ARCH Alum Michael Garcia (B.A. Architecture '85) and Farid Tamjidi (B.A. Architecture '84) co-founded their eponymous firm in 1997. Since then, their firm and its design ethos have become fixtures in the urban landscape of California architecture. Read More »
Student projects examining architectural issues related to the US-Mexico border are currently featured in the AEDES Architecture Forum in Berlin. Read More »
Professor of Architecture Ronald Rael and his partner Virginia San Fratello were featured in the New York Times. Read More »
CED Alumnus, James Garrett Jr. excellence within the field of architecture earned him a 2019 AIA Young Architects Award in early February. Read More »
The College of Environmental Design's architecture program was ranked #3 in North America and #6 worldwide in the "architecture/built environment" subject area by QS World University Rankings for 2019. Read More »
What is a border wall? An overly simplistic response to that complexity, says Professor or Architecture Ronald Rael. In a moving, visual talk, Rael reimagines the physical barrier that divides the United States and Mexico. Read More »
Browse the 2017 Student Workbooks featuring exceptional student work from Berkeley Architecture's M.Arch and undergraduate programs.
DOMESTIC DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JUNE 7. CED's Summer Programs Office is accepting applications for [IN]CITY and Disc*2019, immersive summer programs for participants from any academic background.
Prospective master's students are invited to attend classes, meet professors and explore Wurster Hall at this CED Fall Open House. All are welcome, please join us!
SUN, MAY 19, 3:30pm. Please join us at a ceremony honoring the recipients of this year's Prizes & Awards in Berkeley Architecture. Open to the CED community!
SAT, MAY 11, 10am-6pm. Students in ARCH 204B will be exhibiting their work and presenting their projects to faculty and guest critics.
Together with his wife, Megumi Ahara, Dan Spiegel established SAW or Spiegel Aihara Workshop eight years ago. The blossoming architecture firm comprises now of a small team of eight members who embraced change as a part of their ongoing philosophy.
CED alumnus, Vishaan Chakrabarti is a practising architect, professor of design and urban theory at Columbia University, and the author of A Country of Cities: A Manifesto for an Urban America. His term as CED dean begins July 2020.
In June 2019, Will Oren (M.Arch '07) began with Dewberry as a senior project architect. The national enterprise has 18 locations and was ranked #38 in Engineering News-Record Top 500 Design Firms.
"Asked what she wanted her obituary to say, Phyllis Koshland Friedman responded, "Say I've had a wonderful life." Indeed, she did." The UC Berkeley alumna and wife of former architecture department chair passed away on July 2, 2019.
Founded in 2000, IwamotoScott has been a longstanding practice in the architecture field. Almost two decades since their start, the firm is still making waves with an award for their work in interior design.
On May 13, Associate Professor of Architecture Greg Castillo sat amongst an audience with various visions, reimagining what would replace North Berkeley BART's 8-acre parking lot. Castillo sees the lot as an opportunity to link BART and the community.
Brian Lee (B.A. Arch, ‘76), Design Partner at SOM, was one of three architects whose designs were selected to be built by the Chicago Housing Authority in 2016. The projects were recently completed and mark a new approach to public housing for the city.
Daughter of Kate and Cam, Ann Baker has spent nearly her whole life in her parent's vineyard and gardens. As a child, it was her summer playground. As an architect, it's become her ongoing project.
