After graduating from college with a degree in art I began working as a carpenter . I was very drawn to traditional Japanese house construction as an inspiration for my carpentry. Later, when I was studying toward my Masters degree in Architecture at MIT in the late 1970's, I started to research "feng shui", the system that formed the foundation for these incredible buildings.

My first exposure to feng shui was in the courses I took on East Asian Architecture. I studied many of the ancient feng shui classics and analyzed how these age old concepts could apply to building in the modern world. I was aided in my research at MIT by Gunther Nitzche, a professor of Asian architecture who had spent over ten years in Japan studying the geomantic principles that are at the core of traditional Japanese building and garden design. Also during this period I had the good fortune to meet and study with the late Paul Sun, a Chinese-American architect and traditional form and compass school feng shui expert.

After several years studying and practicing the traditional schools of feng shui, in 1987 I begin studying with Professor Lin Yun, the grand master of Black Sect feng shui. His is a more eclectic approach which draws on many sources including traditional form school feng shui, Tibetan Tantric Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism and Chinese folk belief. Since the eighties I studied and traveled with Professor Lin in Boston, New York, California, and Taiwan, learning the theory and techniques of Black Sect feng shui. While different from the systems I had studied previously all of the schools of feng shui are ultimately based on the concept of "ch'i", or life energy.

In recent years I have traveled in Asia researching ancient and contemporary feng shui sites in China, Hong Kong, Korea, and Japan, and studying with contemporary feng shui masters, including Professor Wang Yu De in China.

Accompanying my study and practice of the various feng shui schools over the last two decades, my continuing study of traditional Chinese philosophy and internal arts with Dr. Fred Wu, T.T. Liang , Kwan Sai-Hung, and Chu Gin Soon and my personal research in the US and Asia has deepened my understanding of Tao, Yin-Yang, Five Elements, I-ching, Chinese astrology, and other traditional philosophies that form the basis of feng shui theory.

My feng shui study and practice over the last two decades has provided me with profound insights into the nature and behaviour of ch'i in the natural and built physical environment. I have incorporated these principles into my architectural work and consulted on a wide range of residential, commercial, and institutional situations internationally. In my work as a registered architect I try to understand how these age old concepts apply to building in the modern world. Although some of the techniques seem bound to Chinese culture, ch'i is a physical and spiritual reality, and I have found that this ancient art and science is a very powerful tool to achieve harmonious environments for living and working, increasing the prospects for health, prosperity, and well-being.

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