Steven R. Winkel

Steven Winkel, FAIA, PE, CASp manages the San Francisco Bay Area office of the Preview Group, Inc.,a building code consulting firm. Steve has almost 40 years experience as a licensed architect, civil engineer, landscape architect and Certified Access Specialist.

His experience includes such award-winning projects as the International Terminal at the San Francisco Airport, the seismic rehabilitation of the landmark Oakland City Hall and the post-production sound editing facilities at Lucasfilm's Skywalker Ranch in Marin County, California. He is currently doing code analysis for the historic Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park. Steve is the author, along with noted illustrator Frank Ching, of several well received books, including Building Codes Illustrated, the third edition of which was recently published by John Wiley & Sons. Another new Wiley book, Residential Codes Illustrated, will be published in mid-2010.

Steve served on the AIA Board of Directors where he was chairman of the Codes and Standards Committee. Steve is in his third 4-year term as the Governor’s appointee as the Architect Commissioner on the California Building Standards Commission. He recently served on the Administrative Work Group for the development of the draft of the International Green Construction Code. He is on the Board of Directors of the National Institute of Building Sciences.