Julie Riley: Surface Conditions | Architecture Lecture
Inaugural Creedon Fellow Julie Riley examines historical research, material processes, and design production through close engagement with archival documents, construction techniques, and fabrication methods. In this lecture, Riley discusses her research on the development and management of American municipal architecture from 1950 to 1970, as well as her ongoing collaboration with the Environmental Design Archives to re-stage archival works.
About the Speaker
Julie Riley is the inaugural Creedon Fellow at the UC Berkeley Department of Architecture, a position established to connect early-career designers with academic teaching and research. She is a designer and educator whose work examines materials and tools of production through the lens of historical narratives, documents, and techniques. Bridging practice and pedagogy, her research engages contemporary design methods while critically revisiting the past. Riley has worked as a project designer at Welcome Projects and as a designer with d.esk, contributing to materially driven and research-oriented design work. From 2023 to 2024, Riley served as an adjunct instructor teaching undergraduate architecture studios at Woodbury University, where she received the Emerging Faculty Award in Architecture. In 2026, she was the Douglas Gillmor Visiting Co-Lecturer at the University of Calgary, collaborating with Anna Neimark.
The Creedon Fellowship was endowed by Gerard “Roddy” Creedon (1959–2021), a founder and principal of Allied Architecture + Design and a longtime and beloved lecturer in the Department of Architecture.
This lecture is part of the Department of Architecture’s fall lecture series.
Bauer Wurster Auditorium is wheelchair accessible. If you require accommodations to fully participate in this event, please contact arch-events@berkeley.edu.