Widely known for his practice and teaching of design/build, Steve Badanes is a founding member of the Jersey Devil design/build practice and is currently a Professor in the University of Washington Department of Architecture, where he holds the Howard S. Wright Endowed Chair of the University of Washington College of Built Environments. 

The firm has designed and built a wide variety of projects since being founded in  1972. Their work has been the subject of two books, Jersey Devil Design/Build Book (1985) and Devil’s Workshop: 25 Years of Jersey Devil Architecture (1997).  Badanes has taught at various architecture and art schools since the 1980’s.  He has been on the Board of Directors of the Yestermorrow Design/Build School in Warren, VT since 1983, and regularly teaches there in the summer.

Meet the Jersey Devil in person, and learn more about his unique approach to architecture at the February AIA Membership Meeting, being held on Wednesday, February 17th, 2010.  The meeting will be held in the auditorium of the Historic Fifth Street School, and will begin with a reception at 5:30PM, and the program presentation at 6:30PM.