QuicklinksDedicationTo those architects and their clients around the world who commit themselves to creating architecture for the public good and to the first major portrait of such projects from the United States showcased in the recently published, The Power of Pro Bono, edited by BERKELEY PRIZE Committee member John Cary. IllustrationsAll of the illustrations on this year's website have also been collected in a single photo essay. Thanks to the many BERKELEY PRIZE Committee Members who submitted these outstanding examples of Architecture for the Public Good from around the world. |
The Endowment
![]() Architecture is a Social Art
The BERKELEY PRIZE Competition was established in 1998, made possible by a generous gift of JUDITH LEE STRONACH to the Department of Architecture in the College of Environmental Design at the University of California, Berkeley. Learn More »Kiryat Tivon Water Tower, Kiryat Tivon, Israel, YOSEF BEN-NAIM, Architect
© Robert Ungar 2012 Essay Prize Competition
![]() Each year, the PRIZE Committee selects a topic and poses a Question based on that topic. Full-time students enrolled in any undergraduate architecture degree program or majoring in architecture throughout the world are invited to submit a 500-word Essay Proposal responding to the Question. 2012 Essay Prize Competition »Cuncolim Market, 2011, Cuncolim, Goa, India DEAN D'CRUZ, Architect
© Himanshu Burte 2012 Fellowship Competitions
![]() Hands-on research experiences in foreign locales, and opportunities to mount complementary local competitions are given to students who present the best written essays describing what role the architect plays in developing the social art of architecture. 2012 Fellowship Competions »Seattle Central Library, 2004, Seattle, WA, USA, REM KOOLHAAS OMA, Architect
© Brian Gassman |
New here?The BERKELEY PRIZE strives to show architects-in-training that the smallest act of building has global implications: that design can and does play a major role in the social, cultural, and psychological life of both the individual and society at large. Berkeley Prize News
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Make a ConnectionConnect with other undergraduate architecture students from around the world and team up for this year's competitions. |