David Arkin, AIA is Principal of northern California-based Arkin Tilt Architects.  David is co-Chair of the AIA’s 2030 Commitment Working Group and represents the AIA on the Embodied Carbon Harmonization and Optimization project, a cross-disciplinary coalition towards reducing embodied carbon in the built environment. For the past ten years he was Director of the California Straw Building Association (CASBA), advocating for natural building systems in the building codes, and publishing ‘Straw Bale Building Details, An Illustrated Guide for Design and Construction’.  A native of Wisconsin, David studied architecture at the University of Minnesota and UC Berkeley.