Gregory Kiss has been working to advance the art and technology of environmentally responsible architecture for over 20 years. After receiving a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University and a Master of Architecture from Columbia University, he founded Kiss + Cathcart Architects in 1983. He subsequently founded the not-for-profit Native American Photovoltaics, which brings solar power to remote homes and schools on the Navajo Reservation.

Mr. Kiss has designed many ground-breaking high-performance building projects in the Americas, Europe and Asia. His ongoing research into the functional and aesthetic improvement of photovoltaics for buildings has led to several new products and systems. He has authored a number of technical manuals for the Department of Energy, and lectures frequently on recent advances in solar technologies and their potential for practical integration into architectural design.

Mr. Kiss’s projects current projects include Bushwick Inlet Park, the first phase of a major waterfront park for Williamsburg and Greenpoint, Brooklyn, and the Bronx River Greenway River House, both for the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Other projects include solar and sustainable housing in the Netherlands, the PV system at 4 Times Square, the Bocas del Toro Station for the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama, the photovoltaic glass train shed for New York City Transit’s Stillwell Avenue Terminal in Coney Island, and a photovoltaic manufacturing facility for Heliodomi in Greece.