klaus mayer is sole proprietor of the snowhaus a design firm in anchorage, berlin and copenhagen. he is a registered architect in berlin and member of the danish association of architects. he was an adjunct professor at university of alaska anchorage were he taught sustainability in the build environment to construction management students. he studied architecture and received his degree at the university of applied science in stuttgart, germany. he has lived and worked in alaska since 1995. from 2001-2013 he was co-founder and partner of mayer sattler-smith, llc. since in alaska he was trustee of the alaska design forum from 1998 to 2018. klaus was named a loeb fellow at harvard university graduate school of design for the academic year 2004-2005.
he is a frequent guest critic at universities such as harvard university, massachusetts institute of technology, university of michigan, university of munich and others.