulvio, M.Arch, SFIA. Mathematics & Geometry of Design.
  
• Suren Gunasekara, M.Arch, SFIA. Design & Media.
• Phil Hawes, PhD. Architect. Director, The Eco Design Experience, Oracle, Arizona.
• Michael Heacock. CADD.
• Thad Kusmierski, Architect.
• Jill Kustner, Structural Engineer
• Jeff McGrew, CADD & PhotoShop.
• Tracey Mellor. B.Sc. in Geography and Biology.
• Martin Newland, MA, Frank Lloyd Wright School. Design.
• Paul Okamoto, Architect. Urban Design & Ecology.
• Kathryn Sawyer, M.Arch., SFIA.
• David Seidman, Bio-engineer. Ecological Design.
• Bonnie Sherk, Landscape Artist. Landscape Design.
• Charles Sholten, M.Arch, SFIA. Frank Lloyd Wright Seminar.
• Fred A. Stitt, Architect. Design, History, Creative Problem Solving, Construction.
• Matt Taylor, Designer. Architectural Design & Internet Technology.
• Eugene Tsui, Architect, MA, PhD. Architectural Design.
• Scott Weiss. CADD.
• Elisabeth Winnen, MA, Frank Lloyd Wright School. Design & Design Media.
• Skip Wenz, Eco consultant, Author EcoTecture. Ecological Design.

GUEST LECTURERS

• Paul Adamson, Architect. Eichler Houses
• Helena Arahuete, Architect. John Lautner/Organic Architecture.
• Steven Badanes, Design-Build Contractor and Consultant.
• Allegra Bukojemsky, Bio Sciences. Biology.
• Ernest Burden, New York, author of Design Presentation, Design Communication, Design Simulation.
• Charles Warren Callister, Architect, Tiburon.
• Douglas Cardinal, Architect, Ottawa, Canada.
• Wallace Cunningham, Architect, San Diego.
• Darrel DeBoer, Architect. Bamboo & Straw Bale.
• Arthur Dyson, Architect, Fresno; Dean, Frank Lloyd Wright School.
• Allen Green, Landscape Architect. Eco Community Activism.
• Rob Hickling, M.Arch, SFIA. Alternative Materials.
• James Hubbell, Artist, Architectural Designer, San Diego.
• Jack Hillmer, Designer, Tiburon.
• Linda Hinkle, Architect, San Jose.
• Thomas Hise, Architect, Palo Alto.
• Karen Holden, Poet. Poetry, Literature, & Design Process.
• Todd Jersey, Architect. Ecological Design
• Kendrick Kellogg, Architect, San Diego.
• Bruce King, Structural Engineer. Ecological Design.
• Thaddeus Kusmierski, Architect, Historic Preservation, Berkeley.
• Cate Leger/Karl Wanaselja, Architects. Eco Architecture.
• Daniel Liebermann, Architect, Berkeley.
• Penny Livingston, Permaculture Designer. Permaculture.
• Donald MacDonald, Architect, San Francisco.
• Frank Mascia, Architect, Tucson, Arizona.
• Mickey Muennig, Architect, Big Sur.
• Robert Oshatz, Architect, Portland, Oregon.
• Bart Prince, Architect, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
• John Rattenberry, Taliesin Associated Architects, Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.
• Beverly Reiser, Art Education, Exhibit Management, & Electronic Arts, Oakland.
• Glen Small, Architect, Santa Monica.
• Arthur Stern, Glass Artist, Emeryville.
• Carol Venolia, Architect, author Healing Environments.
• Lee Ward, Architect, Napa, California.

SPECIAL PROJECTS - PROGRAM ADVISERS

• Eric Drexler, author Engines of Creation and Unbounding the Future.
• Robin Freeman, Director, Environmental Design Program, Merritt College, Oakland.
• Linda Hinkle, Architect, San Jose.
• Kate O'Brien, Structural Engineer, Los Angeles.
• Patricia Schilling, Systems Consultant, co-author Intelligent Drawings.
• Terry Schilling, Architect, co-author Intelligent Drawings.

SFIA ADMINISTRATION

• Fred Stitt, Director
• Renee Hawley, Student Records.
• Anita Lanier, Webmaster.
• Ginnie Meyer, Records Coordinator.
• Michelle Vedar, Student Records
• Chandler Vienneau, Chief Registrar.