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Essays on the Social Art of Architecture from the WebsiteThe essays below by "seasoned" thinkers provide a unique on-line resource for study. When these thoughts are read in combination with winning student essays, it is more then abundantly clear the scope and importance of the fact that architecture is a social art. ESSAYSEach year the Berkeley Prize Committee invites a distinguished professor or scholar in the field of architecture or the related social sciences to write about some aspect of the year's Berkeley Prize topic. These essays serve several purposes:
Architecture for the Public Good: A Photo Essay by the BERKELEY PRIZE Committee Paul Broches: A Gentle Push Toward Design for Everyone John Cary: 2011 Commencement Address, College of Environmental Design, University of California, Berkeley John Cary: Reflections on Architecture, Community, and Writing Benjamin Clavan: Creating Architectural Monuments Benjamin Clavan: Starting with Students: A New Era of People-Centered Architecture Julian Daley: Judith Lee Stronach Undergraduate Travel Scholarshi Report: Understanding Elemental's Incremental Housing Projects Charles Debbas: Zimbabwe Childcare Centers: A Collaboration between the International Child Resource Institute and Debbas Architecture Tom Fisher: Public-Interest Architecture: A Needed and Inevitable Change Valerie Fletcher: The Role and Power of Design in Social Sustainability Christopher Herring: Sheltering Those in Need: Architects Confront Homelesseness Lance Hosey: The role of the street in fostering social life Barbara Knecht: Community Structures and Homeless People Nathan Koren: Architecture in Reverse: Building the Pyramid from the Top Down Raymond Lifchez: A Digital Archive of the Architecture of Charity (view exhibit) (view essay) Raymond Lifchez: Introduction to Building a World Fit for People Donlyn Lyndon: Introduction to BP 2019 Michael Pyatok: Personal Choices, Social Purpose David Salazar: studioMDA in New York City: Making Social Architecture a Reality Anthony Schuman: Toward an Architecture of Solidarity Statements Regarding the 2004 Berkeley Prize Question Friedner Wittman: The Architecture of Recovery |