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Susan Stryker, leading voice in the field of transgender studies, Selected for CED’s 2021 Arcus/Places Prize

Susan Stryker is a leading voice in the field of transgender studies and an award-winning activist, author, and filmmaker. Read More »

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Master of Real Estate Development + Design Program receives historic endowment, renamed in honor

CED is honored to announce that it has received the largest gift in the college’s history from Nancy and Douglas Abbey. The historic donation provides endowed support for the College’s Master of Real Estate Development + Design Program. Read More »

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Sustainable, Integrated Cities with Less Segregation

An interview with Dean Chakrabarti and the Science Communication Center at the Universidad Autónoma de Chile. Listen to CED's Dean rethink the best use and creation of public space and speak to the importance of supporting public transit. Read More »

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CED Publication, “Room One Thousand”, recieves Graham Foundation grant

The grant will support the production and creation of the cohort's ninth issue; "Room One Thousand" is a mostly-CED student publication. This year, the Foundation awarded $480,000 in the form of 36 grants to individuals and organizations, including RM1000

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Community-Driven Design with Antionette D. Carroll, Alex Ramirez, and Chazandra Kern

Sunday, 01/24/21 6:30pm – 8:00pm https://vimeo.com/499393854

Making cities and regions sustainable and inclusive requires more than just deploying smart or social infrastructure. It requires us to reimagine the notion of human capabilities in planning.

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Designing for Food Sovereignty with Kelly Carlisle and Leslie Bennett

Wednesday, 01/27/21 6:30pm – 8:00pm Livestream: https://vimeo.com/499393081

For this lecture, Kelly Carlisle, Founder and Executive Director of Acta Non Verba, and Leslie Bennett, owner of Pine House Edible Gardens, will discuss designing for food sovereignty.

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Designing Dissenting Histories with Suzanne-Juliette Mobley

Thursday, 01/28/21 5:30pm – 7:00pm https://vimeo.com/499393454

A review of recent projects exploring visual and programmatic approaches to repairing silences and erasures in our popular historical narratives.

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ARCHITECTURE LECTURE: BRIAN JOHNSEN + SEBASTIAN SCHMALING | JOHNSEN SCHMALING ARCHITECTS

Wednesday, 02/17/21 1:00pm – 2:00pm LIVESTREAMED

WED, Feb 17, 1pm. Join us for a livestreamed talk with the founding partners of a critically=acclaimed, Milwaukee-based design and research studio dedicated to architectural innovations and environmental sustainability. Open to all!

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ARCHITECTURE LECTURE: ALLISON GRACE WILLIAMS | AGWms_studio

Wednesday, 03/03/21 1:00pm – 2:00pm LIVESTREAMED

WED, Mar 3, 1pm. Join us for a livestreamed talk with the Fall 2020 Joseph Esherick Visiting Professor of Practice, founder of AGWms_studio and CED Distinguished Alum. Open to all!

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ARCHITECTURE + GMS LECTURE: OLALEKAN JEYIFOUS + BRANDI T. SUMMERS IN CONVERSATION

Wednesday, 03/17/21 1:00pm – 2:00pm LIVESTREAMED

WED, Mar 17, 1pm. Join us for a conversation between artist/designer Olalekan Jeyifous and Assistant Professor of Geography and GMS Brandi T. Summers on speculative architecture and urban Utopias/Dystopias. Livestreamed & open to all!

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ARCHITECTURE EXHIBITION: BUILDING FOR A DECARCERATION NATION

Monday, 03/29/21 – 05/15/21 VIRTUAL BAUER WURSTER

ON VIEW Mar 29-May 15. Explore our first virtual exhibition in Virtual Bauer Wurster, showcasing recent initiatives by Deanna Van Buren, Executive Director and Design Director of DJDS and the 2019-20 Berkeley-Rupp Visiting Professor. Open to all!

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JOINT ARCHITECTURE + AIA EAST BAY LECTURE: JEANNE GANG | STUDIO GANG

Wednesday, 03/31/21 6:00pm – 7:00pm LIVESTREAMED

WED, Mar 31, 6pm. Join us for our 40th annual joint AIAEB Lecture with the founding principal and partner of Studio Gang, an award-winning, international architecture and urban design practice headquartered in Chicago. Livestreamed and open to all!

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ARCHITECTURE LECTURE: HASSAN ALLY + ELI B. GOTTLIEB | THORNTON TOMASETTI

Wednesday, 04/14/21 1:00pm – 2:00pm LIVESTREAMED

WED, Apr 14, 1pm. Join us for a livestreamed talk with the Spring 2021 Howard A. Friedman Visiting Professors on architectural engineering and opportunities for change. Open to all!

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ced News - January 14, 2021

CED Professor Emeritus Jean-Pierre Protzen and wife Elsbeth Protzen have Died

It is with great sadness that the College of Environmental Design reports the passing of Jean-Pierre Protzen, Professor Emeritus, in Switzerland on January 10, 2021. His wife, Elsbeth, died a few days prior.

ced News - January 11, 2021

Susan Stryker, leading voice in the field of transgender studies, Selected for CED’s 2021 Arcus/Places Prize

Susan Stryker is a leading voice in the field of transgender studies and an award-winning activist, author, and filmmaker.

ced News - December 22, 2020

Master of Real Estate Development + Design Program receives historic endowment, renamed in honor

ced News - December 21, 2020

Sustainable, Integrated Cities with Less Segregation

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CED Publication, “Room One Thousand”, recieves Graham Foundation grant

ced News - December 15, 2020

UC Berkeley hosts virtual toast to honor Bauer Wurster Hall reaffirmation

Chancellor Carol Christ and CED Dean Vishaan Chakrabarti hosted a virtual toast Wednesday to celebrate the renaming of the CED’s Wurster Hall to Bauer Wurster Hall in honor of Catherine Bauer Wurster and William Wurster.

ced News - December 10, 2020

In Case You Missed It: A Virtual Toast to Bauer Wurster Hall with Chancellor Christ and Dean Chakrabarti

Chancellor Carol Christ and Dean Vishaan Chakrabarti celebrate the kickoff of the College of Environmental Design’s naming reaffirmation of Wurster Hall to Bauer Wurster Hall.

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