Meet CED Alums

We are proud that three graduates of the Department of Architecture were elevated this year to the American Institute of Architects College of Fellows. Congratulations to Rossana Hu (BA 1990), Hon. FAIA; Mary Ruppenthal (MArch 1999), FAIA; and Bryan Young (BA 1997), FAIA.

The latest episode of the Berkeley Voices podcast spotlights CED alum Hayden Shelby (PhD in City & Regional Planning 2019), now an assistant professor at the University of Cincinnati. She talks to podcast host Anne Brice about how learning Thai while a student at UC Berkeley helped her become an expert in Thailand’s cooperative housing program, Baan Mankong.

Alum Ramon Ramirez (BA Architecture 1993, MArch 1997), who taught and practiced architecture for two decades, has turned to painting full-time. His paintings have traveled nationally and represent the architecture of Los Angeles — bridging Chicanx identity, urban form, and the poetic urgency of place.

UC Berkeley alums Lou Tamiye (MArch 2019) and Cooper Rogers (MArch 2019) designed and opened Good Hot, a collection of five outdoor saunas nestled in a semi-industrial corner of Richmond. The site supports a deconstructed bathhouse, an unfolding series of saunas, changing cabins, and more.

KRIS YAO | ARTECH, a firm founded 40 years ago by UC Berkeley alum Kris Yao (MArch 1978), Hon. FAIA, was honored this year with the AIA International Firm Award.