John is a Principal and Founder of Framework Engineering and is based out of Portland, Ore. With formal training in both Architecture and Engineering and more than a decade of experience working in the industry, his professional work strives to achieve resilient structural solutions that realize the design intent of the owner and architect. 

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Notable projects include carefully detailed residential construction and commercial interiors, sustainable straw-bale with shotcrete structures, and innovative steel frames for high-seismic areas.

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John believes in the honest use of materials and a hands-on, participatory approach. This typically means more attention to detail, extra time spent on-site and a close collaboration between design and building teams leads. Experience has shown that there is no substitute for working through a problem with your own hands, nor anything more fun and rewarding!

BEFORE FRAMEWORK

John taught as a Lecturer in the Department of Architecture at UC Berkeley and performed research on energy efficient structural wall systems at the Richmond Field Station. He also won a design competition for a shade structure to be built at the San Ysidro pedestrian border crossing -- as much an Architectural design as a feat of Engineering -- and won an award from the Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association (BAHA) for the design and engineering of an addition to an existing Berkeley bungalow.