He directs the Graduate Certificate Program in Ecological Design within the School of Architecture and Allied Arts. He also taught Architecture at California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, directing the College’s sustainable environments minor, recipient of an American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment National Award in 2005. Prior to his academic career, Brook worked with Behnsich & Partner Architects in Stuttgart, Germany, and served as co-project leader on the IBN Nature Research Institute, a European Union pilot project for environmentally friendly building. In 2009 Brook was awarded the Oregon Campus Compact Faculty Award for Civic Engagement in Sustainability.