Nathan L. Good

Last updated
Nathan L. Good
Born1954
NationalityAmerican
Alma materCalifornia Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
OccupationArchitect
Spouse(s) April Waters (m. 1980)
Children3
AwardsList
Websitenathangoodarchitects.com

Nathan L. Good (born 1954) is an American architect best known for sustainable, green building designs. He was one of the first individuals that the U.S. Green Building Council designated as a LEED accredited professional. He is the founding principal of Nathan Good Architects PC, in Salem, Oregon, and a fellow of the American Institute of Architects.

Contents

Early life and education

Nathan Good learned principles of green building in childhood. He has said,"I worked for 10 summers on the family farm in Oklahoma... I learned that you don't eat your seed corn, you salvage everything to be re-used some other time and you repair all of your equipment. I have a city boy in me who loves architecture and a farmer in me who understands self-sufficiency and resiliency." [1]

He attended the University of Copenhagen's Denmark International Studies in Architecture in 1976–1977, prior to earning a Bachelor of Science Degree (1978) and a Master's Degree in Architecture (1991), both from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. [2]

Good is married to April Waters. They have a son, Aaron. [3]

Career

Green building is about common sense... It’s about planning, understanding the site, the climate, the client’s needs and the long-term ramifications of our decisions.

— Nathan Good [1]

Good is best known for his sustainable, [4] green building designs [5] that strive for a net-zero, [6] carbon neutral footprint [7] as well as his eco-charrette design process. [8] [9] For an "environmentally sensitive design", he has conducted a design charrette, teaching sessions with clients, contractors, subcontractors and suppliers, to explain his principles and standards of green building design, and to answer their questions and concerns. [4]

Good designed the first fully FSC certified US single-family home. [10] He was also the fifth individual in the United States to be designated a LEED accredited professional by the U.S. Green Building Council. [11] [12] [13] He is an NCARB registered architect, [14] and an NCIDQ certified interior designer. [15]

Good established Nathan Good Architects PC in 2005. [16]

Selected honors and awards

In 2015, Good was named a member of the College of Fellows of American Institute of Architects, in the category, "Advanced the science and art of planning and building by advancing the standards of architectural education, training and practice". [17]

Naming Good their first "sustainability superhero" in 2019, Green Builder's Alan Naditz wrote of Good's ability to bring "sustainability to life, and making it part of every conversation. His portfolio of projects offers stunning examples of how environmental empathy and a responsible work can coexist." [18]

Good and his firm have received regional, national and international design awards: [1]

Related Research Articles

Green building

Green building refers to both a structure and the application of processes that are environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout a building's life-cycle: from planning to design, construction, operation, maintenance, renovation, and demolition. This requires close cooperation of the contractor, the architects, the engineers, and the client at all project stages. The Green Building practice expands and complements the classical building design concerns of economy, utility, durability, and comfort. In doing so, the three dimensions of sustainability, i.e., planet, people and profit across the entire supply chain need to be considered.

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Standard for green building design

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is a green building certification program used worldwide. Developed by the non-profit U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) it includes a set of rating systems for the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of green buildings, homes, and neighborhoods which aims to help building owners and operators be environmentally responsible and use resources efficiently.

U.S. Green Building Council

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), co-founded by Mike Italiano, David Gottfried and Rick Fedrizzi in 1993, is a private 501(c)3, membership-based non-profit organization that promotes sustainability in building design, construction, and operation. USGBC is best known for its development of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building rating systems and its annual Greenbuild International Conference and Expo, the world’s largest conference and expo dedicated to green building. USGBC was one of eight national councils that helped found the World Green Building Council (WorldGBC). The current president and CEO is Mahesh Ramanujam who acquired this role in January 2017 after co-founder Rick Fedrizzi.

B+H Architects

B+H Architects or BH Architects is a Canadian architectural and engineering firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1953 by Sidney Bregman and George Hamann, and now employs 450 people across ten studios in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Seattle, Los Angeles, Shanghai, Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore and Ho Chi Minh City. Their services range from architectural design, urban planning, organizational design, experience design, research, analysis, brand strategy, and interior design.

Studio 804

Studio 804 is a graduate level architecture design studio developed by Professor Dan Rockhill at the University of Kansas. The course is distinguished from typical architecture studios in that it is a design-build studio in which the students work collaboratively to not only design a project but to actually construct it. Studio 804 is a two-semester, 9 month commitment. During the first semester students work collectively to determine a client for the next project. Once a client is established, students usually have 2 months to design the project beginning with the Schematic Design phase and seeing it through to Construction Documents. The second semester usually begins in early January to start off the building process. One home is built by Studio 804 annually.

The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) is a sustainability organization operating in the U.S. and Canada that works across four pillars: standards, conservation, community, and education. SFI is the world's largest single forest certification standard by area. SFI is headquartered in Ottawa and Washington, D.C.

Perkins&Will is a global design practice founded in 1935. Since 1986, the group has been a subsidiary of Lebanon-based Dar Al-Handasah. Phil Harrison has been the firm's CEO since 2006.

Kirksey Architecture

Founded in 1971, Kirksey Architecture began as a small commercial architecture firm and today has evolved into a diverse organization of 12 specialized and practiced groups, each focusing on a particular business segment. Kirksey is headquartered in Houston, Texas on a LEED certified corporate campus.

Lori Dennis

Lori Dennis is an interior designer, environmentalist, entrepreneur, television and radio guest expert, best selling author and lecturer. She is the owner and principal designer of Lori Dennis, Inc., which specializes in sustainable interior design, an advisor to Kabuni and a boardmember of Print The Future.

KieranTimberlake is an American architecture firm founded by Stephen Kieran and James Timberlake in Philadelphia. The firm espouses a philosophy of sustainable design, collaborative design, and in-depth research. They have also shown an interest in prefabrication, new technologies and integrating architecture with the actual activities to take place in the buildings they design, especially using "teaching" design elements in schools. Their interest in productions and craft led them to team up with DuPont to develop Smartwrap, a laminated polymer film that can support thin interstitial films, including photovoltaics, OLEDs, polarizing or UV screens, etc.

Tridel

Tridel is a major real estate developer based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the largest builder of condominiums in the Toronto area. Since being founded in the 1930s it has built some 85,000 homes.

Brooks + Scarpa

Brooks + Scarpa is an American architectural firm based in Los Angeles, California, and Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA. The firm was chosen as the 2014 Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum Award Winner in Architecture. In 2010 they were the recipient of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Firm Award. Los Angeles projects completed by the firm include the Solar Umbrella home in Venice, California, the Orange Grove lofts in West Hollywood and the Colorado housing project in Santa Monica.

archimania is a collective of architects and designers in downtown Memphis, Tennessee’s South Main Historic Arts District. The collective was founded in 1995 and is led by Todd Walker, FAIA, and Barry Alan Yoakum, FAIA.

Environmentally sustainable design is the philosophy of designing physical objects, the built environment, and services to comply with the principles of ecological sustainability.

Koning Eizenberg Architecture (KEA) is an architecture firm located in Santa Monica, California established in 1981. Working collaboratively, principals Hank Koning, Julie Eizenberg, Brian Lane, and Nathan Bishop think with developers, cities and not-for-profit clients to reveal new possibilities for the design of housing and neighborhood places that strengthen community. Their groundbreaking work has been published extensively both in the US and abroad, and has earned over 125 awards for design, sustainability and historic preservation.

David M. Harper (architect) American architect

David Michael Harper is an American architect, business leader and sustainable energy advocate. He is the Global Higher Education Practice Leader for HKS, Inc. He is responsible for the work involving 24 office locations worldwide. He has previously been the Managing Director of the HKS Miami office.

Sokol Blosser Winery

Sokol Blosser Winery is a vineyard, tasting room and winery facility located northeast of Dayton, Oregon. It was founded by Bill Blosser and Susan Sokol Blosser in 1971 in what is now known as the Dundee Hills AVA. Sokol Blosser Winery is family owned and operated by second generation co-Presidents, siblings Alex and Alison Sokol Blosser, and is the 6th largest wine producer in Oregon. Sokol Blosser is considered to be “synonymous with sustainability,” and produces Pinot noir, Pinot gris, proprietary blends Evolution White and Evolution Red, along with small quantities of single block Pinot noirs, Rosé of Pinot noir and White Riesling dessert wine.

Lance Hosey is an American architect. In 2020, he joined HMC Architects, a large firm based in California, as the design industry's first Chief Impact Officer. Previously, he was a principal, design director, and co-leader of design resilience of Gensler. For a decade, he was a design director with "green pioneer" William McDonough and also has been the first Chief Sustainability Officer with the international architecture firms RTKL Associates and Perkins Eastman.

Gerald “Jerry” Robert Meek is an American general contractor, entrepreneur, philanthropist and author.

Peter Busby is an architects and Managing Director of Perkins & Will Architects, with a background in philosophy and a history of advancing sustainable design. Throughout his career, he has advocated for sustainable building strategies and integrated green building infrastructure that serves to educate the users of his spaces.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Casper, Beth (2018-08-10). "Architect Nathan Good designs eco-friendly, sustainable homes". Statesman Journal. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
  2. ↑ "Nathan Good Architects, PC". nathangoodarchitects.com. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
  3. ↑ "Award Winning Architect Nathan Good & Artist April Waters : Seeking Prospect and Refuge in the Fairmount Neighborhood" (PDF). Salem Magazine
    Official City of Salem Parks and Recreation Summer Guide    : 33–39. Spring 2018. Retrieved August 13, 2020– via squarespace.com.
  4. 1 2 Lacayo, Richard (Summer 2006). "The Good Life : An environmentally sensitive home overlooking the Pacific shows how to be virtuous and beautiful". Time Magazine Style & Design Supplement. Retrieved 2019-07-30. A house this unusual and innovative required something like a daylong teach-in. Before construction began, Good, his clients and the contractor got a local lumberyard to play host to a lunch where they spoke to their subcontractors and suppliers. The aim was to explain what this project was all about and to subdue any concerns about things like the availability of green materials and whether water-based adhesives could be counted on to perform as well as the ones containing toxins. They also brought in a representative of the Oregon Department of Energy, which ended up working closely with the clients to maximize the energy-savings potential of the home.
  5. ↑ Machalinski, Anne. "How a Green Dream Becomes Reality". www.barrons.com. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  6. ↑ Quill, Jenny (July 2006). "It's Easy Being Green". Alaska Airlines Magazine.
  7. ↑ O'Brien, Michael. "An Embodiment of Values". Green + Solar Magazine. 2007/2008 Issue: 51–53.
  8. ↑ Yudelson, Jerry (2007). Green Building A to Z. New Society Publishers. ISBN   978-0-86571-572-1.
  9. ↑ Roony, E. Ashley; Cann, Ross; Prince, Adam; Temme, Virge (2015). LEEDing the Way. Atglen PA: Schiffer Publishing. pp. 14–17, 42, 43, 64–67, 74. ISBN   9780764349256.
  10. ↑ "Look inside the first fully FSC certified US single-family home". World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  11. 1 2 "Nathan Good, Speaker, EcoSpeakers.com". www.ecospeakers.com. Archived from the original on October 8, 2019. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  12. ↑ "The 15 Best Architects in Portland, OR" . Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  13. ↑ "Search | U.S. Green Building Council". www.usgbc.org. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  14. ↑ Inc, BES Technologies. "Public Record Information - Detail". public.orlicensing.oregon.gov. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  15. ↑ "Find NCIDQ Certified Interior Designer | CIDQ | Certification for Interior Designers | NCIDQ Exam | USA Canada". cidq. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  16. ↑ "Four Cal Poly Alumni Elevated to the American Institute of Architects' College of Fellows". College of Architecture & Environmental Design. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
  17. ↑ Johnson, Sara (February 2015). "American Institute of Architects Names New Members of the College Fellows". Architect Magazine. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  18. ↑ Naditz, Alan (February 12, 2019). "2019 Sustainability Awards: Sustainability Superhero : Green Guru". www.greenbuildermedia.com. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  19. ↑ Calamusa, Kate (January 2009). "Top 50 Northwest Architects: Our Guide to the Northwest's Residential Architects" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  20. ↑ Rahe, D. C. "Nathan Good: Designer of Harmless Homes". Portland Interview Magazine. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  21. ↑ Meinhold, Bridgette (June 2012). "Green-Roofed Cannon Beach Home in Oregon Generates More Energy Than it Uses" . Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  22. ↑ Staff (December 2012). "Tapping Nature". GreenBuilder Magazine. December 2012 Green Home of the Year Awards Issue: 26–29.
  23. ↑ "Salem architect wins award for winery redesign". Statesman Journal. December 2014. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  24. ↑ "Green Awards Winners". www.co.marion.or.us. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  25. ↑ "Salem Chamber of Commerce business in the news". Statesman Journal. February 2015. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  26. ↑ "Sunset Travel Awards 2016: Vineyard / Tasting Room Experience". Sunset Magazine. 2015-10-01. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  27. ↑ "Live Edge | Nathan Good Architects". RTF | Rethinking The Future. 2018-01-29. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  28. ↑ Team, Oregon Home. "Structure + Style 2018: Design Winners - Oregon Home". www.oregonhomemagazine.com. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  29. ↑ "2018 DeMuro Award-Winning Projects". Restore Oregon. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  30. ↑ Media, Green Builder. "10th Annual Green Home of the Year Award Winners". www.greenbuildermedia.com. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  31. ↑ "The Good Design Awards". www.good-designawards.com. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  32. ↑ "Green Builder Awards". www.earthadvantage.org. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.