Arch-Eco Design, LLC.
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Arch-Eco Design is a design firm with expertise in sustainable design, landscape architecture, architecture, and master planning
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Arch-Eco Design is a design firm with expertise in sustainable design, landscape architecture, architecture, and master planning
About Us (360) 273-9291
Markthor MacFarlane (BIO & OVERVIEW)Markthor MacFarlane divided his life mostly in Europe and this continent these past fifty years,
honing the art and science of architecture and landscape architecture. He has a broad education
having started his university days in pure sciences (math and physics). Then he systematically
drifted from earth sciences to architecture (landscape, building and planning).
Markthor’s personal and professional background is also quite unique and broadly based. He was
raised in Paris, Boston, Toronto and Ottawa. Markthor has lived in over fifteen cities mostly in
Europe and North America. He now makes his home in the Northwest.
His passion is innovation in built environments, sustainable living design solutions and approaching change through a synergy and collaborative effort from multi-disciplinary consultants (individuals). Markthor is a hands on builder and planner, but is equally a believer in approaching design from a strong academic background combined with building industries and innovative experimentation. During his extensive education he has trained and gained the savoir-faire in construction as a laborer, land surveyor, house framer and heavy equipment operator. This in combination with having experienced the various methods of construction management, building, and planning abroad has given him a leg up on the competition.
In addition, he sought professional practice in countries that excelled in sustainable and universal design. Markthor spent over a decade each in Ontario and the Nordic Countries learning from the best. Now finally settled in the Northwest, Markthor is at a point in his career where he is ready to bring all of this extensive experience and education into play in this emerging sustainable paradigm shift. He is very much a team performer that excels at the highest level and possesses an uncanny vision of where we are headed in terms of sustainable design and building.
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE1998 - Current Arch-Eco Design: Lead Designer - sustainable design - Serving Thurston,
Pierce, Mason, Lewis, Clark, Pacific & King Counties (Olympia/Rochester based)
2008 - 2010 Evergreen State College: "Coming soon"
2003 WA State Parks: Park Planner - contract 18 months
1997 WA Department of Natural Resources: Park Planner/Landscape Architect for NE,
NW and Olympia Regions (Design & Consultant)
1995 City of Halifax Planning: Project Manager - Geller Associates (Project Manager_ HUD
project in Boston, MA)
1994 Royal Bank of Canada: Architect internship (Real Estate & Design Branch)
1990 Sigræn úmhverfishönnun: Landscape architecture plus design services (Owner &
consultant - 8yrs Reykjavík, Iceland)
1986 Arkitektastófan HF (A/E): Planning & Landscape Architect (Reykjavík, Iceland)
1985 City of Reykjavík: City Planning Office - Lead Landscape Architect (Reykjavík, Iceland)
1983 Al-Hejailan A/E Consultants: Landscape Architect, Project Manager, Planner & Competition Coordinator (Riyadh, KSA)
1982 Bauer – Karón Landscape Architect AB: Landscape Architect (Stockholm, Sweden)
1980 VESA Arkitekt AB: Internship (Helsinki, Finland)
Markthor has thirty years of experience and participated in sustainable landscape architecture and architectural projects in eleven countries around the world: Countries: United States, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Spain and Sweden.
FORMAL EDUCATION
1997 M. Architecture (Professional) - Dalhousie University School of Architecture and Halifax,
NS. Four year (93-97) accredited year-round semester coop program - extended thesis year
1994 B.E.D.S. (Distinction) - Technical University of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS
Two year architecture program - Year-round coop program
1981 Urban & Reg Planning post grad program - Helsinki U. of Technology, School of
Architecture, Helsinki, Finland. AUCC International Post Grad Scholarship in Architecture &
Urban Planning.
1980 Bachelors Landscape Architecture Accr. 5 yr program - Uni. of Toronto, Toronto, ON
1978 Heavy Equipment Operator - Keyano Community College, Fort McMurray, AB
1976 BA Geology - Queen’s University, Kingston, ON
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