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JOHN BROWN is the editor of theslowhome.com and the founder of the Slow Home Movement. He is a registered architect, real estate broker and Professor of Architecture at the University of Calgary.
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Kiyoshi Matsuzaki, RAIC President
Kiyoshi Matsuzaki
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Born in Shanghai and raised in Tokyo, Kiyoshi graduated from Rhode Island School of Design in 1967. He first worked with Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates in Hamden, Connecticut and then with McCarter Nairne and Partners. In 1974, he joined Arthur Erickson Architects and served for fourteen years as an associate on many major projects in the Middle East, Southeast Asia, China and Japan.
In 1998 he became a principal of Matsuzaki Wright Architects. With his partner Eva, he began focusing on environmentally sensitive design and development projects, for which the firm has received many awards and recognition.
It is a focus he continues to develop today and which was obviously well ahead of its time.
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We believe that our homes and neighborhoods should be healthy, vibrant places that uplift the spirit and gracefully fit our needs. We call for an end to poor construction, bad design, misleading marketing, unfair lending practices and environmental neglect in the housing industry. We acknowledge our collective responsibility to create CLOSE, SIMPLE, LIGHT places to live that leave a positive legacy for future generations.
provides design focused information that homeowners can use to improve the quality of how and where they live. It takes its name from the slow food movement which arose as a reaction to the processed food industry. The sprawl of cookie cutter housing that surrounds us is like fast food - standardized, homogenous, and wasteful. It contributes to a too fast life that is bad for us, our cities, and the environment. In the same way that slow food raises awareness of the food we eat and how these choices affect our lives, Slow Home empowers you to take more control of your home and improve the quality of how you live while reducing your environmental impact and futureproofing the long term investment value of your home.
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