As part of the Bank of America/Merrill Lynch Low-Income Housing Challenge, a team of CED students devised an innovative proposal designed to take advantage of a recent executive order encouraging the usage of publicly-owned lands for public good.
As part of the Bank of America/Merrill Lynch Low-Income Housing Challenge, a team of CED students devised an innovative proposal designed to take advantage of a recent executive order encouraging the usage of publicly-owned lands for public good.
More than one hundred students from East Palo Alto, Oakland, Richmond, San Francisco participated in the 2019 Y-PLAN Policy Summit. The students tackled the Bay Area’s biggest challenges, and presented their proposals to officials from across the region.
Matt Taecker (M.C.P./M.Arch. '89) has developed a ‘vision plan’ for Bike East Bay, which imagines a 3-mile bicycle and pedestrian path linking downtown Berkeley BART to the Bay Bridge.
The Landscape Architecture Foundation has announced the two winners and six finalists for its 2019 Olmsted Scholars Program, the premier leadership recognition program for landscape architecture students.
Therese McMillan (M.C.P. '84) spoke at this spring's commencement on May 19, 2019, exhorting graduates to think about how the built environment can serve people and the public interest first and foremost.
Ground Up, the student-run journal of the Department of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning, announces the release of its 2019 issue on the theme of Home.
This program will provide support to early-stage entrepreneurs working to kickstart ideas for a more cost-effective, inclusive, and modernized housing industry.
The students won in the “Art & Social Change” and “Scaling up Big Ideas” categories for their projects in Guinea and Rwanda.
Emily Pilloton founded Girls Garage to inspire and train girls and young women to “fear less, build more.” In a video produced by Time Magazine, Pilloton reflected on the importance of inviting female role models like Melinda Gates to share their stories.
The report, published by the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine, outlines 22 strategies and supporting actions for surveilling activity to support public health research and decision making.
Iryna Dronova was part of a multi-institutional research team that was awarded a major grant from California’s Delta Stewardship Council last month
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.
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.
CED's 2019 Summer [IN]STITUTE is accepting applications for [IN]LAND, an immersive landscape architecture program designed for students from any academic background who are considering graduate work in the field
Graduate student Harsh Jain (MRED+D ‘19) was part of a team of four UC Berkeley students who won the Pircher, Nichols & Meeks Joint Venture Challenge, an interdisciplinary real estate competition between Berkeley Law, Berkeley Haas, and CED student teams.
Madhuri Desai (Ph.D. Architecture '07) was awarded the 2019 Alice Davis Hitchcock Book Award by the Society of Architectural Historians for her book “Banaras Reconstructed: Architecture and Sacred Space in a Hindu Holy City.”
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.
Rocio Sanchez-Moyano, Ph.D. candidate in City and Regional Planning, is a 2018 recipient of the Horowitz Foundation Grant.
Julia McElhinney (MRED+D ‘19) was one of a six UC Berkeley student team who competed and won the sixth annual Kellogg Real Estate Competition. Their plan proposed to fill vacant ground-floor retail spaces with package pick-up centers and e-commerce shops.
His talk, titled “Borobudur and the World,” addressed using the 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple as a launching point for teaching a global-oriented view of architecture.
The University of California began 150 years ago on a simple, but revolutionary idea: That college should be available to everyone. Watch this video celebrating 150 years of faculty excellence, cutting-edge research, and exceptional academic programs.
Professor of Architecture Gail Brager will be giving a lecture, “Sustainable Design for Sensory Experience,” at the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, on May 20.
Seventy embARC program participants come from all over the world to work for clients Rebuilding Together and Operation Dignity in CED's Fabrication Shop.
Associate Professor of Architecture Christopher Calott was one of a handful of ULI Advisory Services panelists who participated in the Urban Land Institute trip to Toa Baja, Puerto Rico.
UC Berkeley alumnus George Homsey (B.A. Architecture '51), the son of a San Francisco automobile mechanic who became one of the city’s revered and quietly influential architects, died on Monday of heart failure. He was 93.
Madhuri Desai's book, “Banaras Reconstructed: Architecture and Sacred Space in a Hindu Holy City,” examines the iconic Hindu religious center in Northern India, often described as the oldest living city in the world.
ARCH Alumna Karen Kubey (B.A. Architecture '02) is one of three winners of the 2019 Arnold W. Brunner Grant for Architectural Research.
Three City & Regional Planning students—Cynthia Armour (M.C.P. '21), Christa Cassidy (M.C.P. '20), and Mykeisha Mayes (B.A. Urban Studies '19)— earned scholarships from the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of Women in Transportation (WTS).
Professor Caldeira discusses her research on the range of urban practices and forms of cultural production from the peripheries of São Paulo that are reshaping public space, including rap music, graffiti, ostentation funk, and pixação.
If you are a current student, recent graduate, hiring professional or academic, please participate in Design Intelligence's annual survey of America's best architecture and design schools.
Architecture alumnus Aboubacar Komara, Master’s students Matt Turlock and Matt Fairris and exchange student Carmen Durrer will pitch their plan to develop and expand the presence of low-cost, sustainably built homes in Guinea.
College of Environmental Design alumnus Joseph Godlewski (M.S. Architecture ‘09, Ph.D. Architecture ‘15), an assistant professor of architecture at Syracuse University, was recently awarded the Meredith Teaching Recognition.
The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture recently announced its 2019 Architectural Education Awards, honoring architectural educators for exemplary work in areas such as building design, community collaborations, scholarship, and service.
The NYC Urban Displacement Project Map was released this week, showing how severely the housing affordability crisis is displacing low-income families throughout the tri-state area.
Student projects examining architectural issues related to the US-Mexico border are currently featured in the AEDES Architecture Forum in Berlin.
One of 65 fellows selected, Rozas-Krause’s research focuses on the history of public memorials as symbols of remorse or reparation.
Unbeknownst to most, the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta is also rich with a cultural and human history that’s largely gone unrecognized -- until now.
ARCH Alum Alfred Twu (B.A. Architecture '06) designs board games that grapple with sensitive political issues, such as Bay Area housing problem. The goal? To educate stakeholders.
Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) Executive Director and 2019 CED Commencement Speaker Therese McMillan (M.C.P. ‘84) testified before the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, urged Congress to reauthorize the 2015 FAST Act.
Elizabeth Deakin discusses Governor Gavin Newsom latest declaration to call off the $77 billion plan to build a high-speed rail line between Los Angeles and San Francisco.
The College of Environmental Design is pleased to announce the 2019-2020 John K. Branner Traveling Fellowship, Harold Stump Memorial Traveling Fellowship, and Andrew Beckerman Travel Fellowship winner.
Terner Center for Housing Innvoation and Professor of Affordable Housing and Urban Policy Carol Galante provides insight on the potential impacts of modular housing on affordable housing projects in a feature on ArchDaily.
Jeremy Halpern (M.C.P., M.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering '21) was selected as an Eno Fellow and will participated in the 27th annual Eno Future Leaders Development Conference in Washington, DC.
Vaar Bothner and Taran Aanderaa reflect on their time as exchange students at CED from Norway.
LAEP Associate Professor Kristina Hill was quoted in a SF Chronicle article profiling the environmental concerns facing the redevelopment of the redevelopment of Howard Terminal into a new stadium for the Oakland A’s.
Design Voice Podcast interviews alumna Phoebe Lam as she shares her story as an emerging female architect working with William Duff Architects in San Francisco.
Professor of Architecture Ronald Rael and his partner Virginia San Fratello were featured in the New York Times.
Executive Director of the MRED+D program Greg Morrow recently authored an op-ed for the Winter 2019 issue of the Journal of Case Study Research, a publication of the Center for California Real Estate.
Brendan Kennedy (B.A. Architecture '93) is the founder of Tilray, the first medical marijuana firm to have an IPO on the U.S. stock market.
California Magazine interviews esteemed CED Professor Emertia of Architecture Galen Cranz. Cranz has taught at Berkeley for 43 years while authoring books and establishing her idea of body conscious design.
CED Alumnus, James Garrett Jr. excellence within the field of architecture earned him a 2019 AIA Young Architects Award in early February.
Launched in early February, "The Book as Place" event displays the work of 25 artists. The exhibition emphasizes the utilization of appropriate structures to represent coinciding ideas all within the pages of a book.
The innovative designs of ARCH alumni Jeffrey Day (M.Arch. 1995) and Kevin Daly (B.A. Architecture 1980) win awards in Architecture Magazine's 2019 Annual Progressive Architecture Award.
College of Environmental Design alumna Kate Gordon (M.C.P. '02) was named Director of the Governor of California's Office of Planning and Research in January.
College of Environmental Design alumna Rosalyne Shieh (M.Arch ‘99) and her New York-based architecture firm Schaum/Shieh were recognized as one of the recipients of the Architectural League of New York’s 2019 Emerging Voices Award.
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.
Alumna Alda Ly visually bridges the gap between wellness and medicine in her revamp of the Parsley Health Offices in New York.
Two faculty members from the College of Environmental Design at UC Berkeley won 2019 Architectural Education Awards from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) this month.
Assistant Professor, Andrew Atwood's latest novel debuts his promise of ingenuity and unconventional perspective through an atypical, "boring" view of architecture.
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.
Professor of City and Regional Planning Charsima Acey publishes a new article on water infrastructures in Nigeria in the International Journal for Urban and Regional Research.
Professor Kathleen James-Chakraborty, former professor in architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, is the first woman to receive the prestigious award from the Royal Irish Academy.
Nathan John (M.Arch. '13) and Sarah Hirschman, Lecturer in Architecture, join envelope A+D as Partner and Associate Partner, respectively.
San Jose Diridon Station, a site of concern, emphasizes the current issue within Bay Area city planning. Read more to see how community needs and aesthetic appeals clash.
SFMOMA's latest exhibition spotlights the renown model community, Sea Ranch. Among other exciting features, a full-scale replica of one of the homes stands on display.
The success of CED professors, Lisa Iwamoto and Craig Scott is detailed through the history of their projects and architecture firm.
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) named College of Environmental Design alumna Therese Watkins McMillan (M.C.P. ‘84) as its new Executive Director last week.
Professor of City and Regional Planning Charisma Acey co-authors an article on urban agriculture and food security in Sustainability Journal.
Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning Richard Hindle is the first landscape architect to publish an article in the Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society (JPTOS).
The Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley publishes a new data set, which includes the most up-to-date jurisdiction-level resource on policies that affect the production, location, and preservation of housing in the state.
Edward Ogosta (B.A. Arch. '97)'s renovated 1944 bungalow in Culver City bungalow offers a prototype for how to thoughtfully renovating the city’s existing housing stock.
In the annual Urban Planning Citation update for Scholarly Reputation and Metrics, UC Berkeley was listed as the top planning program.
Alfred Twu's imaginative designs for BART's soon-to-be retired legacy fleet envisions a second life for the cars as housing units.
The Berkeley Planning Journal (BPJ) at the College of Environmental Design at UC Berkeley recently launched a call for papers for its next issue, "Volume 31: Transcending the Urban-Rural Divide."
College of Environmental Design faculty members Richard Hindle and Kristina Hill were featured in a newly collection of essays edited by Elizabeth Mossop titled Sustainable Coastal Design and Planning.
Talk to Deanna van Buren about her architectural aspirations, and the discussion routinely shifts back and forth between grand visions and the nitty-gritty of getting things done.
Seattle Mayor Jenny A. Durkan and community leaders named transit and transportation project delivery expert Sam Zimbabwe (M.C.P. '01) as the next Director of the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) last month.
Eric J. Cesal has been appointed as the Director of the Sustainable Environmental Design (SED) major at the College of Environmental Design.
Alumna Dominique Davison, AIA, LEED AP, NCARB (B.A. Arch. '96) was named the Architect of the Year by the American Institute of Architects -- Kansas City (AIAKC).
Professor of Affordable Housing and Urban Policy, Carol Galente, weighs in on the impact of natural disasters on the ongoing California housing crisis.
Fred Blackwell, CED Alum, claims the honor as "Most Admired CEO" from the San Francisco Business Times. Blackwell currently heads the San Francisco Foundation.
Professor of City and Regional Planning Charisma Acey, on Sustainable Urban Farming for Resilience and Food Security, a 3-year collaborative project which looks at questions of urban agriculture within the East Bay.
A recent op-ed in the New York Times Sunday Review cites CED faculty research, arguing for a shift from vehicle-oriented urban planning to a more pedestrian-friendly approach.
Caroline was recognized for her occupant satisfaction research in buildings using radiant systems at the 34th Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture in Hong Kong.
The Architect’s Newspaper’s Best of Design Awards are a unique, project-based awards program that showcases great buildings, building elements, interiors, and installations. This year, they recognized six projects by CED alumni, faculty and students.
CED alum, Michael Chen exemplifies his ingenious, detail-oriented, and research-based architecture style and associated success through his remodeling of a Manhattan Townhouse.
The UC Berkeley Food Pantry provides critical support to UC Berkeley students. After four years, nearly 7,000 students use the service, out of the 42,000 on campus.
The ASLA medal is the highest honor the American Society of Landscape Architects can bestow upon a landscape architect, and recognizes Professor Jewell's contributions to the profession and their impact on the welfare of the public and the environment.
Professor Jennifer Wolch on "just green enough" community-based activist movements, in recent article by Pendarvis Harshaw on the proposed development San Francisco's Hunters Point neighborhood.
Lilian Rice, one of the first women to graduate from the architecture program at UC Berkeley, and a major influence in popularizing the the Spanish Colonial Revival style.
Real Estate Development + Design faculty and program advisors Chris Calott, Allison Arieff, Jonathan Segal, Daniel Simon, David Baker and Jonathan Tate contributed thoughts on why architects acting as building developers benefit both cities and clients.
Four Masters students from the Department of City and Regional Planning recieved Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program (DDETFP) fellowships for the coming year.
Professor of City and Regional Planning Karen Chapple's latest book, Planning Sustainable Cities and Regions: Towards More Equitable Development, wins the 2018 ACSP John Friedmann Book Award.
Associate Professor of City & Regional Planning Marta Gonzalez's co-authored paper analyzes cell phone and vehicle GPS data to assess traffic conditions in Boston, Porto, Lisbon, Rio de Janeiro, Melbourne and the San Francisco Bay area.
A group of nationally renowned land use, real estate, and urban planning experts representing the Urban Land Institute provided strategic recommendations and advice next week to the municipality of Toa Baja, Puerto Rico.
Nadia Shihab poses next to her mother, Lahib Jaddo, whose creativity and guidance inspired much of her new documentary, Jaddoland.
ELS Architecture President and CEO Clarence D. Mamuyac Jr., FAIA, LEED (B.A. Architecture '81, M.Arch. '85) was named the new chair of the College of Environmental Design's Dean's Advisory Council for the 2018-19 fiscal year.
Kristina Hill warns that the Oakland A's new stadium project won’t be easy — and not just because the ground there has a history as an industrial site. She fears that rising tides will negatively affect the design and layout of the space.
The latest issue of Frameworks, CED's bi-annual alumni magazine, is now live.
In the prime of her career, Kagure Wamunyu has capitalized on her success with a new title. The CED alumna has left a mark in her work with the ride-sharing company, Uber, and newest position with the Bridge International Academies in Kenya.