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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Eric_Corey_Freed > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Eric_Corey_Freed.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Corey_Freed > Source revision: 1338782356 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American architect}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox person | image = Ecf_in_2004.jpg | image_size = | name = Eric Corey Freed | birth_date = 1970 | birth_place = [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania](/source/Philadelphia%2C_Pennsylvania) | occupation = Architect, writer, Public Speaker }} '''Eric Corey Freed''' (born 1970 in [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania](/source/Philadelphia%2C_Pennsylvania)){{citation needed|date=April 2013}} is an American architect and founding principal of organicARCHITECT, which focuses on biophilic and regenerative design.{{Cite web |title=Eric Corey Freed's Archinect profile |url=https://archinect.com/people/cover/5435444/eric-corey-freed |access-date=2024-01-24 |website=Archinect |language=en}} He has been considered to be one of the leading influential green architects worldwide.{{Cite web |title=10 Influential Green Architects |website=How stuff works |date=16 April 2024 |author=Melanie Radzicki McManus |url=https://home.howstuffworks.com/home-improvement/construction/green/10-influential-green-architects.htm#:~:text=The%20pioneering%20work%20of%20various,sustainable%20practices%20in%20their%20projects. }} Freed grew up in Philadelphia and went to [Overbrook High School](/source/Overbrook_High_School_(Philadelphia)). He graduated from [Temple University](/source/Temple_University) College of Architecture with honors in 1994{{cite web|title=Founder Profile: Eric Corey Freed|url=http://www.organicarchitect.com#ixzz54pYXuK79|website=OrganicARCHITECHT|accessdate=21 January 2018}} and later received his Masters in Ecological Design from San Francisco Institute of Architecture.{{Cite web |title=Green Building Comedy vs Concrete Jungles with Eric Corey Freed |url=https://gbes.com/green-building-matters-podcast/green-building-comedy-vs-concrete-jungles-with-eric-corey-freed/ |access-date=2024-01-24 |website=GBES}} ==Career== Previously based in San Francisco, Freed is credited with helping establish the [Sustainable Design](/source/Sustainable_design) curricula at both [Academy of Art University](/source/Academy_of_Art_University) and [University of California, Berkeley](/source/University_of_California%2C_Berkeley) Extension Program.{{cite web|url = https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=107249305&capId=115946006 |title =Eric Corey Freed: Executive Profile & Biography |date = |accessdate =22 January 2017 |website = bloomberg.com |publisher = [Bloomberg Businessweek](/source/Bloomberg_Businessweek)|last = |first = }} Freed is a practitioner in the tradition of [organic architecture](/source/organic_architecture), first developed by [Frank Lloyd Wright](/source/Frank_Lloyd_Wright). The Founding Chair of Architecture for The San Francisco Design Museum, he was voted "Best Green Architect" by ''[San Francisco Magazine](/source/San_Francisco_Magazine)'' in 2005 and "Best Visionary" in 2007.{{Cite web |last=Cutler-Welsh |first=Matthew |date=2015-07-27 |title=Organic Architecture with Eric Corey Freed |url=https://homestylegreen.com/123-organic-architecture-with-eric-corey-freed/ |access-date=2024-01-24 |website=Home Style Green |language=en-AU}} He is author of "Green Building for Dummies", published by [Wiley](/source/John_Wiley_%26_Sons) in August 2007 and regular contributor to ''[Natural Home Magazine](/source/Natural_Home_Magazine)'', ''[Luxe Magazine](/source/Lux_Magazine)'', and GreenerBuildings.com. His firm ''organicARCHITECT'' was founded in 1997. The firm is noted for various community outreach programs:{{citation needed|date=March 2012}} * organicAWARDS: an annual award recognizing the designs during the past year that are found to be both [innovative](/source/innovative) and environmentally-friendly. * Events: Since 2003, organicARCHITECT produces a monthly lecture series with the leaders of [green business](/source/green_business) held at The [Commonwealth Club](/source/Commonwealth_Club_of_California). * organicEVENTS: their free, monthly organicEVENTS list currently goes to over 8,800 people in the [Bay Area](/source/Bay_Area), alerting them to all of the green, design and sustainability events around San Francisco. In 2015, Freed was named a [LEED](/source/LEED) Fellow by Green Business Certification Inc.(GBCI).{{Cite web |date=2015-10-20 |title=2015 Class of LEED Fellows Announced |url=https://gbci.org/2015-class-leed-fellows-announced |access-date=2022-06-17 |website=GBCI |language=en}} In 2024, Freed was a Trailblazer Award winner at Verdical Group's annual [Net Zero Conference](/source/Net_Zero_Conference).{{Cite web |last=hello@verdicalgroup.com |date=2024-09-29 |title=Honoring Past Keynote Speakers and Trailblazer Award Winners |url=https://netzeroconference.com/honoring-past-keynote-speakers-and-trailblazer-award-winners/ |access-date=2025-04-05 |website=Net Zero Conference |language=en-US}} Freed has served as "Principal, Director of [Sustainability](/source/Sustainability)" at [CannonDesign](/source/CannonDesign) since 2020.{{Cite web |title=Eric Corey Freed, RA, LEED Fellow, EcoDistricts AP, LFA |url=https://www.cannondesign.com/people/eric-corey-freed |access-date=2023-07-28 |website=CannonDesign |language=en}} ==Publications== * Eric Corey Freed, "Green Building & Remodeling for Dummies", [John Wiley & Sons](/source/John_Wiley_%26_Sons), 2007 * Eric Corey Freed (co-author), "Green Your Home for Dummies", John Wiley & Sons, 2008 * Eric Corey Freed, "Sustainable School Architecture" with Lisa Gelfand, John Wiley & Sons, 2009 * Eric Corey Freed with [Kevin Daum](/source/Kevin_Daum), "Green$ense for the Home: Rating the Real Payoff from 50 Green Home Projects", Taunton Publishers, 2010[http://digital.modernluxury.com/display_article.php?id=344575 Snap Judgments: Book], modernluxury.com ==Articles== * "5 Questions about our Future", ''[Natural Home Magazine](/source/Natural_Home_Magazine)'', April 2009 * "Green kitchens", ''SFDC Magazine'', October 2008 * "Urban Eco-tecture", ''Metropolitan Home Magazine'', April 2008 * "Green Landscaping", ''Luxe Magazine'', September 2007 * Eric Corey Freed, "Avoid Greenwashers' False Claims: How Do I Know I'm Buying Green?”, ''Natural Home Magazine'', July 2007 * “Solar Inspiration”, ''Luxe Magazine'', June 2007 * “Why Green Building is Important”, ''Luxe Magazine'', March 2007 * “Last Exit: The Inevitable Architect”, ''[Next American City](/source/Next_American_City)'', January 2007 ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.organicarchitect.com/ organicARCHITECT website] * Green, but Still Feeling Guilty [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/30/garden/30guilt.html?pagewanted=all New York Times article] * What does Green Business mean to you? Eric Corey Freed [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AxzA2mhIEw Interview on YouTube] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Freed, Eric Corey}} Category:1970 births Category:Living people Category:Architects from Philadelphia Category:American sustainability advocates Category:Architects from California Category:Temple University alumni --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Eric Corey Freed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Corey_Freed) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Corey_Freed?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.