Eric Corey Freed

Eric Corey Freed (born 1970 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American architect and founding principal of organicARCHITECT, which focuses on biophilic and regenerative design. He has been considered to be one of the leading influential green architects worldwide.

Freed grew up in Philadelphia and went to Overbrook High School. He graduated from Temple University College of Architecture with honors in 1994 and later received his Masters in Ecological Design from San Francisco Institute of Architecture.

Career Previously based in San Francisco, Freed is credited with helping establish the Sustainable Design curricula at both Academy of Art University and University of California, Berkeley Extension Program.

Freed is a practitioner in the tradition of organic architecture, first developed by Frank Lloyd Wright. The Founding Chair of Architecture for The San Francisco Design Museum, he was voted "Best Green Architect" by San Francisco Magazine in 2005 and "Best Visionary" in 2007. In 2024, Freed was a Trailblazer Award winner at Verdical Group's annual Net Zero Conference.

Freed has served as "Principal, Director of Sustainability" at CannonDesign since 2020.

Publications Eric Corey Freed, "Green Building & Remodeling for Dummies", John Wiley & Sons, 2007 Eric Corey Freed (co-author), "Green Your Home for Dummies", John Wiley & Sons, 2008 Eric Corey Freed, "Sustainable School Architecture" with Lisa Gelfand, John Wiley & Sons, 2009 Eric Corey Freed with Kevin Daum, "Green$ense for the Home: Rating the Real Payoff from 50 Green Home Projects", Taunton Publishers, 2010

Articles "5 Questions about our Future", Natural Home Magazine, April 2009 "Green kitchens", SFDC Magazine, October 2008 "Urban Eco-tecture", Metropolitan Home Magazine, April 2008 "Green Landscaping", Luxe Magazine, September 2007 Eric Corey Freed, "Avoid Greenwashers' False Claims: How Do I Know I'm Buying Green?”, Natural Home Magazine, July 2007 “Solar Inspiration”, Luxe Magazine, June 2007 “Why Green Building is Important”, Luxe Magazine, March 2007 “Last Exit: The Inevitable Architect”, Next American City, January 2007