Luminary: Jay Shafer

Jay Shafer is a designer specializing in sustainable architecture and urban planning. He has lectured extensively on these subjects for such venues as the Eco-Dwelling program at New College, the Boston Architectural Center and the University of Iowa’s School of Art and Art History, where he served as Adjunct Assistant Professor for more than a decade. Jay’s designs and essays have appeared in a number of periodicals and books including "Fine Homebuilding", "The Wall Street Journal" and "This Old House". Awards include selection for the American Institute of Architect’s 2005 Sustainable Design Symposium (Dee Williams, collaborator), and Natural Home’s Home of the Year Award for Innovative Design in 2000. He currently lives in a one hundred square-foot home of his own creation in Sebastopol, California.

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Jay Shafer teleseminar on "Radical Simplicity: Beyond Green Architecture"

Jay Shafer | 07.02.08 |

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Award winning, house designer, Jay Shafer, lives in approx. 100 sq feet. An average American house creates 7 tons of construction waste whereas Jay's tiny home construction waste barely fills the back of a small pick-up truck. In this teleseminar he gives helpful hints to live a more sustainable lifestyle and shares his vision for future sustainable neighborhoods.

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