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Deane Rykerson AIA NCARB LEED AP is principal of Rykerson Architecture, Kittery Point, Maine. Deane Rykerson has been involved in building, environment and design for over thirty years from his background in woodworking/boat building to his present expertise in historic preservation and sustainable design. With degrees from the State University of New York, Boston Architectural Center, and Harvard University, his work has been published in Boston Magazine, Fine Homebuilding, Harvard Visions 1996, and frequently contributes to the Boston Society of Architects Chapter Letter. He has presented and led seminars at Build Boston 1995 through 2004, Restoration ‘95, and the 1998 AIA national convention. He has taught at the Wentworth Institute of Technology and Boston University. He is a recipient of an Appropriate Technology Grant from the U.S. Department of Energy and served on the design juries for the Rotch Scholarship, the New York/BSA sustainable design awards, and the NESEA design competition 2000. A member of the Boston Society of Architects, he is active in the Historic Resources Committee and a former co-chair of the BSA's Committee on the Environment. He is co-chair of the Massachusetts Green Building Coalition for a Green Building Tax Credit and a member of the Board of Directors of the Building Materials Resource Center. Deane was recently appointed to the Town of Kittery Design Review Committee for Kittery Foreside.

I have always wondered about the inconsistency of heat and damage mid-structure and structural failure at the base of the buildings. After this evidence, I am convinced that more investigation is needed.