The North Atlantic rim tends to be rocky, stormy, and with its rich fishing banks, productive.
Natural harbours develop into ports and maritime workplaces, and ultimately into urban sea-fronts.
The indigenous mixture of work sites, public space and building types is an important study both for continuity and for renewal, both for understanding the origins and for realizing the potential of coastal architecture and urban design. There are significant architectural, poetic, and design ideas inherent in the phenomena of coastal geography, industry and building, which will either come to be understood, or else be lost and obliterated. The photo shows a fish landing and work yard at New Harbor, Maine now used by tourists as a 'public space'. He travels extensively all over the world to contribute to conferences in his field and as an advisor to the marine industry. This expertise in offshore structures has proved useful in other areas as well, for example in the analyses and design of ships and floating bridges.