This is a guide to finding information about the UC Berkeley campus, including individual buildings, features, landscapes, artworks, and plans. Included are selected books, websites, and journal articles about the buildings, architects, plans, and landscapes of campus. Materials listed are in the Environmental Design Library collection, Main (Gardner) stacks, Environmental Design Archives and the Bancroft Library. For additional information contact the reference staff at the Environmental Design Library.
Compiled by Elizabeth Byrne, Susan Koskinen, Deborah Sommer, and David Eifler. Updated by Kyla Wong.
Content Reviewed: August 2012.
The Finding Local Information research guide may be useful as well.
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The San Francisco Bay Area Architects & Architecture research guide may also be useful.
Four excellent resources to begin research with are:
The following research guides may be useful:
Note: Unless otherwise noted, the following Views of "building name" are photographs located at the UC Archives.
For libraries other than Doe, Bancroft, and Moffitt, see the building in which the library is located.
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In addition, the California Landscape Architecture research guide may be helpful.
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The formal open-air setting for the Campanile planted with sycamores, remnants of the 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition, transplanted after the expo closed. When planted and trimmed in the formal manner, these pollarded trees are called London Plane Trees.
The Glade is the topping on the underground layers of the Gardner Stacks in Doe Library.
Goodspeed Natural Area: Sloping grass area between the Faculty Club and Strawberry Creek
A grove of coast live oak, Monterey pine trees, and redwoods near the West entrance of campus, bordered to the north by Strawberry Creek and the Eucalyptus Grove.
An artificial turf multi-use playing field. Formerly Kleeberger Field
A pedestrian gate at the north entrance to campus, located at the intersection of Euclid Avenue and Hearst Avenue, donated by the class of 1954.
This is a very selective listing of a few key players. Another list of campus building architects is here [PDF]. For more information about people, you can also:
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Developed a new plan for the campus based on John Galen Howard's plan. Buildings on campus include Stern Hall, Mulford Hall, Cowell Hospital (demolished), Minor Hall, Sproul Hall, and others. After his term as Supervising Architect for the campus, his firm continued to do projects on campus.
Did various plans and reports for several areas of campus 1964-70, including landscape master plans in 1961 and 1966.
Hired as campus architect. Founded the Department of Architecture. Many of the major architects in Northern California at this time trained under him. Buildings on campus include Hearst Mining Building, Greek Theatre, Doe Library, Durant Hall, Wellman Hall, North Gate Hall.
Developed a new plan for the campus based on Howard's plan. Buildings on campus include Bowles Hall, Cowell Hospital, Davis Hall, Harmon Gymnasium, Minor Hall, and Sproul Hall.
His pupils included Julia Morgan. With Morgan, designed many buildings on campus including the Men's Faculty Club and the Hearst Gymnasium.
First licensed woman architect in California. Designed several buildings on campus, most with Bernard Maybeck or John Galen Howard.
Buildings include Stern Hall
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Use subject headings, author/organization, or keywords such as these in the library catalogs:
Here are some useful indexes and periodical databases for finding journal articles. Articles are not included in the library catalogs. Search subject and keywords such as those above.
Search the library catalogs under subject, author/organization or keywords: University of California Berkeley Pictorial Works.
Check out the Image Sources for the Built Environment guide to research and Archives & Special Collections