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Apr 22, 2026
UC Berkeley PhD candidate Emma Lasky on the intersection of climate change, infrastructure, and public health
Emma Lasky, UC Berkeley PhD candidate in landscape architecture and environmental planning, discusses her multidisciplinary research on how climate change-induced groundwater rise presents urgent challenges for public health and environmental policy.
Apr 20, 2026
Environmental justice leader and former architecture professor Carl Anthony dies at 87
An architect, city planner, and leader in the environmental justice movement, Anthony served on the Department of Architecture faculty in the 1970s. He was the founding director of Urban Habitat, co-founder of the Breakthrough Communities project in Oakland, and former president of the Earth Island Institute.
Apr 15, 2026
In memoriam: Professor Emeritus Donlyn Lyndon (1936–2026), architect best known for work at The Sea Ranch
The College of Environmental Design remembers Professor Emeritus of Architecture Donlyn Lyndon, FAIA, a thoughtful and generous teacher and last surviving member of the original design team of The Sea Ranch. In his work there, as well as in his other projects, writings, and teaching, Lyndon was interested in how buildings interact with a particular site to create and sustain a sense of place, resonant with history, memory, and meaning.
Apr 3, 2026
Terner Center study showing that industrialized construction can be part of the solution to California’s housing crisis is gaining attention in Sacramento | KQED
A report from CED’s Terner Center for Housing Innovation found factory-built housing could cut costs by up to 20% and slash building timelines in half. The findings were presented to the California State Assembly Select Committee on Housing Construction Innovation in January.
Events
Andrew Merritt: Intertidal Food | Room One Thousand / Architecture Lecture
Wed | Apr 22, 2026
6 – 7:30 pm
112 Bauer Wurster Hall
Danika Cooper: Hot Topics, Research at the Edge of Aridity | Public Land, Public Space, Public Discourse
Mon | Apr 27, 2026
6 – 7:30 pm
112 Bauer Wurster Hall
CED Commencement 2026
Tue | May 19, 2026
9 am – 12 pm
Hearst Greek Theatre, 2001 Gayley Road