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MICHAEL BLACK & ASSOCIATES
Community Planning/Architecture
P.O. Box 1938
Sebastopol, CA 95473
(707) 829-9319
Registration: State of California C4827
PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURAL ACTIVITIES
Michael Black has been providing a wide range of architectural and planning services on a wide variety of projects since 1968. The services have included comprehensive planning programs, consensus-based citizen participatory community planning (both urban and rural); architectural programming, design, interior design/space planning, and community organizing/facilitating.
Planning projects include Downtown Specific Plans for revitalization, comprehensive planning for Native American Communities, park planning, and CoHousing communities. These planning programs, which are all comprehensive in nature, relied heavily upon extensive community participation which incorporates an "Environmental Modeling" process that is designed to achieve consensus. The HUD 701 Planning Program for the Morongo Indian Reservation was referred to as a "Model Project" by HUD. The community plan for the Ocean Park neighborhood in Santa Monica , CA was referred to as a Model Neighborhood Plan by the Mayor of Santa Monica, and the Downtown Specific Plan for Exeter, CA recently received the "Outstanding Planning Award -Small Jurisdiction" from the California Chapter of the American Planning Association, Central Section.
The architectural design approach relies on strong client input and sensitivity to environmental, social, cultural, psychological, economic and functional issues. Consequently, the design of each building reflects the uniqueness of each situation. Architectural projects include various types of housing including CoHousing, financial facilities, community and cultural facilities, religious buildings, hotels, restaurants and medical facilities. Clients include the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; The Bureau of Indian Affairs; California Indian Reservations; the Cities of Palm Springs, Sebastopol, Cloverdale, Cotati and Exeter CA; The Palm Springs Unified School District; Bank of America; Pomona First Federal Savings and Loan; Shearson, Hayden, Stone Stock Brokerage/Investment Firm; Highland Springs Resort Hotel; Para Los Ninos Day Care, Skid Row, Los Angeles; and two Cohousing communities.
TEACHING/LECTURING EXPERIENCE
2001 Presenter at the National Cohousing Conference in Berkeley, CA
1997 Presenter at the California Conference of the American Planning Association in
Palm Springs, CA re: Consensus Based Planning
1996 Presenter at the California CoHousing Conference in Sacramento, CA.
1995 Presenter at the 2nd North American CoHousing Conference in Boulder, CA
re: Working With Professionals
1995 Conducted a one day workshop on downtown specific plans, citizen participation and
consensus building at the Planning & Zoning Institute in New Brunswick, NJ sponsored
by the American Planning Association & the American Institude of Certified Planners.
1994 Presenter on downtown revitalization - Central Vallery Planning Conference -
Visalia, CA
1985 Lecturer on Cohousing and Greenbelt Villages to various cities in present CA
1982 Conference Coordinator, Lecturer: Seminar on Culturally Appropriate Economics for
Native American Communities, sponsored by the Native American Studies Center,
University of New Mexico.
1982 Guest Lecturer, University of Melbourne, Australia
1982 Guest Lecturer, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo Urban Lab
1981 Guest Lecturer, University of Southern California, School of Architecture
1976-1983
Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-ARC), Santa Monica, California
-Professor of Architecture, tenured
-Director of Community Design Studio
1975 Lecturer, Native American Legal Seminar, University of New Mexico, sponsored by the
National Institute for Law and Poverty
1966-1967
College of the Desert, Palm Desert, California Taught courses: Construction
Estimating and Detailing; and Environmental Design
LIST OF PROJECTS:
PLANNING ACTIVITIES
Master Plan, Civic Center/Park, City of Cotati, CA
Master Plan facilitation, Pacific LifeCare Community, Santa Rosa
Downtown Specific Plan, City of Exeter, CA
Downtown Specific Plan, City of Sebastopol, CA
Downtown Specific Plan, City of Cloverdale, CA
Neighborhood Plan, Ocean Park Neighborhood, City of Santa Monica, CA
Morongo Indian Reservation, CA
Pala Indian Reservation, CA
Bishop Indian Reservation, CA
Fort Independence Indian Reservation, CA
Big Pine Indian Reservation, CA
Lone Pine Indian Reservation, CA
Rincon Indian Reservation, CA
Sherwood Valley Rancheria, CA
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITIES
Participated in the organization of the following:
Morongo Indian Reservation Planning Committee
Pala Indian Reservation Planning Committee
Rincon Indian Reservation Planning Committee
All Mission Indian Housing Authority
The United American Indian Council (UAIC); an organization that was instrumental in
creating the Los Angeles City/County Native American Commission
The Oak Grove conference for the Los Angeles Urban Native American. It was attended
by over 90% of the Native American Organizations in the Los Angeles area.
Architects, Designers and Planners for Social Responsibility, Los Angeles
Napa Valley Ecumenical Housing; St. Helena, CA
Two Acre Wood CoHousing, Sebastopol, CA
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
2001- Member of Sustainable Sebastopol
2000-2001 Member of Sustainable Sonoma County
1989-1992 Member of City of Sebastopol Downtown Task Force
1988-1992 Sebastopol City Planning Commission
1987-1991 Member of the Board of Directors of Western Sonoma County Rural Alliance
1987-1990 Member of the 101 Corridor Community Advisory Group
1986-1993 Member of the Sebastopol Downtown Association
1986-Present Member of the Sebastopol Chamber of Commerce; serves on the Economic
Development Committee
1981-1983 Member of the OPCO (Ocean Park Community Organization) Planning
Committee - a neighborhood-based planning effort
1979 Member of the Physical Committee for the Los Angeles Bicentennial -
A Representative of SciArc
1973-1974 Member of the Architectural Committee of the City of Palm Springs, California
1973 Member of Citizens Advisory Committee for studying future growth, City of
Palm Springs
1972-1974 Member of the Architectural Committee of the City of Desert Hot Springs,
California
1967-1979 Member of the Board of Directors of the Malki Museum Morongo
Indian Reservation, California
ARCHITECTURAL PROGRAMMING, PLANNING, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION RELATED SERVICES (built projects):
OFFICES
Hicks Office Center; Palm Springs, CA
FINANCIAL
Pomona First Federal Savings & Loan; Yucca Valley, CA
Bank of America; Hemit, CA
Bank of America; Desert Hot Springs, CA
Pomona First Federal Savings and Loan Office Building; Palm Desert, CA
Shearson Hayden Stone; Palm Springs, CA
INDUSTRIAL
Williams Industrial Park; Palm Springs, CA
MUNICIPAL/CULTURAL
Polo Grounds Site Development Projects; Palm Springs, CA
Desert Highland Park Community/Youth Center; Palm Springs, CA
Paiute/Shoshone Cultural Center; Bishop Indian Reservation, CA
Malki Museum; Morongo Indian Reservation, CA
Town Plaza; Cloverdale, CA
COMMERCIAL
Copperfields Books; Sebastopol, CA
Copperfields Book; Santa Rosa, CA
Morris Guyer Men's Store; Palm Springs, CA
Palm Canyon Curio Shop; Agua Caliente Reservation, CA
Where in the World Gallery; Sebastsopol, CA
RELIGIOUS
HOTELS/RESORTS
Huckleberry Springs; Monte Rio, CA
Highland Springs Hotel; Restaurant/Convention Facilities, Rooms; Beaumont, CA
Calvary Baptist Church; Beaumont, CA
Ajalon Baptist Church; Palm Springs, CA
HEALTH
High Desert Hospital Expansion; Yucca Valley, CA
Morongo Indian Health Clinic; Morongo Indian Reservation, CA
Health Integration Center; Santa Monica, CA
Office for Dr. Peter Lowenberg; Los Angeles, CA
Office for Dr. Joshua Hoffs; Los Angeles, CA
Office for Dr. Samuel Eisenstein; Beverly Hills, CA
EDUCATION
Discovery Center; Santa Rosa, CA
Learning Skills Laboratory; Los Angeles, CA
Multi-purpose Building - Rancho Mirage Elementary School; Rancho Mirage, CA
DAY CARE
Para Los Ninos - Skid Row; Los Angeles, CA
HOUSING
Barret Apartments - 14 units; Palm Springs, CA
Moore Residence; Palm Springs, CA
Ferber Residence; Lake Arrowhead, CA
Tamarisk West Condominiums - 24 units; Palm Springs, CA
Strube-Gibson Residence; Los Angeles, CA
Slavkin Residence; Los Angeles, CA
Oppenheimer Residence; Palm Springs, CA
Edna Root Residence; Palm Springs, CA
Siegel Residence; Palm Springs, CA
Hicks Residence; Palm Springs, CA
Asher Residence; Palm Springs, CA
Desert Village - 90 unit Planned Development; Rancho Mirage, CA
Burg Residence; Palm Springs, CA
Loewenberg Residence; Palm Springs, CA
Hoffs Residence; Los Angeles, CA
Blum Residence; Forestville, CA
Steve French Resicence; Sebastopol, CA
Cirulli/Packer Residence; Guerneville, CA
Minkle Residence; Sebastopol, CA
Rettinghouse Residence; Healdsburg, CA
Richard Lang/Lisa Walters Residence, Mendocino, CA
Karina Black Residence; Palm Springs, CA
Valley Oaks Village - 28 unit Cohousing, Chico, CA
Two Acre Wood - 14 unit Cohousing, Sebastopol, CA
SPECIAL NEEDS HOUSING
Tumm Est-Drug Rehabilitation Facility For 52 Residents; Venice , CA
Grant Street - A Shared Housing Duplex For Residents With Emotional Problems
and Mental Disabilities, Santa Rosa, CA
Sunrise I And II - Shared Housing For Retarded Citizens, Marin County , CA
INTERIOR DESIGN
Dr. Lowenberg office, Los Angeles, CA
Dr. Eisenstein office, Los Angeles, CA
Highland Springs Hotel, Beumont, CA
Ferber Residence; Los Angeles, CA
Health Integration Center; Santa Monica, CA
Slavkin Residence; Los Angeles, CA
Pomona First Federal Savings & Loan; Yucca Valley, CA
Pomona First Federal Savings & Loan; Palm Desert, CA
Copperfields Books; Sebastopol, CA
Copperfields Book; Santa Rosa, CA
Shearson Hayden Stone; Palm Springs, CA
Morris Guyer Men's Store; Palm Springs, CA
Where in the World Gallery; Sebastsopol, CA
Karina Black Residence; Palm Springs, CA
Multi-purpose Building - Rancho Mirage Elementary School; Rancho Mirage, CA
Discovery Center; Santa Rosa, CA
Pomona First Federal Savings & Loan; Palm Desert, CA
Paiute-Shoshone Cultural Center; Bishop Indian Reservation, CA
RECOGNITION
2003 Edna Root Residence placed on the Historic Register of the City of Palm Springs.
1995 Outstanding Planning Award for Comprehensive Planning - Small Jurisdiction for the
Exeter Downtown Specific Plan from the California Chapter American Planning
Association Central Section
1985 Exhibition at the Helen Lindhurst Gallery University of Southern California -
Group Show
1983 Mention in "The Right-Brain Experience" by Marilee Zpenek, McGraw Hill
1982 Architecture Exhibited - Group Show, Barnsdall Gallery; Los Angeles, CA
1978 Tenured Professorship in Architectural Design at the Southern California Institute
of Architecture
1974 One-man Show consisting of architecture, drawings, paintings, and poetry -
De Anza College; Cupertino, CA
1971 Article in Time Magazine regarding Ferber residence in Arrowhead, CA; and
Slavkin residence in Los Angeles, CA
1971 Ferber Residence, AIA California Inland Chapter Citation
1971 Asher Residence, AIA California Inland Chapter Citation
1971 Pomona 1st Federal Savings & Loan, Yucca Valley Branch;
AIA California Inland Chapter Citation
1970 Article in Los Angeles Magazine regarding Slavkin residence in Los Angeles, CA
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