Detty Peikert

About Detty Peikert

Detlev Peikert, AIA LEED AP BD+C, is a Principal and Manager of Architecture for RRM design Group, Santa Barbara. Mr. Peikert was educated in Toronto, Ontario and has been working in the field of architecture for more than 45 years. He has been licensed to practice architecture in California since 1984.Mr. Peikert has extensive experience with a wide variety of building types including high-rise commercial and residential projects. He is thoroughly knowledgeable in all aspects of architectural practice with a particular emphasis on design, project management and real estate development. In recent years Mr. Peikert has expanded his expertise to include the implementation of principles of ecological and sustainable design. This emphasis has become an important element in the design philosophy of the firm. Mr. Peikert is actively engaged in community affairs and volunteers his time and energy to projects that address important community issues like affordable housing and sustainability. In 1994 he founded the Sustainability Project, a non-profit organization dedicated to implementing the principles of sustainability as applied to the built environment. He has been responsible for organizing a number of conferences and seminars pertaining to sustainability, the creation of livable communities, urban planning issues and the new urbanism. Mr. Peikert moved to Santa Barbara from Toronto, Ontario in October, 1982 and has worked and lived in Santa Barbara ever since. He is past president of the board of directors of the American Institute of Architects, Santa Barbara Chapter. He has served on the board of directors of the Community Environmental Council and he is currently on the board of the Coastal Housing Coalition and the Garden Court Foundation.Specialties: Affordable housing, mixed use, urban infill development, senior housing communities, single family residential, commercial development and academic facilities

Experience

1. Principal

   RRM Design Group

   Jul 2013 — Present · Santa Barbara, CA, US

   Offers Architecture, Structural Engineering, Land Use Planning, Civil Engineering, Landscape Architecture, Surveying, and Transportation Engineering

Skills

• Architecture
• Comprehensive Planning
• Architectural Design
• Sustainable Design
• Renovation
• Environmental Awareness
• Urban Infill Development
• Affordable Housing
• Sustainability
• Mixed-Use
• Urban Planning
• Residential Design
• Residential Homes
• Land Use Planning
• Real Estate Development
• Single Family Homes
• Construction Management
• Green Building