What does inclusivity mean in urban planning, and why should planners pay attention? CED alumnus Victor Pineda (MCP '06) explains that cities often burden disabled people and prevent them from participating equally in public life.
What does inclusivity mean in urban planning, and why should planners pay attention? CED alumnus Victor Pineda (MCP '06) explains that cities often burden disabled people and prevent them from participating equally in public life.
CED alumnus Ephraim Baran (BA Arch '51) passed away on June 7 at the age of 95.
New International program for undergraduate students interested in developing their studies in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning and Sustainable Design to start in Fall, 2017.
Stunning, Simple Maps Show San Francisco vs. Other Global Cities
The decision to approve permitting for Moonrise Kingdom was due in part to a testimony made by Dr. Castillo to the Marin County Planning Commission.
Thirteen students from Associate Professor of Architecture Ronald Rael’s ARCH100D architectural design studio transformed a site in Vipingo, Kenya into a living laboratory for innovation as part of their research into the design of 3D printed houses.
New National Historic Publications grant has been awarded to the CED Archives and the Architectural Archives @ UPenn for digitization of historic photos from Sea Ranch in northern California.
Tech giant Google to purchase modular housing to ease employee living crisis.
The Department of City & Regional Planning at the College of Environmental Design was ranked as the second best graduate program nationally by Planetizen.
The city of Portland has granted a building permit for the first cross-laminated timber high rise over 85 feet to LEVER Architecture, founded by CED alumnus Thomas F. Robinson.
Martinez hires economic director, seeks second official for new program
Professor of Architecture Gail Brager has been named the Interim Director of the Center for Environmental Design Research (CEDR) at the College of Environmental Design, effective July 1, 2017.
The first residence to receive a platinum rating from the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED for Homes program, this two-story, 2,500-square-foot home is composed of 11 modules that were crafted in a factory and constructed on site in just eight hours.
Alumnus David Baker, whose San Francisco–based firm celebrates its 35th anniversary this year, has hewn a design philosophy that prioritizes the social and financial concerns of the communities in which the firm works.
A growing movement of urban planners is pushing policies that would spur homeowners in hot housing markets like San Francisco and Los Angeles to create “granny flats” on their properties.
Sixty-eight years ago, the black businesses of South Berkeley — beauty shops, dry cleaners, real estate offices, a jewelry store and a theater —held the community together. Now, that community is gone. In their place are coffee shops and yoga studios.
Arturo Taboada (BA Architecture '85, MBA '91) is SRGNC's new Commercial Division VP
Now that employees have more flexibility and mobility, companies will need to get even more creative to incorporate new and exciting workspace elements, according to Chair and Professor of LAEP Louise Mozingo.
Alumnus Anthony Poon (BA Architecture '86) has release a new book exploring art as shelter and architecture as a noble social good. Poon draws on his extensive experience as an architectural designer in looking behind the structure to the deeper interact
CED alumnus and landscape architect Peter Walker, FASLA, (BA Landscape Architecture ‘55) is the first recipient of the $150,000 Richard Brettell Award in the Arts.
CED master's students Bo Chung and Jaime Lopez were the recipients of a competitive USAID grant which supports cutting edge solutions to address pressing sustainable development challenges.
A team of graduate students in the Architecture Department at the College of Environmental Design install a giant digital bird's nest at the Botanical Gardens.
George Takei (ATU, '59, Architecture) recently donated part of his personal collection to the JANM in LA. An exhibit created from his collection will be at the museum through August.
A cohort of 15 ARCH students from CED traveled to Lima, Peru
Many low-income San Mateo County tenants have been priced out of their neighborhoods and driven to homes much farther away, leaving them with fewer job options and health services, according to a new study.
Karl Kullmann, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning and Urban Design, recently wrote an article titled “Hong Kong, Grounded” for Places Journal.
A new acquisition of the work of Daniel Judah Liebermann has been added to the Archive at the College of Environmental Design.
In April, Room One Thousand participated in "Open Issues," an unprecedented gathering of editors of student-run design and architecture publications from around the world.
DEADLINE: AUG 15. The biennial Arcus-Places Prize is now open for applications. The Prize is for the opportunity to research and write an article that explores the relationship between gender, sexuality and the built environment.
Graduation for our PhD students is very special at City and Regional Planning. Our faculty's colors represent the academic power of many different institutions.
The International Hydropower Association recognized CED visiting scholar Rafael Schmitt this week as a recipient of the Young Researchers of the Year Award.
College of Environmental Design student Megan Bradley (BA Landscape Architecture ‘18) was named Female Athlete of the Year by Cal Sports on April 26.
CED alumnus and Professor of City and Regional Planning at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo William Siembieda was recently recognized for his contribution to the advancement of Disaster Science in Chile.
Almost everyone who flies into San Jose airport has seen it -- a vibrant patchwork quilt of colorful water. To get the best view, it helps to have a kite. Just ask CED Professor Emeritus of Architecture and kite aerial photographer Charles Benton.
Private companies need to be part of the solution to grating commutes, and they need to get on board fast. That’s the key takeaway from SPUR’s newest report on the future of the corporate campus.
Unless wetland restoration is combined with other innovative, potentially disruptive baywide adaptation measures, restoring wetlands will be like siphoning a few drops from a brimming bucket, according to CED alum Nate Kauffman (MLA '14).
We are saddened to report the passing of CED alumnus Irving Jarkovsky, who passed away in April.
The hippies who created the Summer of Love aesthetic should get more respect for their contributions to design, architecture, technology and politics, according to Associate Professor of Architecture Greg Castillo.
Disc* (Design & Innovation for Sustainable Cities) and the Summer [IN]STITUTE in Environmental Design are accepting international applications through Monday May 8, and domestic applications through Monday May 15.
Banned from college in Iran because of her Baha’i faith, College of Environmental Design alumna Niknaz Aftahi (M.Arch ‘14) risked everything to learn, studying architecture at a storied underground university.
With a Master’s degree in Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley, Lalo Alcaraz is one-of-a-kind as a syndicated cartoonist, TV filmmaker, and author.
Dozens of nonprofit organizations have made plans in recent months to leave downtown Oakland as commercial rents skyrocket, changing not just the neighborhood landscape, but where low-income children and families go to get basic services.
Associate Professor of Architecture and Urban Design Nicholas DeMonchaux was recently named a Bakar Faculty Fellow for 2017-2018, in addition to being named the recipient of the Spark Fund Award.
Adjunct Assistant Professor of City & Regional Planning Karen Frick recently wrote an article for Alexandrine Press -- publisher of the journal Built Environment -- on the pitfalls of infrastructure megaprojects.
Three of the firm's associates are alumni of the College of Environmental Design: Associate Principal Gregg Novicoff (BA Architecture ‘92), Senior Associate Vanna Whitney (MArch ‘98), and Associate Aaron Thornton (MArch ‘97).
Los Angeles–based architects Johnson Fain have revealed a new rendering for 641, a proposed mixed-use tower in the Los Angeles Arts District.
EXTENDED DEADLINE: FRIDAY, JUNE 9.
EXTENDED DEADLINE: June 9, 2017
Alumna Jennifer Ly (BA Arch ‘07) a designer at Foster + Partners, was recently announced as this year’s winner of the prestigious Rotch Travelling Scholarship.
Iryna Dronova's latest paper discusses environmental heterogeneity and its effect on biological diversity in the most recent issue of Landscape and Urban Planning Journal.
What are animals doing in design? A new study by Dean Jennifer Wolch and LAEP Ph.D student Marcus Owens analyzes contemporary animal design projects to consider what it means to pose such a question.
DCRP Professor Karen Chapple was named the recipient of the 2017 faculty Chancellor's Award for Research in the Public Interest.
A new study by the Terner Center explores how three cities have helped stimulate production of ADUs to help ease housing pressures in high-cost regions.
Witness Walls is Nashville's first civil rights inspired public art, and was designed and created by CED Professor of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning Walter Hood.
Berkeley homes are selling for about 20 percent more than their list prices, with prospective homebuyers facing a shortage of options.
Professor Jason Corburn helped inform the city of Richmond's decision to roll out the "Health in All Policies" regimen, which correlated the health of residents to the health of the city.
EXTENDED DEADLINE: JUNE 9, 2017.
Hood Design Studio, led by CED Professor of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning Walter Hood, has been chosen to create a new linear park within the Beerline Trail Neighborhood Development Project in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The American Foundation for the Blind named architecture alumnus Chris Downey as one of the recipients of the annual Helen Keller Achievement Award.
The newly launched certificate will be offered to UC Berkeley undergraduate students as part of a new effort to introduce design thinking as the critical and creative means to innovate, imagine and advance a globally just future.
Read the latest faculty, alumni and student news online in the Spring edition of Frameworks.
Awarded annually since 1955, the prize is given to American architects whose work is characterized by a strong personal direction, or who explores ideas in architecture through any medium of expression.
Imagine a border wall between the U.S. and Mexico not as a barrier, but as a piece of architecture that brings people together. That’s what Associate Professor of Architecture Ronald Rael does in his new book, Borderwall as Architecture.
New exhibit at Stanford University on Corporate Design includes a beautiful catalog with chapters by Professor Louise Mozingo, LAEP and Associate Professor Greg Castillo, ARCH.
CED's high school summer program will take on the UC Berkeley Food Pantry as its Community Client for the Design Build project.
CED is pleased to announce the John K. Branner Traveling Fellowship and Harold Stump Memorial Traveling Fellowship winners, both of which are prizes for international travel and research awarded annually to Master of Architecture students @ UC Berkeley.
Associate Professor of Architecture Raveevarn Choksombatchai was recently awarded the 2017 American Architecture Award -- the nation’s highest public award for new architecture -- for her design of the Grace Street Live/Work Residence in San Francisco.
The frustrations of living in the Bay Area have become so pronounced that confidence in the economy has sunk to its lowest level in four years, according to a survey released Saturday by the Bay Area Council.
A new report co-authored by CED faculty finds that encouraging new housing development in infill areas would spur economic growth, reduce monthly household costs, and cut greenhouse gas emissions, keeping the state on track to achieving its climate goals.
Seven alumni from the College of Environmental Design were elevated this year to American Institute of Architects (AIA) Fellows, the highest membership honor for AIA members for their exceptional work.
A new essay by Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning Karl Kullmann anticipates the transformative agency of the drone’s-eye view in design discourse.
In Jim Horner and Lorraine Freeland's revision of this wonderful book, you learn about trees in general along with the specifics of the current beautiful tree plantings on the Berkeley campus. Horner served as campus Landscape Architect from 1996 to 2014.
College of Environmental Design alumnus Philip P. Choy (BA Arch ‘52), a retired architect who was known as the dean of Asian American historians, died at his San Francisco home last Thursday at age 90.
CED alum David Hanawalt was the designer behind the award-winning Depot Neighborhood, a net-zero, affordable housing community in Traverse City, Michigan.
The Center for the Built Environment (CBE) has recieved two new research grants from the Siebel Energy Institute to support research that leverages technologies from the emerging Internet of Things (IoT) in buildings.
College of Environmental Design alumnus and Santa Barbara-based architect Dennis Thompson (M.Arch ‘74) has been elected to to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) for his longtime work in sustainability advocacy in the fiel
When CED alumnus Jim Horner (BLA ‘71) started working as UC Berkeley in 1996, during his twenty-plus career at Cal he never intended to actually co-author the third edition of the historical book, which hadn’t been updated in over 40 years.
Twenty-six undergraduate students from CED visited the construction site of Albany's Public Works Center project last week, getting a sneak peek at a design build project highlighting public and private partnerships in the construction realm.
Fougeron Architecture, founded by College of Environmental Design alumna Anne Fougeron (M.Arch ‘80) was tapped to build the new center, which is dedicated to increasing the tech industry’s diversity.
Ph.D student Yang Ju and Professor Iryna Dronova in Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning, and their co-authors, Qin Ma, PhD candidate at University California, Merced, and Xiang Zhang, research associate at Nanjing University, recently publ
In a recent article in the San Francisco Chronicle, Asturi talks about his influences, approach and how he avoids becoming complacent.
A recent study co-authored by Associate Professor of City & Regional Planning, Landscape Architecture and Urban Design Elizabeth Macdonald revisits the wind comfort standard, examining its effectiveness in promoting pedestrian comfort.
Last Friday, March 10, students from the College of Environmental Design led a discussion and peaceful protest against the Trump Administration’s proposed border wall in the Wurster Courtyard.
In a new paper published by the Terner Center for Housing Innovation, researchers examine off-site construction as an alternative production method that has significant potential to bring costs down.
Professor of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning Chip Sullivan was awarded the prestigious JB Jackson Book Prize this month for his most recent publication, Cartooning the Landscape.
The Architectural League’s annual Emerging Voices Award spotlights North American individuals and firms with distinct design “voices” that have the potential to influence the disciplines of architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design.
Professor of Architecture and Principal at IwamotoScott Architects Lisa Iwamoto and Professor Emeritus of Architecture and Principal of Natoma Architects Stanley Saitowitz were guests on last week’s issue of City Visions.
Last month at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2017 annual meeting in Boston, researchers revealed some of the latest developments in digital fabrication in architecture, including 3D printing.
In an article written in The Conversation, Professor Emeritus Michael Dear discusses the transborder politics and vital connections between Americans and Mexicans living at the border.
College of Environmental Design alumnus Paul Vitale (MCP ‘63) and his wife Kathleen Vitale (BA Art Practice ‘61) are this year’s winners of the USAID Alumni Association's Alumni of the Year Award.
The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) announced in February that alumnus Roger Schluntz (M.Arch ‘68) will receive the designation of ACSA Distinguished Professor.
According to Professor of City & Regional Planning Karen Chapple, communities as a whole remain unaffected or are even negatively targeted by the insular nature of tech campuses.
According to Associate Professor Kristina Hill, if California's winter storms are an indication of what is to come for the Bay Area, city leaders and officials need to act quickly.
MCP student Christelle Rohaut and her mentor, Associate Professor Malo Hutson, were awarded the 2017 Schmidt MacArthur Fellowship.
For the first time in history, the American Institute of Architects California Council (AIACC) honored California based partners and alumni Betsey Olenick Dougherty (B. Arch '72, M.Arch '75) and Brian Dougherty (A.B. Arch '72, M.Arch '75) as co-recipients
Architecture alums Vishaan Chakrabarti and Chris Leong were feature in Curbed's list of 16 architects who spoke about facing race-related challenges in the field.
QS ranks UC Berkeley's Architecture Program #4 out of 200 programs across 6 continents in 2017.
According to Professor Emeritus of City & Regional Planning Michael Dear, the reality is that a wall, no matter how “big,” how “beautiful,” and how “ahead of schedule” Trump builds it, cannot be an effective enforcement tool.
Renowned Bay Area architect John Field, FAIA, passed away in February at the age of 87. Field exemplified the creative and entrepreneurial spirit that shaped the environment of the San Francisco Bay Area for over half a century.
For arch alumna Mia Zinni, building a career in architecture has always gone hand-in-hand with her mission to empower women. Since graduating with honors from the CED, she has focused on a design approach that uses architecture to design safe spaces.