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Creston House / Mork-Ulnes Architects

Pilar Caballero — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000

Mork-Ulnes Architects has just completed a restoration of a Roger Lee-designed home in the Berkeley Hills, honoring its mid-century roots while thoughtfully updating the space for modern living.

Berkeley Chess School / Rangr Studio

Valeria Silva — Sun, 29 Sep 2024 11:00:00 +0000

Berkeley Chess School was founded in 1981 as an after-school program. It has grown today to teach 7,000 children a year in the Bay Area and has produced an unmatched three grandmasters. The founder's primary goal, however, has always been to empower children by teaching them chess, a predictor of future success in STEM subjects.

Buena Vista House / Rangr Studio

Paula Pintos — Sun, 07 Apr 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Following the firm's design philosophy of finding design solutions between landscape, climate, and client needs, Rangr Studio’s second house in the Berkeley Hills, Buena Vista House, followed the same design strategies as its first: to take advantage of the sunny yet chilly microclimate to maximize solar heat gain, and to provide direct cross-ventilation to allow the dry air to cool the trapped heat — creating living spaces that are open to the outside air throughout the year.

L.Ercolani Presents: “Honoring the Past, Designing the Future”

Rene Submissions — Mon, 10 May 2021 08:30:00 +0000

L.Ercolani celebrates NYCxDesign with a conversation around the future of heritage moderated by Amy Devers, host of Clever, a podcast about design.

Join Christian Møller Andersen of Kinfolk, designers Frederik Alexander Werner of Norm Architects and Jonas Wagell, along with Noah Schwarz Creative Director for DWR and Design Director for Herman Miller Collection, and L.Ercolani’s own Ben Gaffney for a discussion on legacy and looking to the past, while designing for the future.

House of Light / Rangr Studio

Andreas Luco — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 03:00:00 +0000

Located in the Berkeley Hills, on a steep incline facing panoramic views of the San Francisco Bay, the design of this three-level house is guided by seismic constraints, topography, micro-climate, sun path, and the property’s protected oak trees. To address the risks of earthquakes and landslides, the house is built on grade beams resting on concrete piles embedded in bedrock, avoiding the complexity and expense of excavation and retaining walls. The design includes the first use of residential seismic damper frames which slow the response of the structure in a seismic event and allow it to withstand the maximum predicted earthquake with minimal damage.

Berkeley Way Academic Office Building / WRNS Studio

Pilar Caballero — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 19:00:00 +0000

As increasing enrollment, fiscal constraints, and decades of underinvestment challenge public universities across California, the University of California, Berkeley models cost-effective, high-quality design by employing a private developer mindset. Berkeley Way West is a new hybrid academic and speculative office building located in the dense, bustling heart of Berkeley. The new building houses the University’s Psychology, Global Health, and Education departments, as well as numerous private companies, including Microsoft. By leasing space to private tenants, the University meets current space demands, supports revenue goals, and anticipates future growth. Berkeley Way West will eventually be occupied entirely by UC Berkeley.

Design Your Summer! UC Berkeley's College of Environmental Design is Now Accepting Applications

Sponsored Post — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 02:30:00 +0000

Today’s designers have inherited unprecedented global challenges. This legacy will require radically new ways to fashion the buildings, places and landscapes that harbor our diverse ways of life.

Lower Sproul Redevelopment / Moore Ruble Yudell Architects and Planners

Rayen Sagredo — Fri, 16 Jun 2017 16:00:00 +0000

The Lower Sproul Redevelopment Project is a student based initiative that called for recasting the existing facilities at Lower Sproul Plaza into a revitalized and state-of-the-art facility combining both new construction and adaptive reuse strategies.

UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design’s 2017 Summer Programs are Now Accepting Applications

Rene Submissions — Wed, 01 Mar 2017 12:48:00 +0000

How do designers think? How do they visually communicate complex ideas? What strategies do they employ to make a positive impact on the built environment? How does design change the way people see and experience the world?

The College of Environmental Design offers several introductory and advanced programs for those interested in exploring these questions in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture and environmental planning, urban design and sustainable city planning.

Please visit our Summer Programs website to view images of student portfolio work and learn more about the CED Summer experience. You may submit your application here: https://cedberkeley.slideroom.com/

Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation / LMS Architects

Cristobal Rojas — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 18:00:00 +0000

The Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation is devoted to introducing design innovation at the center of university life, preparing students to address some of society’s most pressing challenges. The project is a team-based, project-centric educational space and a compelling symbol to the region of the University’s commitment to sustainable innovation.

Berkeley Green Skills Centre / Hewitt Studios

Valentina Villa — Sat, 19 Nov 2016 03:00:00 +0000

Hewitt Studios LLP have recently completed the first phase of the conversion and refurbishment of a former nuclear research and engineering building at Berkeley Centre on the Severn Estuary in the UK.

UC Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive / Diller Scofidio + Renfro

Daniel Sánchez — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 13:00:00 +0000

The building was designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, known for such projects as the High Line elevated park in New York; The Broad museum in Los Angeles; and the Institute for Contemporary Art, Boston. Located at the intersection of Oxford and Center Streets, directly across from the UC Berkeley campus, the new BAMPFA will provide exemplary spaces for exhibitions and film screenings, and access to BAMPFA’s historic and contemporary collections of art and film. The new building will serve as the visual arts center of the University and a destination for art and film lovers—students, local residents, and visitors from around the globe.

Chu Hall - Solar Energy Research Center / SmithGroup

Cristian Aguilar — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 12:00:00 +0000

The recently completed $59 million Solar Energy Research Center has opened at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). Officially renamed Chu Hall after former U.S. Department of Energy Secretary and Berkeley Lab director Steven Chu, the building was designed by SmithGroupJJR.

House in Valley Street / Baran Studio Architecture

Diego Hernández — Fri, 10 Apr 2015 12:00:17 +0000

This house is set on a traditional Berkeley street, and adjacent to a former rail line (traces of which are still visible from an aerial view.) The architecture borrows from the machine qualities of the railway to echo the former land use, and blends it with the character of the current residential neighborhood. Corrugated metal wraps down the roof and wall facing the former train line, while the front of the house expresses the pitch of the roof that ties it to more traditional house forms. The interior is an open expanse that also recalls a large, open station with a free plan and high vaulted ceilings.

Phoenix House / Anderson Anderson Architecture

Daniel Sánchez — Tue, 20 Jan 2015 01:00:00 +0000

The Phoenix house is named for the mythical bird that rose from the ashes of fire to start a new life. This home on a hillside site looking across San Francisco Bay to a panoramic view of San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge is a rebuild following a tragic fire on the site. The original house was built in 1952 by Berkeley architect Henry Hill for the family of a local lighting fabricator who collaborated with many important Bay Area artists, artisans and architects, from early masters such as Julia Morgan and Bernard Maybeck, to the region’s mid-century modern masters. With this legacy, the original home was filled with works of art and craft from local craftspeople and the family’s travels in Asia and the Middle East, much of which was lost in the fire.

Harmon / Baran Studio Architecture

Cristian Aguilar — Tue, 12 Aug 2014 01:00:00 +0000

Baran Studio’s project was to design a single-family home on a lot behind an existing home. The new structure is conceived as a modern interpretation of a traditional form. A simple gabled form takes its cue from the front house and neighborhood which it complements; the pitched roof helps mitigate the shadows cast onto the adjacent west neighbor.

Berkeley Courtyard House / WA Design

Megan Jett — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The clients for this Berkeley Hills home were a prominent scientist and his wife. They had recently moved from the east coast and purchased another home I had designed. After a few years in the home, they contacted me to explore their inspiration of building their own home start to finish. We looked for land together and eventually they purchased a double lot with spectacular views in the sloping hills of the East Bay.

The Jean Gray Hargrove Music Library at the University of California, Berkeley / Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects

Christopher Henry — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Designed by Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects, the environmentally sensitive Jean Gray Hargrove Music Library at University of California Berkeley helps alleviate the university’s growing pains since World War II. During the post World War II building boom on the University of California Berkeley campus, an “Arts Quadrangle” was established on a former playing field uphill from Hearst Gymnasium. Quickly, three sides were filled—a fine arts building to the south, an architecture building to the east, and two music buildings, one for classrooms and one a performance hall, to the north. To the west, the quad was left open to a view framed by Hearst Gymnasium and native vegetation to hints of the East Bay and sunsets beyond. Campus building did not stop, however, and the fourth side of the Arts Quadrangle was soon coveted as one of the last unbuilt sites on campus.