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Episode 76: Interview with David Hertz, FAIA of S.E.A. Studio of Environmental Architecture

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David Hertz, FAIA of SEA Studio of Environmental Architecture 
https://davidhertzfaia.com/



David Hertz, FAIA, Architect founded Syndesis in 1983 and S.E.A. The

Studio of Environmental Architecture, a practice focus on regenerative

design in an age of resilience. David won the 2022 Smithsonian Cooper

Hewitt National Design Award for Climate Action. in 2018 Hertz won the

Water Abundance XPRIZE a 1.5 M prize to make over 2,000 liters of water

from air.In 2006 David was awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award from

SCI-Arc and in 2008 he was elected to the prestigious American Institute of

Architects College of Fellows, as one of its youngest members in its over

155-year history. David's award-winning work has been published widely

and exhibited internationally. Some highlights include exhibitions in the

Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), Smithsonian National Museum of Natural

History, the National Building Museum, and the Cooper Hewitt,

Smithsonian Design Museum. David has taught studios and lectured at

Yale,USC, UCLA and Art Center.


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