About Us
Award winning architect Eric Corey Freed founded organicARCHITECT in 1997 to create both innovative AND sustainable buildings. Over the past decade, the firm has evolved into something much more than an architecture firm. As Eric has said, "we started doing things that weren't Architecture, and didn't make any money, but that I felt were important and needed."
Today, in addition to their award-winning designs, oA devotes a considerable portion of their efforts to educational, non-profit and community work. Part research think-tank, part consulting firm, oA follows Gandhi's famous charge, "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." To that end, organicARCHITECT produces lectures, events, articles, publications and consulting by teaching OTHER architects how to be green.
Eric teaches the Sustainable Design program he developed at the Academy of Art University and University of California Berkeley. He is on the boards of Architects, Designers & Planners for Social Responsibility (ADPSR), Green Home Guide and West Coast Green, as well as the advisory boards of nearly a dozen other organizations.
He is one of the founders of ecoTECTURE: The Online Journal of Ecological Design. His monthly column at GreenerBuildings.com is syndicated to over a dozen other publications. Eric has lectured around the country, and his work has been featured in Dwell, Natural Home and Newsweek.
Eric is the author of "Green Building for Dummies" (John Wiley & Sons).
organicARCHITECT is considered leaders in the field; named "Best Green Architect" by San Francisco Magazine in 2005. He has consulted with a wide array of companies to help them be more sustainable, including: Williams-Sonoma, Pixar, Gigacrete, and the City of San Francisco.