UPCOMING EVENTS IN THE NEWS AWARDS JOB OPPORTUNITIES 16 September 2009 e-news is a publication of the UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design LECTURE Dianne Harris: Architecture Department Chair Candidate Presentation Wednesday, September 16   |   1:00 pm   |   104 Wurster Hall The Department of Architecture's faculty/chair search committee has announced its schedule of presentations by the candidates for the position of department chair. All college faculty, staff, and students are welcome to attend. Dianne Harris is a professor of landscape architecture with appointments in architecture, art history, and history at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She currently serves as director for the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, as well as the first vice president of the Society of Architectural Historians. Professor Harris received a B.A. in landscape architecture, an M.Arch. degree, and a Ph.D. in architecture from UC Berkeley. 50th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION FALL 2009 Time is Running Out. Make Your Reservations Today! Tours of Bay Area Sites Sunday, September 27   |   Napa Valley / East Bay Join us on Sunday, September 27, 2009, for a day of expeditions to built projects by alumni and faculty in the Bay Area that focus on high performance, innovative technology, affordable housing, environmental justice, and other aspects of sustainability. You Must Reserve Your Place In Advance: NAPA VALLEY TOURS: Oxbow School, Paraduxx Winery, Opus One Winery EAST BAY TOURS: Greenwood Common, Creek Restoration, Kaiser Center Roof Garden, Cathedral of Light, Bay Bridge/Treasure Island, Salt Flats RECEPTIONS: Napa’s La Toque/Bank at Westin Verasa and Berkeley’s Brower Center RECEPTION CED/LAEP Alumni Reception at the 2009 ASLA National Meeting in Chicago Friday, September 18   |   6:00-8:00 pm   |   Astoria Room, 3rd Floor, Hilton Chicago (SEE MAP) Please join us to reacquaint yourself with fellow colleagues and classmates and to celebrate the illustrious career of Professor Randy Hester who plans to retire from CED in July, 2010 to North Carolina. Hosted by Linda Jewell, Chair, Department of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning; Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urban Design and Marcia McNally, Adjunct Professor of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning Special Guest: Randolph T. Hester Please RSVP to Mary Cocoma LECTURE Michael Bell: Architecture Department Chair Candidate Presentation Monday, September 21, 2009   |   1:00 pm   |   104 Wurster Hall The Department of Architecture's faculty/chair search committee has announced its schedule of presentations by the candidates for the position of department chair. All college faculty, staff, and students are welcome to attend. Michael Bell is a professor of architecture at Columbia University in New York. He has been director of Columbia's Master of Architecture program since 1999, and also directs core studios for Columbia's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Professor Bell has taught at Rice University, UC Berkeley, Harvard, and the University of Michigan. Professor Bell received a B.S. in architecture from the Catholic University of America, and an M.Arch. from UC Berkeley. 50th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION FALL 2009 Traditions of Design Activism and Their Consequences Friday, September 25 and Saturday, September 26   |   112 Wurster Hall Our fall program focuses on CED’s traditions of design activism, and the impact and legacy of environmental design education at CED. We have organized a Friday evening with major keynote addresses, and a Saturday morning session with emeriti faculty and distinguished alumni. FRIDAY September 25, 2009 . | . Room 112, Wurster Hall WELCOME AND LECTURE 4:00 PM: Dell Upton, Department of Art History, UCLA LECTURE 5:30 PM: Sir Peter Hall, Bartlett School of Architecture and Planning, University College London RECEPTION: 6:30PM SATURDAY September 26, 2009 - Room 112, Wurster Hall DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI PANEL 8:45AM: Harrison Fraker, Carol Galante, Ray Kappe, Mario Schjetnan EMERITUS FACULTY PANEL 10:30AM: Russell Ellis, Claire Cooper Marcus, Mike Teitz, Sim Van der Ryn EXHIBITION Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects Inc.: Buildings and Projects September 9 thru, October 9   |   Main Floor Lobby Wurster Hall An exhibition - Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects: Buildings and Projects - is being held on the Main Floor Lobby of Wurster Hall. The exhibit is open through October 9. LAEP COLLOQUIUM Jie Hu: Urban Scale Landscape Planning and Design September 23   |   1:00 pm   |   112 Wurster Hall Jie Hu is the director of the Urban Planning & Design Institute at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. He was awarded first place for his design of the Beijing Olympic Forest Park Planning and Design in 2009 and first place for his design of the Beijing Olympic Green Master Plan at the International Design Competition for Beijing Olympic Green Master Plan in July, 2002 (as a landscape architect with Sasaki Associates, Inc.), among many other awards and honors. TO TOP Berkeley Architectural Walking Tours Shed Light on City’s History, Berkeley Daily Planet, 10 September 2009 Professor of Architecture Paul Groth (Ph.D. Geog ‘83 ) was acknowledged in the Berkeley Daily Planet for his upcoming, November 18 lecture, Ordinary Storefronts of the 20th Century: Clues to the Local Histories of Shopping and Retailing. Photo: College of Environmental Design Planners Envision Bay Line Park on the Old Bay Bridge Span, Streetsblog San Francisco , 9 September 2009 It may be a pipe dream, but Professor of Architecture Ronald Rael is working on a proposal to preserve the existing east span of the Bay Bridge for a park and development. The plan, already submitted to a UCLA contest, hasn't been reviewed by any of the proper authorities, but Streetsblog San Francisco wonders if it could happen anyway. Photo: Rael Fratello Architects A New Principal at San Fernando Middle School, San Fernando Valley Sun, 9 September 2009 Eduardo Solorzano (Arch B.A. ‘91) is the new principal of San Fernando Middle School—where he may not be looking over a new building project, but will definitely have his hands full with 1,700 students. Photo: San Feranado Valley Sun Choksombatchai to be Showcased at Seoul Design Olympiad Veev Design, the practice of Associate Professor Raveevarn Choksombatchai, is going to be showcased in the 2009 Architecture and Design Exhibition at the Seoul Design Olympiad in October, 2009; in late September, she gave a related lecture in Seoul, South Korea. Photo: College of Environmental Design School of Architecture and Planning Dean to Step Down in 2010, UNM Today, 20 August 2009 On June 30, 2010 Roger Schluntz (M.A. Arch ’68) will step down as dean of the University of New Mexico’s School of Architecture and Planning. Over his 10 years as dean, Schluntz has witnessed a number of truly remarkable accomplishments as well as many critical incremental transformations at the School. Digital Fabrications: Architectural and Material Techniques, Princeton Architectural Press, July 2009 Digital Fabrications: Architectural and Material Techniques by Associate Professor of Architecture Lisa Iwamoto was released by Princeton Architectural Press in July.Digital Fabrications celebrates the design ingenuity made possible by digital fabrication techniques. Iwamoto explores the methods architects use to calibrate digital designs with physical forms. Photo: College of Environmental Design Departing architecture dean Lars Lerup takes a hard look at Houston's future, Rice University News and Media Relations, 7 July 2009 Lars Lerup (Arch B.A. ’68) is off to learn what to do when in Rome. As he steps down as the dean of the Rice School of Architecture, he is one of two architects to be selected by the American Academy in Rome to study the Pantheon as a recipient of the 113th annual Rome Prize Competition. Photo: Rice University TO TOP Christopher Alexander Wins Vincent Scully Prize, Metropolis Magazine, 31 August 2009 Professor Emeritus of Architecture Christopher Alexander has won the 11th Annual Vincent Scully Prize. The National Building Museum awarded the prize to Alexander for challenging the architectural establishment to pay more attention to the human beings at the center of design. Photo: Source_Caption TO TOP COMPANY: Chatham University Application JOB TITLE: Assistant Professor - Landscape Architecture Job # 1218 LOCATION: Pittsburgh, PA REQUIREMENTS: Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture (Ph.D. preferred) and extensive professional experience and/or registration as a Landscape Architect. CONTACT: Safei-Eldin A. Hamed, Ph.D., ASLA: 412-365-2711 This is a 12-month, renewable term faculty position. Deadline for applications is October 15th, 2009. Interested candidates should submit a cover letter, resume, and the names of three professional references to the address below. A portfolio of professional projects, scholarly work, and teaching may be requested later in the process. CHATHAM UNIVERSITY Attn: Safei-Eldin A. Hamed, Ph.D., ASLA Professor and Director Landscape Architecture Chatham University Woodland Road Pittsburgh. PA 15232-2826 CED home   |   CED e-News Online   |   CED Events Calendar   |   CED Alumni & Friends   |   CED Facebook