DAVID MARLATT, AIA

Founder of San Francisco architecture firm, DNM Architect, David Marlatt, AIA, has an equal footing in architectural design and technology asan architect and former president of a CAD software company. Graduated with an M.ARCH from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1982, he began practicing in Atlanta with Taylor+Williams Architects where his houses and multi-family projects won national awards and publication. From from 1987 to 1999, Mr. Marlatt lead a career in architectural software in Europe and the United States as a director of Paris-based software developer, Abvent SA, president of Graphisoft US, Inc. and finally as Graphisoft's international vice president of Marketing and Communications. He left Graphisoft in 1999 to return to architectural practice. 

His firm, DNM Architect, offers a full range of architectural services from planning and programming through design, documentation and construction administration. Pushing the envelope of architectural practice and technology, the firm uses intelligent 3D CAD software and web-based project dashboards, to communicate with clients, translate early designs seamlessly into construction documents and manage design changes without disrupting the building process. The firm's approach not only improves the final design, but produces final drawings faster and more accurately than more traditional methods.

The firm is also an advocate of environmentally responsible building  materials and methods as a means to reducing the energy required to both construct and operate buildings. Using a variety of software tools such as Ecotect, ArchiCAD, EnergyPro, EcoDesigner, the firm offers computerized energy analysis and provides design solutions for optimal energy efficiency that incorporate both both passive and active strategies.

ASSOCIATIONS
Member American Institute of Architects
Member CA Alliance for a Green Economy
Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques
Past president and director Lycée Français La Pérouse

David N. Marlatt is a registered architect in California and Colorado

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