Sim Van der Ryn 
Biography
Architect, Professor, Sustainable Architecture Expert from United States
Sim Van der Ryn is the President of Van der Ryn Architects, a northern California firm known worldwide for its pioneering work in sustainable architecture.
Van der Ryn was a Professor of Architecture at UC Berkeley for over thirty years.
He was also appointed California State Architect by the administration of Governor Jerry Brown, during which time he developed the United States’ first government-initiated energy efficient office building program.
He has written seven cutting edge books, including his latest,”Design For Life” (2006) as well as “Ecological Design” (1996) with Stuart Cowan, “The Toilet Papers and Sustainable Communities”(1986) with Peter Calthorpe.
Videos
Sim Van der Ryn
How can design be part of a sustainable future?
Sim Van der Ryn believes we are witnessing the end of an industrial-mechanical era, in which nature is seen as a free resource to be used without regard for the consequences. What…
Recorded: 19 October 2005
Sim Van der Ryn
What is the cutting edge of ecological design?
Architect Sim Van de Ryn describes what he believes to be the leading edge of contemporary design. He talks about biomimicry, which uses the way nature works as a basis for design.…
Recorded: 19 October 2005
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