Ted Montgomery, a practicing architect with his own firm in Vermont since 1976, designed and built his own home, featured in Creating The Not So Big House by SarahSusanka. He brings a combination of soul, ecology, and whimsy to his architectural practice. He designs in virtual space with leading edge CAD visualization tools, while also building lighting fixtures, furniture, ponds, green roofs and garden rooms.
His work is featured in House Beautiful, the NY Times, Natural Home and on the HGTV and Discovery Health channels. He is an instructor at the University of Vermont and theYestermorrow Design/Build School.
Ted lives in an intentional community he designed, permitted and built called Ten Stones, named after his senior thesis project at the University of .... More

Dale Mulfinger co–founded SALA Architects as Mulfinger & Susanka Architects in 1983.
Dale received his Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Minnesota in 1967 where he is currently an Adjunct Professor at the College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. His professional background includes employment with several local, national, and international firms including the Architects Collaborative of Cambridge, Massachusetts and Brown Daltus of Rome, Italy. His interest in regional architecture is expressed in his ongoing research on the work of twentieth century Minnesota architect Edwin Lundie, and in the book The Architecture of Edwin Lundie published by the Minnesota Historical Society Press. Dale's most recent books are The Cabin and The .... More

Since 1992, as Principal of Living Shelter Design Architects, Terry has created designs for, and overseen documentation of, over 150 custom single–family homes, 5 clustered community projects, and 3 commercial structures. Her designs combine timeless style with sustainable solutions, integrating passive solar concepts and utilizing pockets of space that are often forgotten in other home plans. Terry took the apprenticeship path to professionally practicing architecture, including work as a plans examiner and building inspector, a mechanical drafter and drafting room manager, and several years as an architectural drafter and designer.
Terry has a depth of experience designing with many different materials that are both proven and sustainable. Since 1999 she has .... More

James Polk wears many hats. He is a practicing architect with over 25 years of experience designing sustainable buildings and neighborhoods throughout the United States, with stints in Washington DC, Wisconsin, and Mississippi.
As an educator, he has taught college classes in architectural history, sustainability, professional practice, design, and drawing at the University of Southern Mississippi and at the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture.
He writes a bi-weekly 'green living' newspaper column, publishes a blog - the New American Village - on sustainability and livable communities, and has a couple of book projects in the works. As a public speaker, his lively presentations of 'what can be' serve to stimulate a greater awareness of what it takes to .... More