Recent Research, Scholarship & Creative Activity:

Fargo Growth Plan update - ongoing, Atelier Heamavihio
Cedar Avenue Redevelopment Plan, Richfield, Minnesota; Atelier Heamavihio with JLG Architects
Moorhead Minnesota Development Plan competition, Atelier Heamavihio with JLG Architect, Roers Development and MetroPlains Development
Nam June Paik Museum Competition, Atelier Heamavihio
The Great Egyptian Museum Competition, Atelier Heamavihio
The Front to Back Gradient, Research into positive architectural theory related to psychological and sociological needs of people in neighborhoods.
Backyard Housing,Granny Flats in two distinctly different contexts.
Unitel Remodeling, Atelier Heamavihio, Completed Fall 1998.
Re-Imagining Downtown Greater Grand Forks, Atelier Heamavihio, Participatory design workshops addressing the problems of Grand Forks & East Grand Forks after floods & fires
Continuing research involving urban alleys
Continuing research on neighborhood design principles
Continuing research on the broader application of environmental design

Recent Publications:

Complicating Architecture - 2005 ACSA South East Regional Meeting
Memory as Design Instigator - 2003 ACSA Central Regional Meeting
City Square Design Foibles - 2003 International Making Cities Livable Conference
Fargo, The Hippest Place in America - 2003 Great Plains Sociology Conference, Keynote
Turning Nimby into Yimby - 2002 Upper Great Plains Housing Symposium, Keynote
The Front to Back Gradient, 1999 ACSA West Central Regional Meeting
Backyard Housing, 1999 ACSA West Central Regional Meeting
Environmental Design: Part IV, The Act of Design, YOYO Publications, 1996
Minneapolis River Front: Vision & Implementation, Exhibit at Weissman Gallery, 1996
Socially Responsible Neighborhood Design: Meeting Human Needs in the Community
Plan Canada v.36, No.2: March 1996.