SubscribeDeborah Berke, a New York City-based architect known for her design excellence and commitment to architectural innovation, is the first recipient of the College of Environmental Design’s inaugural Berkeley-Rupp Architecture Professorship and Prize.
Tag: architecture
New Berkeley-Rupp Prize for trailblazing women architects 
September 10, 2012:
Architecture student wins prestigious new sustainability fellowship
May 21, 2013:
By updating and expanding California’s utility-allowance calculator, Berkeley grad student Antony Kim hopes to make sustainable architecture more available to low-cost housing developers. He and his faculty mentor, Galen Cranz, are winners of the first-ever Schmidt-MacArthur Fellowship, which encourages the design of sustainable products and processes.
Celebrating Julia Morgan, building by building
November 7, 2012:
The work of Julia Morgan, one of the University of California’s most distinguished alumnae, will be showcased during a local architectural tour on Sunday, Nov. 18.
Comerio leads national roundtable on integrated disaster recovery
March 19, 2012:
Northern California experts, including UC Berkeley architecture professor Mary Comerio, are heading up a national roundtable on improving responses after major disasters.
Hong Kong businessman honors father, Woo Hon Fai, with major gift to UC Berkeley
December 19, 2011:
David Woo, who began his career in 1967 as an architect working on the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, has chosen to honor his late father, Woo Hon Fai — and to celebrate the now-historic structure — with a major gift to the campus.
In architecture prof’s SoMa loft, a vibrant mix of life and work
December 2, 2011:
Thai-born designer/artist Raveevarn Choksombatchai replaced a ramshackle San Francisco teardown with a prize-winning urban home. The New York Times’ Home & Garden section offers a brief profile and a multimedia tour.
Grad student honored for joining architecture, information management
November 17, 2011:
I School grad student Leslie Tom was recently named one of the American Institute of Architects’ inaugural knowledge scholars. Under that mantle, Tom will use her IT skills to gather, organize and communicate architectural knowledge and best practices from November’s AIA “Crafting the Future” conference in Japan.
Doe Library centennial goes live with new website
August 24, 2011:
Doe Library’s centennial celebration is going live, with a new website with images of the library under construction as well as of students and others attending a special event.
Architect named Fulbright NEXUS scholar for Western Hemisphere research on sustainable, affordable housing
April 25, 2011:
María-Paz Gutierrez, a University of California, Berkeley, assistant professor of architecture, has been named to the 2011-2012 Fulbright Regional Network for Applied Research (NEXUS) Scholar Program as part of a 20-member team working to promote best practices in fighting poverty and inequality in the Western Hemisphere. She will be focusing on building a sustainable, affordable housing prototype for deployment in an emergency, especially flooding.
Architect envisions border wall as good neighbor
March 29, 2011:
Ronald Rael envisions a wall dotted with multi-purpose installations that include a life-saving water collection site, a treatment plant for toxic wastewater from the New River, a swing, a volleyball court, a solar farm and even a confessional.
Architecture professor and activist Kenneth Simmons dies at 77
August 2, 2010:
Kenneth Harlan Simmons, a professor emeritus of architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, died of cancer in Johannesburg, South Africa, on July 6 at the age of 77. He was known for his work in equal rights, urban planning and community development from San Francisco to Detroit, Harlem and South Africa.
BAM/PFA selects Diller Scofidio + Renfro to design new building
June 23, 2010:
Following a national search, the world renowned New York City-based design firm of Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R) has been chosen to design the new Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA) at the University of California, Berkeley. The new museum complex is targeted for completion by late 2014.
