Who We Are
Continuing Education
Dave at a conference in Marin County, CA (left); sketchbook notes from a conference (right)
Lifelong learning goes far beyond meeting the basic requirements for maintaining architectural licensure - it is a family trait, a professional obligation, and a way to keep a competitive edge.
Echo Studio maintains a physical library established in 1990 with architecture books for college and which has grown to include rare monographs, references, and trade publications such as Architecture, Wood Design and Building, and Metropolis magazines. Echo also subscribes to online references such as Building Green.com to keep pace with industry developments.
Seminars, conferences, and continuing education classes are also essential for staying current.
Continuing education events attended (most recent first)
2009
Vertical is the New Horizon, Nicholas Petty, MLA
Sustainable Building Deconstruction seminar
Interior Design Choices and Your Health, Paula O’ Connell, Environmentally Sustainable Designs
Passive House consultant training
2008
Green Building Innovation Conference, German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest (GACCoM)
“Are Older Buildings Green?”, Barbara Campagna, Chief Architect, The National Trust
“Financing Your Energy Efficient Project”, Joel Freehling, Triple Bottom Line Investments, ShoreBank
“Off the Grid College Campuses of Los Angles”, Larry Eisenberg, Facilities Planning and Development, Los Angeles Community College District
“Wind Power: Is It Right for Your Home or Building?”, George Sullivan, Eco Smart Building
“Public Architecture and Socially Conscious Design”, Evelyn Lee, Public Architecture
“Retail and Mixed-Use: New Solutions in Planning and Redevelopment”, Tom D’Alesandro, General Growth Properties
Rethinking Independence Day, Michael Repkin, Repkin Biosystems
“Case Study: Millennium Square Green Retail”, George Sullivan, Eco Smart Building
It Pays to Go Green: An Expo for Chicago Industry
The Future of Sustainable Architecture, feat. Mels Crouwel, Chief Government Architect of the Netherlands; Rico Cedro, Krueck & Sexton; Doug Farr, Farr Associates
“Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design with Nature”, Doug Farr, Farr Associates
Deconstruction: A Growing Alternative to Building Demolition, Dave Hampton, Echo Studio
“LEED Extra Credit: Salvaged Building Materials”
What’s Your Building’s Eco-Value, Mike Jackson, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency
“A Glass Act: 100 Years of Transparency”, Chicago Architecture Foundation, feat. Mark Sexton on the Spertus Institute, Tim Poell of SOM on Trump Tower, and John Eiffler on Garfield Park Conservatory restoration
“The People’s Palace - The Story of Chicago’s Cultural Center”, feat. Neil Kogel, historical consultant; Doug McDonald, lighting designer
“Masonry for Sustainability”, Maria Vitieri, AIA
“Flashing and Moisture Control”, Linda Holton, Illinois Products Company
“Hands-On Masonry Arches”, International Masonry Institute
“Architectural Terra Cotta: Ventilated Ceramic Screen Walls”, Sheri Carter, Boston Valley Terra Cotta
“Structural Masonry Basics”, International Masonry Institute
“Towards Zero Energy: Pearl River Tower”, Roger Frechette, Performance Design Group, Skidmore Owings and Merrill
“Sustainable Design with Architectural Precast Concrete”, Emily Lorenz, Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute
“Aesthetic Possibilities and Design Economy of Precast Concrete”, International Masonry Institute
“Building Information Modeling (BIM), Daniel Klancnik, Walsh Group/Peter Urban, Kristine Fallon Associates
High-Performance Residential Rehab: Challenging Assumptions of Sustainability on Two Recent Chicago Homes, Dave Hampton, Echo Studio
Recycling Building Materials: A Hidden Resource, Thomas Napier, Building Materials Reuse Association
Building a Future for Construction and Demolition Debris, Jenna Kunde, WasteCap Wisconsin
Creating an Abundant Water Supply for All Humans, Mike Repkin, Repkin Biosystems
“Greening the Merchandise Mart”, Elise Zelechowski and Abby Corso, The Delta Institute
Commercial Real Estate Finance: Going Green, Dan Kastilahn, Assistant Vice President, CMBS, DBRS
Preservation Snapshots: Reduce + Reuse, Mike Jackson, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency
Smog Veil Records, Michael Wilkinson, Wilkinson Blender Architecture
2007
- “Walking Case Study–Clybourn Green”, George Sullivan, Eco Smart Building and CG Development
- “Deconstruction II”, Thomas Napier, Building Materials Reuse Association
- “Designing with Existing Trees: Protecting the Landscape through Building Design”, David Zeitlin, Care of Trees
- Transatlantic Perspectives on Energy Efficient Architecture in Germany and the U.S., German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest
- Passive Houses in Europe and the U.S., seminar, Dr. Wolfgang Feist, Founder and Director of the Passive House Institute and Katrin Klingenberg, Co-Founder and Director of Ecological Construction Laboratory and the Passive House Institute US
- “Performance Concrete: Applying Recent Technologies”, Jack Gibbons, Regional Director, Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute
- “Now that we can do anything, what will we do?”, lecture, Bruce Mau, Bruce Mau Design
- e2 design: Architecture 2030, screening and panel discussion (incl. Ed Mazria)
- Case Study: Energy Star Single-Family Home, George Sullivan, Eco Smart Building
- Gold, Not Garbage, Michael Repkin, Urban Habitat Chicago
- Black on the Block, Mary Patillo, Chicago Architecture Foundation lunchtime lecture series
- Growing Plants on Rooftops in Chicago, Michael Repkin, Urban Habitat Chicago
- Ecopragmatism, Stewart Brand, keynote address for Sustainable Cities, Healthy Watersheds 2007 Great Lakes Biennial Meeting and Conference
- “Resuscitating a Dying World: The Architecture 2030 Challenge, Edward Mazria, Mazria Inc.
- “Daylighting By Design: The Works of Alvar Aalto in the Northern Latitudes”, Bridgette Buckley, Holly Hunt Design
- “Residential Renewable Energy Options”, George Sullivan, Eco Smart Building
- One-Watt House, Marko Spiegel, Conservation Technology International
- “Green Home 411”, Celeste Karan, Keller Williams Realty
2006
- Massive Change and the City: Global Visionaries Symposium, Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art
- Massive Change event at Columbia College with Urban Habitat Chicago, Working Bikes Cooperative, and People Powered
- Organic Fertilizers, Bill Scheffler, Pure Prairie Organics
- Learning by Doing, Part I: Deconstructing the Kikuchi House, Michael Repkin and Dave Hampton, Urban Habitat Chicago
- Autodesk Revit Building seminar
- “Rapidly Renewable Resources, Bio-Based Products”
- “Sustainable Technologies at the Chicago Center for Green Technology”, Douglas Farr, Farr Associates
- Claiming Your Federal Tax Incentives: A Workshop for Energy Efficient Buildings in the Midwest
- Solar Thermal Grants Program, Michael R. Johnson, CDOE/Joanna Rybus, Solargenix
- “LEED-ND and Sustainable Communities”, Doug Farr, Farr Associates
2005
- “Sustainability Goes Mainstream: What Next?”, Guy Battle, Battle McCarthy
- Cogeneration: Combined Heat and Power (CHP), John Cuttica and Steffen Mueller, Midwest CHP Application Center, UIC
- “Facing in Opposite Directions”, Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects
- Green Architecture in Germany and the U.S.
- Bioneers Conference 2005
- Illinois Energy Conservation Code seminar
- “Sustainable Design: The Future Beckons”, Peter Busby, Busby Perkins + Will
- Sculpting a Building by Hand: A Case Study in Mud and Strawbale, Anuparna Mohanram, Buildsoft Graphics
- “Sustainable Organic Architecture”, Howard Alan, Howard Alan Architects, Illinois Renewable Energy Fair 2005
- “The ‘Real’ Living Room: Solar Greenhouses and the Human Ecology”, Roald Gunderson, Illinois Renewable Energy Fair 2005
- “Geothermal and Wind Energy at Marine Corps Air Station, Beaufort, SC”, Len Kreger
- Designing with Architectural Concrete
- “Historic Preservation in Cuba: Case Studies in Old Havana”
2004
- “Geothermal Heat Exchange Systems”, Mike Rossetto, Enertech
- “Icynene Building Insulation Systems”, Peter Burns, Icynene
- “Residence in Lincoln Park”, Martin Klaeschen, House-Haus
- “Green Tech 101”, Mike Iversen, UIC
- “LEED Extra Credit: Daylighting Performance and Design”, panel presentation (OWP&P; Marshall Strabala, SOM)
- “Affordable Green Housing”, Nate Kipnis, Nathan Kipnis Architects and Marc L-Italien, EHDD
- “Efficient Residential Building Envelopes”, Paul Knight
- “Alternative Building Materials and Home Design for the Midwest”, Lou Host-Jablonsky, Design Coalition
- “Form, Process, and the Virtual Dimension”, Jeffrey Sipprell, STL Architects
- “LEED Extra Credit: Construction Waste Management”, panel presentation (Mark Hanke, Allied Waste; Pepper Construction; Lois Vitt Sales, White & Co.)
- Sustainable Communities: Learning from the Dutch Experience, various presenters (Peter Land, IIT; Peter Landon, Landon Bone Baker Architects; Kees Christiaanse, KCAP/ASTOC Architects; Samuel Assefa, Dept. of Planning and Development, City of Chicago; Martin Aarts, Dept. of Urban Planning, City of Rotterdam; Nathalie de Vries, MVRDV)
2003 and earlier
- Chicago Building Code Chapter 18-11 (Energy Code) training
- Chicago Green Roofs Symposium