The Berkeley Art Museum is looking at recycling one of Berkeley’s 1930s building after plans to build a new museum, designed by “starchitect” Toyo Ito at an estimated cost of up to $200m, were scuppered for lack of funds. The Architect’s Newspaper reports that the Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive is considering revamping the 1939 […]
Urban planning
Posted inSchools
Saving Berkeley High’s Old Gymnasium: A proposal
Berkeleyside exclusive: The Old Gymnasium on the Berkeley High School campus, a landmarked building originally designed by William Hays, has fallen into disrepair — see slideshow above — and the School District is suggesting it be demolished. Noted Berkeley architect Henrik Bull has a different suggestion: It is easy to understand why the School Board […]
Posted inEvents
Have your say on the future of the Albany waterfront
Golden Gate Fields with a glimpse of Albany in the distance Neighboring Albany is engaged in a comprehensive public process to look at the future of its waterfront, called Voices to Vision. Next Tuesday night, the program is looking for the views of non-Albany residents. Since the Eastshore State Park runs through Berkeley and Albany, […]
Posted inBusiness
Plans for Safeway on Shattuck
Emunah Hauser writes: The Shattuck Safeway community meeting Monday night at the East Bay JCC on Walnut Street was low-key. Visualizations of the latest plan were displayed around the room. Safeway representatives were available for questions, comments and conversation. The plan will be submitted to the city by the end of the week. Lowney Architecture […]
Posted inCity
Ferry plans forge ahead
According to a story in today’s Chronicle, Berkeley is moving ahead with plans for a new ferry terminal, despite protests from some quarters, after the City Council approved preliminary plans for a $57 million terminal south of the Berkeley Pier. Read more here. [Photo: Tai-Ran Tseng / Water Emergency Trans Authority]
Posted inCommunity
The future of West Berkeley: An open letter
To: John King, Architecture Critic, San Francisco Chronicle From: Michael Goldin, Berkeley Some time ago you were touring the West Berkeley area with [Berkeley architect] Regan Bice and you stopped by our new building – Swerve. We spoke about the district and had some differences over the question of how the district ought to change over […]