Vishaan Chakrabarti, founder of New York's Partnership for Architecture and Urbanism, has been selected as the new dean of the College of Environmental Design at UC Berkeley.
Vishaan Chakrabarti, founder of New York's Partnership for Architecture and Urbanism, has been selected as the new dean of the College of Environmental Design at UC Berkeley.
Sophie Gonick (Ph.D. City & Regional Planning ‘15) interviewed Teresa Caldeira, Professor of City & Regional planning at UC Berkeley and Saskia Sassen, Professor of Sociology at Columbia University on strategies of democratic participation in cities.
Bianca Doerschlag (M.Arch ’19) and Brynn McKiernan (MRED+D ’19) teamed up with students from Haas School of Business to win the 30th Annual NAIOP SFBA Cal-Stanford Real Estate Challenge for Second Consecutive Year.
Michael Dear, Professor Emeritus of City & Planning, was recently awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws honoris at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, June 2019.
An overview in the New York Times reflects on the legacy of Sea Ranch and considers the site’s shifting importance in the face of climate change and a changing demographic.
Professor and acting chair of architecture, Ronald Rael, realized his vision, born a decade ago, as three pink teetertotters were installed along the U.S.-Mexico border. The rest is history.
“These rare people see something different when they look at streets, parks and sidewalks...” said Sam Gill from the Knight Foundation. “We hope this recognition accelerates their visionary work...to challenge the way we think about and use public space.”
Accomplished architect and urban planner, Vishaan Chakarabarti spoke at the RTPI Planning Convention in mid-June, noting ”what we do with our cities will either make or break our species” in consideration of how to create future successful cities.
Wolch's talk, "Zoopolis: Past, Present, and Future", was featured at the 2019 AGI as a keynote event and on ABC Radio-Hobart in a preview interview of the conference.
Michael K Chen (B.A. Arch '96) architecture's firm reigned in a plethora of public good awards for their pro-bono children's library commission at the Concourse House in Bronx, NY.
Among many titles, Diane McGuire established herself as an accomplished and dedicated alumni, activist, and landscape architect throughout her lifetime. Her resume includes the restoration of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Charles Platt properties.
This summer, Anthony Rosato (SED '21) traveled to South Africa for an internship with Francois Theron, founder of fdt architects. Here, Rosato shares with CED his unique design experience, discovering the business and personal side of architecture.
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.
Christelle Rohaut (M.C.P. ‘18) is the CEO and founder of Codi, a new startup that lets people transform their living room into a co-working space.
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.
Startup candidates for the Housing Lab could include a company that’s developing a construction method using low-cost yet environmentally friendly building materials, or one that’s promoting a new home-financing product aimed at low-income buyers.
Facebook and other companies have funded a 1 million dollar low-income housing unit inspired by the visions of Bay Area high school students.
Tomás McKay (M.L.A. ‘17), Kushal Lachhwani (M.L.A. ‘16) and Pablo Alfaro (M.L.A. ‘16) won an international design competition to build a public space that borders the Pachacamac Sanctuary in Lima, Peru.
The Environmental Design Archives is preserving the projects and designs of former chair of Landscape Architecture, Walter Hood for future generations of scholars interested in the impact of Hood's design on the environment.
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.
Sara Jensen Carr's publication "examines landscape responses to six historical urban epidemics and the implication for current and future practice."
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.
Deanna Van Buren, recipient of the 2018 Berkeley-Rupp Architecture Prize argues against the reimagining of prisons and jails, and instead for an architecture practice that centers on decarceration and supports diversion and reentry.
PAU founder and Dean’s Advisory Council member Vishaan Chakrabarti, FAIA, will begin his term on July 1, 2020. Professor and Chair of Architecture Renee Chow will serve as acting dean for the 2019-2020 academic year.
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.
UC Berkeley is launching an innovative advanced degree in design for emerging technologies. The new Master of Design (MDes) program is a 3-semester degree offered jointly by the College of Engineering and the College of Environmental Design.
Since her childhood, CED alumna Nina Bonos, has practiced the Jewish faith. “My mother’s family left Berlin in 1936. That colored her life and it’s colored my life too,” said the artist.
It is with great sorrow that we report and honor the deaths of two CED alumni, Shirley Friedman and Ralph Butterfield.
The Environmental Design Archives (EDA) launches fundraising campaign to publish Edith Heath: Philosophies, an in-depth, richly illustrated book on Edith Heath and Heath Ceramics, one of the most significant creative forces in post-WWII America.
Recognized for their merit and excellence in the design field, numerous CED alumni were honored for their efforts by the American Institute of Architects.
A trio of Berkeley undergrads are getting their start in the business world this summer with their entrepreneurial venture Oki Karaoke, a soundproof karaoke box completed with a video screen for sing-along music videos and a 1000 song library.
College of Environmental Design graduate student, Isa Gaillard (M.C.P. ‘20) received the 2019 Switzer Fellowship.
Hats off to you! CED Alumnus, Brian Lee wins 2019 AIA award with the remodel and design of a vacant firehouse into a factory and headquarters for a Chicagoland handmade hat producer.
On April 16, 2019, Lydia Tan joined the Oakland Athletics baseball club in her new position as Managing Director of Real Estate. Building the A's Howard Terminal ballpark at Jack London Square will be one of Tan's major projects.
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.
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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.