He designed and built the first purpose-built live-work in the U.S. in the mid 1980’s. He has written live-work planning and building codes and spoken nationally on the subject. His book, Live-Work Planning and Design: Zero Commute Housing, was published by Wiley in April. One of Tom’s most prominent local projects is Livermore Village, designed in collaboration with Opticos Design. Livermore Village is a 5.5-acre greyfield redevelopment project in downtown Livermore with 360 housing units, ground floor retail, “flexhouse” spaces, and true courtyard housing over podiums that use the Parklift System. Livermore Village received the 2007 International Making Cities Livable Mixed Use Design Award. Read Less