David Arkin
David Arkin, AIA, LEED AP, and his wife Anni Tilt, AIA, are Principals of northern California-based Arkin Tilt Architects. One of their projects is featured in Fine Homebuilding’s April/May 2018 special report ‘Building to Survive in Wildfire Country’. David is a co-Director of the California Straw Building Association (CASBA), advocating for straw building by helping to bring strawbale construction, light straw clay and cob into the residential building code, and publishing ‘Straw Bale Building Details, An Illustrated Guide for Design and Construction’. David serves on the AIA’s 2030 Commitment Working Group, and he and Chris Magwood are co-Chairs of the Carbon Leadership Forum’s Renewable Materials Focus Group. A native of Wisconsin, David studied architecture the University of Minnesota and UC Berkeley. David and Anni live in a 100-year-old solar and wind-powered home in Albany, CA.
