A trained cabinet-maker and builder as well as teacher, Alan had developed a practice and a pedagogy that seeks to link broad based conceptions of architectural space, form, and program to the physical means and methods of producing them. He is the founding principal of the construction company JIG Design Build, an offshoot of his work at Gray Organschi Architecture. Alan has lectured on architecture, technology, and the ecological impacts of building at universities and public and professional forums in the US, Canada, and Europe.