News + Events
Dec 18, 2025
101 in 101: Terner Center’s Ben Metcalf on affordable housing
Terner Center Managing Director and Professor of City & Regional Planning Ben Metcalf provides a 101 of housing solutions in less than two minutes. Metcalf has dedicated his life to housing research and policy, motivated by a deep understanding of what’s at stake. “If we can’t start from that place of having a stable home, it’s very hard to do just about anything else,” he says.
Dec 5, 2025
The California Home Insurance Challenge in Eight Charts | Terner Center Report
A newly published Terner Center for Housing Innovation report highlights data and trends in home insurance costs for California homeowners. It finds that insurance challenges are most acute for some of the state’s vulnerable homeowners, including those living in mobile homes or high-risk locations.
Dec 4, 2025
Paul Mayencourt on the energy-saving benefits of solar kilns | Podcast
Paul Mayencourt talks to Climate Break host Ethan Elkind about solar kilns as a low-energy alternative for drying lumber for construction.
Dec 3, 2025
UC Berkeley city planning students pave the way for Oxford Street improvements
The City of Berkeley greenlights a street redesign based on the work of Master of City Planning students’ plan, Oxford for All, continuing the College of Environmental Design’s tradition of making tangible impacts in our community.
Upcoming Events
Modern Vernacular: Asian American Architects and the Built Environment of Postwar Northern California | Exhibition
Wed | Oct 1, 2025 – Sun | Feb 1, 2026
Lifchez / Stronach Exhibition Cases, Environmental Design Library, Bauer Wurster Hall
CED Commencement 2026
Tue | May 19, 2026
9 am – 12 pm
Hearst Greek Theater, 2001 Gayley Road