Design Excellence Award: Yifeng Jiang
Studio: ARCH 201
Instructor: Andrew Atwood
“Index Series proposes a multi-unit housing project on a trapezoidal site, where the building steps back with height to introduce light, terraces, and spatial variation.…
Design Excellence Award: Lincoln Ruiz-Truong
Studio: ARCH 100C
Instructor: Matt Kendall
"60 units of cooperative housing developed in UC Berkeley’s Fall 2025 Design Studio led by Matt Kendall,…
Design Excellence Award: Swen Yuan
Studio: ARCH 201
Instructor: Rene Davids
“The project rethinks three existing buildings along University Avenue by introducing an elevated residential complex that spans above them.…
Design Excellence Award: Jinglin Xue
Studio: ARCH 201
Instructor: Rudabeh Pakravan
Introverted Zigzag
"Located at a busy intersection in South Berkeley, this project responds to its active urban context with a calm, ordered exterior and an animated interior courtyard.…
Design Excellence Award: Jacob Reeves
Studio: ARCH 100C
Instructor: Juana Canet and Ginés Garrido
“Frame Ecology is an infrastructure study concerned with nature and impermanence.…
The Department of Architecture welcomed L.A.–based designer and educator Julie Riley as the inaugural Creedon Fellow this year. Riley’s work examines materials and tools of production by revisiting historical narratives and techniques.…
Kristen Sidell and Rudabeh Pakravan are principals of Sidell Pakravan Architects, an award-winning architecture practice based in Berkeley. They believe in the power of architecture to influence context, culture, community and individual experience.…
Design Excellence Award: Winnie Nevis
Studio: ARCH 200A
Instructor: Liz Gálvez
“Located in West Berkeley, Broken Spine examines a systematic progression of interlocking servants and served spaces, forming a dwelling for six roommates.…
Design Excellence Award: Isabella Sprinkle
Studio: ARCH 201
Instructor: Mia Zinni
“Currently, the US is in dire need of stable, a ordable housing. Methodologies of current supportive housing are…