BOOK DESIGN Jerry Takigawa's work has been recognised by numerous industry institutions including Communication Arts, AIGA, 50 Books/50 Covers, Graphis, Summit International Creative Awards, Northern California Addy Awards, and the Independent Publisher Book Awards. WRITER Erik Dyar is an award-winning architect, whose firm DYAR Architecture is based in Carmel, California. Raised in the Portland, Oregon area, he is a graduate of the University of Oregon and worked for many years as the principal associate of John H. Thodos, FAIA. ARCHITECT John Thodos was born in Chicago in 1934 and raised in Portland, Oregon. He graduated from the University of Oregon and worked in several prominent firms, including the Portland office of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill before opening his own office in 1969. After running a successful, award-winning firm in Portland, he moved full-time to Carmel, California in 1989 where he established a primarily residential practice. His work has been presented in such publications as Architectural Record, Sunset Magazine, Dwell, and Bruno Zevi's L'architettura, cronache e storia. He passed away in November 2009 and posthumously received his fellowship (FAIA) from the AIA for design excellence. HOUSE OWNER & BOOK EDITOR Peter Nosler is a builder of some notoriety. After fifteen years managing major commercial projects for a San Francisco Bay Area builder Peter and two friends set out to start their own company. Named after the three of them, Doug, Peter, and Ron, they became DPR Construction and in the next 25 years they grew to some 25 offices across the country with over 5,000 employees and an incredible number of raving fan clients.