Resume of Angus W. Macdonald, Chief Architect
ANGUS WYMAN MACDONALD - M.Arch. ARCHITECT AIA
ICC, LGSEA, USGBC
Angus Macdonald was born in Baltimore, MD, in 1942. He completed high school in Hinsdale, IL in 1960. During the summers he worked for Fugard Burt Wilkinson & Orth Architects in Chicago, IL. He designed and supervised construction of hospitals and schools. He graduated Cum Laude from Yale University in 1964 with a B.A. He was one of the first participants in the Advanced Architecture Program at Yale. He received his Masters degree from the Yale School of Architecture along with the AIA medal for Excellence in the Study of Architecture in 1967. His architectural design thesis proposed panelized low cost housing in Harlem, NY.
In 1968, he joined Harrison & Abramovitz Architects in New York City, and worked on the McGraw Hill Building, the New York State Opera House, the Vassar Campus Addition, and other projects.
In 1969, Macdonald moved to Kingston, Jamaica, where he worked for Marvin D. Goodman and Associates as an associate architect. He designed schools, apartments, townhouses, office buildings, hotels, and private homes. He returned to the United States in 1976 and opened his own practice.
Macdonald wrote a construction manual for owner-builders on earth tempered housing, about how to site, design, finance, and build energy independent passive solar earth berm dwellings. The book was published by the Mother Earth News in 1982. His residential design received NAHB awards for best of show in Fredericksburg, VA, in the under $150,000 and under $250,000 categories in 1990.
In 1996, he filed a patent on the am-cor™ unified steel and cement constructional system composed of light gauge galvanized steel frame panels coated on site with a continuous ferrocement skin. am-cor™ structures are fireproof, termite, insect, and vermin resistant. am-cor™ structures do not rot and are resistant to mildew, mold, fungus, and bacteria. Their strength to weight ratio is extremely high making them resistant to hurricane, tornado, earthquake, and flooding. am-cor™ materials are non toxic, non combustible, all mineral. He is president of am-cor inc., a company which designs and produces lightweight am-cor™ panel kits for residential, commercial, and community buildings.
Macdonald's practice is now in Warrenton, Virginia. He holds licenses in: VA, PA, VT, TX, MI, and Washington, DC. He practices general architecture, with emphasis on residential design. He also designs: day care centers, light industrial, commercial and office, restaurants, commercial kitchens, churches, wineries, and hospitality buildings. Familiarity with HUD Minimum Property Standards and with energy conservation methods won Macdonald a HUD design award, and a Farm Home Administration citation for elderly housing project design. His thorough working knowledge of BOCA Chapter 34, treating the use of existing buildings, makes Macdonald an effective designer and code specialist in urban revitalization. He is currently working on the FMC building in Fredericksburg, one of the largest industrial renovations in Virginia.
Macdonald Architecture & Technology provides architectural design including: coordination of service and structural design, integrated active and passive solar energy, project management, and construction supervision.