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Sep 1, 2026
Department of Architecture lectures: Fall lineup launches with the inaugural Stanley Saitowitz Alumni Lecture
The fall 2026 series spotlights international visiting faculty and features Yung Ho Chang (MArch 1984) as the inaugural Stanley Saitowitz Alumni Lecture speaker.
Aug 26, 2026
Department of Architecture announces visiting faculty and fellows
The Department of Architecture has named its visiting faculty and fellows for the fall 2026 semester, appointing Casper Mork-Ulnes as Friedman Visiting Professor of Practice, Luke Ogrydziak and Zoë Prillinger as Esherick Endowed Professors, and Laura Sánchez Carrasco and Íñigo Cobeta as UPM Visiting Professors of Practice. In addition, the inaugural Creedon Fellow, Julie Riley, will continue in this role for the coming academic year.
Aug 24, 2026
Sean Canty appointed assistant professor of architecture
The Department of Architecture is thrilled to announce the appointment of Sean Canty to the faculty as assistant professor. Canty is an architect and educator whose work explores the capacity of architectural form to reorganize spatial norms and forms of social life.
Aug 21, 2026
Atlas Lab’s Kimberly Garza and Erik Prince named fall 2026 Lifchez Professors
The Department of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning announces the appointment of Kimberly Garza (BA Landscape Architecture 2006) and Erik Prince, principals of mission-driven landscape architecture, urban design, and public art studio Atlas Lab, as the fall 2026 Lifchez Professors of Practice in Social Justice.
Aug 18, 2026
Emmett Zeifman joins Department of Architecture
The Department of Architecture is delighted to welcome Emmett Zeifman to UC Berkeley. Zeifman has extensive teaching experience and an impressive record of editorial and curatorial work that brings archival research into contemporary discourse on the future of design.