Jeffrey Eyster (born 1970,

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) is a licensed

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, principal of his firm æ architecture, and a member of the

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Career

In 2007, Jeffrey Eyster designed and built a sustainable wood and glass modern home in the Hollywood Hills featured in the

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and shortly thereafter photographed by American architectural photographer

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. He wrote about Shulman photographing the home for the architectural design magazine

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. In 2008 Jeffrey Eyster lectured about the home in the context of Hollywood Hills

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at the

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In Moscow Russia. Photographs of the house are presented at

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in Santa Monica. The El Segundo Museum of Art exhibited a photo of the home taken by

and Juergen Nogai.

Education

As a student Jeffrey Eyster studied with architectural theorist

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and

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, the founding Director of the

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(SCI-Arc) where he received his

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References

External links

Official website
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