Architect/Partner
Craig has been designing and building all of his adult life, and as a native northern Californian he has enjoyed much of the environment of the Western United States. He has utilized that intimate environmental knowledge on a daily basis in his design practice. Craig studied at the University of California, Berkeley in the acclaimed School of Environmental Design. His studies focused on Architecture, Landscape Architecture, City and Regional Planning and the Earth Sciences. He holds his degree in Landscape Architecture and is a member of the class of 1979.
After having already designed and built numerous custom homes in the San Francisco
Bay Area prior to graduation, he created a design/build firm under a general
contracting license with his father and for eight years after graduation, designed
and built over seventy-five custom residential projects across the northern state.
Upon moving his family to the Monterey Peninsula in 1987and for two years thereafter,
he ran the Design Department at one of the top fifty remodeling design/build
firms in the nation. Then in 1990, Craig was awarded the position of Project
Manager and later, Architect, at The Paul Davis Partnership, an award winning
architecture/planning firm located in Monterey. The work he performed there was
in hotels, resorts, restaurants, public/municipal facilities, community recreational
facilities, historic renovation and adaptive re-use projects, commercial/retail
facilities, administrative/office facilities, multi-family residences and of
course, custom homes. During this time, Craig earned his reputation in green,
sustainable design.
In 1994, Craig moved to Truckee, continuing to manage many projects for The Paul
Davis Partnership in Monterey County while developing new client relationships
in the Sierra. He created Alpen Environs in the fall of '94, focusing his attention
on the design of state-of-the-art timber frames and creating a firm of like-minded
creative devotees.
Craig has maintained a great deal of professional and community involvement throughout
his career, volunteering for the American Institute of Architects, Rotary,
Sierra Club, The Tahoe Donner Association Architectural Standards Committee,
the Town of Truckee Planning Commission, the Truckee Town Council, and has
served as mayor. He maintains professional membership in the American Institute
of Architects (AIA), American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), United
States Green Building Council (USGBC), Sierra Green Building Association (SGBA),
Timber Framer's Guild (TFG), Sierra Business Council (SBC), the Sierra Club
and the Truckee/Donner Chamber of Commerce.