Design Excellence
Oct 27, 2023
Walter Hood receives 2023 WSJ. Magazine Innovator Award
Professor Walter Hood, chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning, receives the 2023 WSJ. Magazine Innovator Award for Design. Innovator awards honor creators whose originality has led to meaningful change and offers inspiration to others.
Oct 11, 2023
Berkeley ranked top public university for architecture and the built environment
The well-respected Quacquarelli Symonds Rankings for 2023 have been released: Berkeley ranked as top public university for architecture and number three among all schools in North America.
Jul 3, 2023
African Ancestors Memorial Garden designed by Walter Hood opens in Charleston
The public park and garden surrounding the new International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina, is a sacred space that pays homage to the profound history of the African diaspora.
May 4, 2023
Ronald Rael’s COVID-safe cohabitation design wins social and environmental justice award
CED professor Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello, of Emerging Objects, receive the 2023 Jeff Harnar Social & Environmental Justice award for their project Casa Covid, which combines 3D printing with Indigenous building methods and materials.
Mar 24, 2023
How CLT is changing the role of the architect
Architecture faculty members Mark Anderson (Anderson Anderson Architecture) and Yasmin Vobis and Aaron Forrest (Ultramoderne) weigh in on how mass timber has the potential to radically change the role of the architect.