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BIOGRAPHY
ALEX STARK is an internationally
recognized consultant, advisor, and teacher on issues of creativity,
efficiency, and design. A graduate of the Yale University School
of Architecture, he is a practitioner of Feng Shui and European
Geomancy. He advises on issues of design and placement for residential,
commercial, institutional, and industrial facilities, urban settlements,
health care facilities, and on issues of institutional and personal
transformation.
Alex is a recipient of a Ford Foundation
scholarship for cross-cultural studies and was named Scholar of
the House by Yale University. He has been a consultant to the United
Nations Development Program in public health and regional planning.
Alex's clients include: Hyatt Corporation,
Morgan Stanley, Conde Nast Publishing, Whole Foods Markets, NBC
News, The University of Minnesota, The Aspen Institute, The Samueli
Institute, Beth Israel Hospital (NYC), Bellevue Hospital (NYC),
Continuum Health Partners (NY), Allina Health Group (MN & WI),
Sutter Health (CA), Prudential Douglas Elliman (NY), Tower Investments
(CA), Tarragon Development (FL), Willowbend Development (MA), Corcoran
Realty Group (NY), and many others.
Alex’s work has been featured
on CNN, PBS, the Arts & Entertainment Channel,
The New York Times, Town
& Country, New York Magazine,
Business, Inc., The
Wall Street Journal, Interior
Design, Residential
Architecture, Interiors,
Spirituality and Health, ID
Magazine,
Aspen Magazine,
The London Evening Standard, and many others. He has received
a design citation for his feng shui work by the Boston Society of
Architects.
Alex has lectured at Yale University,
the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, Regents College in London,
the University of Minnesota Medical School, the American Institute
of Architects, the University of Minnesota College of Architecture,
Roger Williams Architecture School in Rhode Island, the American
Holistic Medical Association, the Symposium for Health Care Design,
the International Academy for Design & Health, and the International
Conscious Design Conference.
Alex has taught feng shui, geomancy
and shamanism at the Feng Shui International Network in London,
the European School of Feng Shui in Amsterdam, and the French School
of Geomancy in Paris. He is in the faculty of the Long Island Feng
Shui Institute (NY), the Golden Gate School of Feng Shui (CA), and
the Feng Shui Alliance (NJ).
Alex is married and has one daughter.
He currently resides in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
For
photos and descriptions of projects, see below
or consult Projects.
For
articles, interviews and lectures, see below
or consult Articles.
For
press coverage and articles about Alex's work, consult Press.
SELECTED PROJECTS, 2000
- 2008:
Castries
Harbor Master Plan
--Building Types: Cruiseship Harbor,
Docks, Transshipment Center, --
------Administration Buildings, Housing Development, Community
Facilities
--Address: Castries, St. Lucia
--Client: United Nations Development
Program
--Architects: UNDP Eastern Caribbean
Planning Project, St. Lucia
------ Town & Country Planning
Office, St. Lucia
Conde
Nast Publishing Corporate Headquarters
-- Building Type: 30-story Office Tower
-- Address: 4 Times Square, NYC
-- Client: Conde Nast Publishing
-- Architects:
Fox & Fowle, NYC
Continuum
Center for Health & Healing
-- Building Type: 20,000 sq ft Health
Clinic
-- Address: 245 5th Avenue, New York,
NY
-- Client: Beth Israel Hospital, NYC
-- Architects:
Guenther Petrarca, NYC
One
Hudson Park Condominiums
-- Building
Type: 168-unit Condominium Tower
-- Address:
River Road, Edgewater, NJ
-- Client: Tarragon Development, NYC
-- Architects: Gruzen Samton, NYC &
Walker Group, NYC
The
Center for Discovery Pediatric Campus Master Plan
--Building Types: 500 acre campus:
Residences, Hospital, --
------Management
Buildings, Farms & Conference Center
--Address: 621 Old Rt 17, Harris, NY
--Client: The Center for Discovery,
Harris, NY
--Architects: G5 Architects, NYC
------ Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer, NYC
270
Broadway Tower Condominium
--Building Type: 500,000 sq ft Condominium
Tower
--Address: 270 Broadway, NYC
--Client: RAL Development Corp., NYC
--Architects: Guenther Petrarca, NYC
St.
Mary’s Duluth Cancer Center
--Building Type: 150,000 sq ft Cancer
Hospital
--Address: East 1st Street, Duluth,
MN
--Client: St, Mary’s Duluth Hospital
Group
--Architects: HKS, Dallas, TX
St.
Mary’s Duluth Wellness Garden
--Building Type: Attached Hospital
Garden
--Address: East 1st Street, Duluth,
MN
--Client: St, Mary’s Duluth Hospital
Group
--Landscape Design: Derek Young, Minneapolis
Highland
Lake Traditional Neighborhood Development
--Building Types: 100-acre Land Development:
Residences,
------Commercial, Conference, Spa,
Preserve
--Address: Highland Lake Rd., Hendersonville,
NC
--Client: Kerry Lindsey, developer
--Architect: Ed Lastein AIA, Asheville,
NC
Renfield
Center for Nursing Education
--Building Type: 15,000 sq ft Office
& Education space
--Address: 350 East 17th Street, NYC
--Client: Beth Israel Hospital, NYC
--Architects: G5 Architects, NYC
Aspen
Institute, Doerr-Hosier Conference Center
--Building Type: 25,000 sq ft Conference
Center
--Address: 1000 North 3rd Street, Aspen,
CO
--Client: The Aspen Institute, Aspen,
CO
--Architect: Jeff Berkus AIA, Santa
Ana, CA
Lyford
Urban Community Master Plan
--Building Type: 600-acre mixed use
community
--Address: Lyford Road, Rockford, IL
--Client: Nigam Properties & Develop.
Corp.
--Architect: David Barrett Architects,
Boulder, CO
Corcoran
Realty Group
--Building Type: 40,000 sq ft Headquarters
and Satellite offices
--Address: Madison Avenue, New York
City
--Client: Corcoran Realty Group
--Architect: David Howell
Prudential
Douglas Elliman Realty
--Building Type: 18,000 sq ft Office
Headquarters
--Address: 1995 Broadway, New York
City
--Client: Prudential Douglas Elliman
--Architect: various
Morgan
Stanley
--Building Type: 35,000 sq ft Office
Headquarters
--Address: 1585 Broadway, New York
City
--Client: Morgan Stanley
--Architect: Skidmore Owens & Merrill
Bellevue
Hospital ICU
--Building Type: 80,000 sq ft Intensive
Care Unit Hospital
--Address: 460 1st Avenue, NYC
--Client: Bellevue Hospital, NYC
--Architect: G5 Architects, NYC
Lynmar
Winery Tasting Facility & Caves
--Building Type: 200 acre Vineyard
& Wine Tasting Facility
--Address: 3909 Frei Rd, Sebastopol,
CA
--Client: Linmar Winery, Sebastopol,
CA
--Architects: Baum Thornley, San Francisco,
CA
Maimonides Medical Center Master Plan
--Building Type: Master Plan for 10
acre Medical campus
--Address: 4802 10th Avenue, Brooklyn,
NY 11219
--Client: Maimonides Medical Center,
Brooklyn, NY
--Architects: Perkins Eastman, NYC
Zackin
Publishing
--Building Type: 25,000 sq ft Office
& Editorial Building
--Address: Hawley Road, Oxford, CT
--Client: Zackin Publications, Waterbury,
CT
--Architect: Ames & Whitaker, Waterbury,
CT
Fritz
Institute
--Building Type: 15,000 sq ft Office
Space
--Address: Fremont Street, San Francisco,
CA
--Client: Fritz Institute, San Francisco,
CA
--Architect: Baum Thornley, San Francisco,
CA
Essential
Therapy Yoga Studio
--Building Type: 10,000 sq ft Yoga
& Massage Spa
--Address: Manhattan, NYC
--Client: Essential Therapy
--Design: Carlos Araque
Kieselstein
Cord
--Building Type: 20,000 sq ft jewelry
& accessories production facility
--Address: Manhattan, NYC
--Client: Barry Kieselstein Cord
--Design: Barry Kieselstein Cord
Pompei
AD Architects
--Building Type: Architectural Studios
--Address: 459 Broadway and 161 Avenue
of the Americas, New York, NY
--Client: Pomei AD, New York, NY
--Architect: Ron Pompei, Colin Brice,
AIA
Trio
Condominiums
--Building Type: 202-unit condominium
development
--Address: East Palisades, Bergen,
NJ
--Client: Tarragon Realty
Corp.
--Architects: My Studio, Boston, MA
Gerald
Metals Headquarters
--Building Type: 30,000 sq. ft. office
complex
--Address: Washington, Blvd, Stamford,
CT
--Client: Geral Metals,
Inc
--Architects:
The
Today Show
--Building Type: 20,000 sq. ft. office
suites
--Address: Rockefeller Center, New
York City
--Client: NBC News
--Architects: Nancy Wayne
A Perryville Junction Retail & Office
Complex
--Building Type: 75,000 sq ft Retail
& Office Complex
--Address: Perryville Road, Rockford,
IL
--Client: Nigam Properties & Develop.
Corp.
--Architect: David Barrett Architects,
Boulder, CO
South
Denver Cardiology Hospital
--Building Type: 170,000 sq ft Hospital
& Cardio Rehab Center
--Address: Mulberry Road, Denver, CO
--Client: South Denver Cardiology Associates
--Architects: Davis Partnership &
Studio Completiva
Maimonides
Cancer Center
--Building Type: 70,000 sq. ft. Cancer
Hospital
--Address: 6300 8th Avenue, Brooklyn,
NY 11219
--Client: Maimonides Medical Center,
Brooklyn, NY
--Architects: G5 Architects, NYC
Whole
Foods Markets, Kensington High Street, London
--Building Type: 78,000 sq ft Supermarket
Store
--Address: Kensington High Street,
London, UK
--Client: Whole Foods Markets Atlantic
Division
--Architects: Bottino Grund & SBLM
Whole
Foods Markets, Bowery & Christie
Place , NYC
--Building Type: 70,000 sq ft Supermarket
Store
--Address: East Houston Street, Manhattan
--Client: Whole Foods Markets Atlantic
Division
--Architects: Bottino Grund & SBLM
Whole
Foods Markets, Lincoln Park, Chicago
--Building Type: 80,000 sq ft Supermarket
Store
--Address: N. Kingsbury Street, Chicago,
IL
--Client: Whole Foods Markets Mid-West
Division
--Architects: Mark Cavagnero Associates
One
Brooklyn Bridge Park Condominiums
--Building Type: 900,000 sq ft Mixed
Residential/Commercial
--Address: One Furman Street, Brooklyn,
NYC
--Client: RAL Development Corp
--Architects: Vincent Cangelosi AIA,
NYC
Chapel
of Sacred Mirrors
--Building Type: 10,000 sq ft Spiritual
Learning Center & Gallery
--Address: 540 West 27 Street, NYC
--Client: COSM Alex Gray
--Architect: Keith Critchlow with Alex
& Allyson Gray
Rancho
Cuchuma Wisdom Center
--Building Type: 40-acre Spiritual
Learning Center
--Address: Rancho La Puerta, Tecate,
Mexico
--Client: Mehrad Nazari, Developer
--Architects: Rob Quigley AIA, San
Diego, CA
-----------------Living Design Systems,
Santa Fe, NM
Vento
Restaurant
--Building Type: 5,000 sq. ft. bistro
and bar
--Address: Tribeca, NYC
--Client: BR Guest Retaurants
--Design:
Tara Oxley
Sikkema Jenkins
Gallery
--Building Type: 12,000 sq. ft. art
gallery
--Address: 530 West 22 Street, NYC
--Client: Sikkema Jenkins
& Co.
--Design:
Cal City Urban Development
--Building Type: 10,000 acres of Mixed
Residential/Commercial
--Address: California City, CA
--Client: Strata Equity
Group
--Architects: Forma, Irvine, CA
Abbott
Northwestern Institute for Health & Healing
--Building Type: 12,000 sq ft Out-patient
Clinic
--Address: Minneapollis, MN
--Client: Abbott Northwestern Hospital
--Architect: Choy Leow
Wellness
Garden, St. Mary's Duluth Medical Center
--Building Type: Healing Garden
--Address: Duluth, MN
--Client: St. Mary's Duluth
Medical Center
--Architects: Derek Young, Minneapolis,
MN
Bridle
Path Estates
--Building Type: 460 acres of Residential
Development
--Address: San Bernardino County, CA
--Client: Strata Equity
Investments
--Architects: Forma, Irvine, CA
Level
V
--Building Type: 2,500 sq. ft. night
club and bar
--Address: Tribeca, NYC
--Client: BR Guest Retaurants
--Design: Tara Oxley
Autism
Campus Master Plan
--Building Type: 60-acre pediatric
campus; residences & education
--Address: Harris, NY
--Client: SDTC The Center
for Discovery
--Planning: Dirtworks, NYC
--Design: Turner Brooks AIA
Village
Care Nursing Home
--Building Type: 50-bed nursing home
--Address: Manhattan, NY
--Client: Village Care of
New York
--Architects: Perkins Eastman
College
of Architecture, University of Minnesota
--Building Type: 80,000 sq. ft. educational
facility
--Address: Minneapolis, MN
--Client: College of Architecture
& Landscape Architecture, University of Minnesota
--Architects: Steven Holl
Elk
Run Development Master Plan
--Building Type: 1800-acre mixed use
development project
--Address: Pine Island, MN
--Client: Tower Investments,
LLC
--Design: Geoff Griffin
Carrus
Institute
--Building Type: 20,000 sq. ft. research
and conference center
--Address: Harris, NY
--Client: SDTC The Center
for Discovery
--Architects: G5 Architects and David
Rosenberg
T
SALON
--Building Type: Tea house and Emporium
--Address: Chelsea Market, Manhattan,
NYC
--Client: T Salon and T
Emporium
--Design: Hans Knutzen AIA
Mid-Atlantic
Regional Headquarters, Whole Foods Markets
--Building Type: 40,000 sq. ft. office
space
--Address: Rockville, MD
--Client: Whole Foods Markets
Mid-Atlantic Division
--Design: Bottino Grund, AIA and Anthony
Imamura, Interiors
North-Atlantic
Regional Headquarters, Whole Foods Markets
--Building Type: 20,000 sq. ft. office
space
--Address: Cambridge, MA
--Client: Whole Foods Markets
North-Atlantic Division
--Design: Bottino Grund, AIA
North-East
Regional Headquarters, Whole Foods Markets
--Building Type: 20,000 sq. ft. office
space
--Address: Edgewater, NJ
--Client: Whole Foods Markets
north-East Division
--Design: Bottino Grund, AIA
Northern-California
Regional Headquarters, Whole Foods Markets
--Building Type: 20,000 sq. ft. office
space
--Address: Emeryville, CA
--Client: Whole Foods Markets
Northern-Califronia Division
--Design: Bottino Grund, AIA
Kissena
Boulevard Condo Tower
--Building Type: 17-story residential
tower
--Address: Flushing, NY
--Client: A. Ruth &
Sons, Developers
--Design: SLCE Architects
The
Samueli Institute
--Building Type: 35,000 sq. ft. office
space
--Address: Alexandria, VA
--Client: The Samueli Institute
--Design: The M Group
Canyon
Rim Residential Development Master Plan
--Building Type: 815-acre residential
development project
--Address: Fayetteville, WV
--Client: Optima Properties
--Design: Nelson, Byrd, Woltz AIA
Hacienda
at Fairview Valley Master Plan
--Building Type: 1,555 acre Residential
Master Planned Community
--Address: Apple Valley, CA
--Client: Strata Equity
Group
--Architects: Forma, Irvine, CA
Wadi
Ram Eco Spa Resort
--Building Type: 1,750-acre luxury
eco-resort development
--Address: Wadi Ram, Kingdom of Jordan
--Client: Najwa Tourism
& Development
--Design: Vladimir Djurovic & Sahel
Alhiyari
Karesansui
Healing Center and Eco-Resort
--Building Type: Retreat and healing
center
--Address: Pahoa, Hawaii
--Client: Karesansui Healing
Center
--Design: Jane Barthelmy
The
Residences at Liberty
-- Building
Type: 37-story Condominium Towers
-- Address:
Liberty National Golf Course, Jersey City, NJ
-- Client: Willowbend Development,
NYC
-- Architects: Gruzen Samton, NYC
The
Brand Union
-- Building
Type: 18,000 sq ft Office Headquarters & Satellite Office
-- Address:
New York, NY & San Francisco, CA
-- Client: The Brand Union, NYC
-- Architects:
Fiamma
Restaurant
--Building Type: 10,000 sq. ft. restaurant
and private eating
--Address: Soho, NYC
--Client: BR Guest Retaurants
--Design: Stephen Hanson
Restaurant DNA
--Building Type: 3,000 sq. ft. restaurant
--Address: Old Montreal, Quebec, Canada
--Client: Alex Cruz
--Design: Bruno
Braen
Pierot Shipping
--Building Type: 8,000 sq. ft. office
space
--Address: Wall Street, NYC
--Client: Jacques Pierot
Jr. & Sons, Inc.
--Design: Parsons & Fernandez-Castelerio
PC
Pure Yoga
--Building Type: 10,000 sq. ft. yoga
studio
--Address: 86th Street, NYC
--Client: Equinox Fitness
--Design: Paul Boardman AIA, NYC
LECTURES & CONFERENCES
2000 - 2007:
International Conscious Design Conference
New York, New York, 2007
"Advances
in the Use of Feng Shui in Medical Facilities"
Corcoran Sunshine Realty Group
New York, New York, 2007
"Feng
Shui and Real Estate Development"
The Omega Institute
Rhinebeck, New York, 2007
"Creating
Sacred Space with Feng Shui, Geomancy & Sacred Geometry"
William McDonough & Partners
Charlottesville, VA 2007
"Principles of Feng Shui in Planning and Development"
The New York Academy of Medicine
Meristem Forum, New York, NY 2007
"Restorative
Commons for Community Health"
The Center for Discovery
Re-Discovering Autism Conference, Harris, NY 2006
"Creating
Environments Accessible to People with ASD disabilities"
25th Energy & Sustainability
Conference, Duluth, MN 2005
“Topography & Human Destiny: How Landscapes affect
Human Life”
“Home Sick Home: Family Health & the Environment”
Whole Foods Markets
Visioning Conference, Newport, RI, 2005
“Demystifying Feng Shui: How Feng Shui sees Retail Markets”
University of Minnesota, College
of Architecture
Feng Shui Symposium, 2005
“Feng Shui Topography and Site Planning”
“Feng Shui and the Urban Fabric”
The Chapel of Sacred Mirrors
COSM Lecture Series, New York City, 2005
“Sacred Space and Human Destiny”
The American Institute of Architects
Lecture Series, Duluth Chapter, Duluth MN, 2005
“Buildings That Heal: the Role of Built Environments on
Health”
American Holistic Medical Association
28th Scientific Conference, Philadelphia, 2005
“The Role of the Home Environment on Family Health”
“The Impact of Adolescent Initiation on Public Health”
International Feng Shui Seminars
Heaven & Earth Conference, San Diego, CA, 2005
“Topography and Human Destiny”
“Sacred Architeture: Principles and Forms”
University of Minnesota Medical School
Center for Spirituality & Healing, Minneapolis, 2004
“Feng Shui Principles in Health Care Design”
“Design of Healing Gardens”
International Feng Shui Seminars
Heaven & Earth Conference, St. Luis Obispo, CA, 2004
“Impact of Feng Shui Principles on Institutional Design”
International Academy for Health
& Design
The Therapeutic Benefits of Design, Toronto, 2003
“Energetic Factors in Health Care Design”
American Holistic Medical Association
26th Scientific Conference, Albuquerque, 2003
“The Impact of Ritual in the Healing Process”
Symposium on Health Care Design
Design of Health Care Facilities, Boston, 2003
“Feng Shui and the Design of Health Care Facilities”
Smithsonian Institute & ProCultura
Healing Traditions of the Americas Conference, Wash DC, 2002
“Traditional Wisdom in the Modern Health Center”
“ Earth Healing and Feng Shui”
American Medical Holistic Association
25th Scientific Conference, Montreal, 2002
“The role of Feng Shui & Geomancy in Healing”
Perkins Eastman Lecture Series, NYC,
2002-2003
“Feng Shui Principles and Architectural Design"
"Design Criteria for Health Care Facilities"
"Topography & Human Destiny"
Hardy Holtzman Pfeiffer Lecture Series, NYC, 2002
“Feng Shui and the Design of Institutional Facilities”
Reading University, Reading, UK,
2001
“Landform and its Impact on Human Destiny”
Regents College Summer Session, London,
UK, 2000
“Feng Shui and Western Geomancy”
APPRENTICESHIP SERIES 2000
- 2007:
Feng Shui International
Network, London, UK
Feng Shui Certification Program 2000-2003
“Feng Shui and its Relationship to World Shamanism”
“Divination and the I Ching”
“Building Rituals and Earth Energies”
European School of Feng Shui, Amsterdam, Holland
Feng Shui Certification Program 2001-2007
“Shamanism and Native American Healing Techniques”
“Topography
and the Earth Spirit”
New England School of Feng Shui, Leominster, MA
Feng Shui Apprenticeship Series, 2003-2007
“Land Form and Geomancy”
“Feng Shui for Business”
"Rituals and Spiritual Practices"
"Sacred Space and Human Destiny"
Long Island Feng Shui Institute, Oyster Bay, NY
Feng Shui Apprenticeship Series, 2002-2007
“Space Clearing Techniques”
“Ancestors and Divination: Principles & Techniques”
“Journey to Sacred Place: Creating Sacred Architecture”
Feng Shui Alliance, Edgewater, NJ
Feng Shui Apprenticeship Series, 2003-2007
“Rituals and Spiritual Practices”
“Feng Shui for Business”
"Sacred Geometry"
Golden Gate School of Feng Shui,
San Francisco, CA
Feng Shui Apprenticeship Series, 2005-2007
“Walking the Dragon: Feng Shui Topography - Module
1”
“Walking
the Dragon: Feng Shui Topography - Module 2”
The Path of Love and Power, New York,
New York
Shamanism Apprenticeship Series, 2002-2007
"Love & Power: The Path of Mastery"
"Creating Sacred Space: Rituals & Magic"
"Intent & Personal Power: Achieving without Effort"
"Wrestling with our Shadow: The Limited Self"
"Divination & Prophesy: Talking with the Gods"
"Offerings & Sacrifice: Bartering with the Gods"
"Geomancy & Sacred Landscape: Healing the Planet"
"Clearing Space, Curing Illness: Healing the Physical"
"Love, Body, Mind & Spirit: Healing the Whole"
"Birth, Death & Dying: The Eternal Self" |
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