Environmental Design Archives

Earl Nisbet (1926-2013) was a California architect who studied with Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin in the early 1950s, returning to California in 1953 to pursue his own architectural career. This was a decade filled with creative and innovative projects for Nisbet, including Cabaña Tanglewood, the Falconer House, and the Doo House. Learn more from the "Remembering Earl Nisbet" exhibit at http://ow.ly/T5W950Ow3km

Sketch from the Julia Morgan Collection, Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley.

"Student Center, University of California, Berkeley Campus," the Vernon DeMars Collection, Environmental Design Archives, UC Berkeley.

Exhibit on Bauer-Wurster Hall coming soon! Sketch by Donald Olsen, March 11, 1960.

Earth Week Collection Highlight: When designers Randy Hester and Marcia McNally began their work to save the endangered Black-faced Spoonbill in 1997, there were fewer than 500 Spoonbills counted. Years of dedicated engagement with students and partners using comprehensive and participatory approaches have created a hopeful outcome. In 2023, the Spoonbill count was 6,603.

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