In 1978, I met Gideon Kramer while working on a project in the Norton Building on Washington Street in Seattle’s Pioneer Square District.
Mr. Kramer, an artist and industrial designer, was a strong influence, and I began the study of the connectives of construction, first through Japanese joinery, and then the community that exists in a project.
Learning those connections helped me to be able to see the possible future end results from the beginnings of a project, allowing me to better assist the team in predicting the more productive paths towards achieving the project goals.