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The AIA gratefully
acknowledges the
following sponsors
of our 150th Anniversary
celebration:
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Founders Circle:
$1,000,000:
McGraw-Hill
Construction,
Official Media
Sponsor
Autodesk,
Official Software
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Year Awarded: 1989
Born: ;
1914, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 1998;
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• Wurster Hall, University of California, Berkeley
• The Cannery, San Francisco
• Adlai Stevenson College, University of California, Santa
Cruz, Calif.
• Student Union, California Polytechnic University, San Luis
Obispo, Calif.
• Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, Calif.
• Global Ecology Center, Stanford University, Stanford,
Calif.
• Audubon Society Interpretive Center, Los Angeles
Biography
Joseph Esherick studied architecture at the University of
Pennsylvania, graduating in 1937. After graduation, he worked
part-time for Walter Steilberg, an engineer, and later in Gardner
Dailey’s architecture firm.
Esherick served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; he returned
to San Francisco and established his own practice in 1946. From
1953 to 1972, his firm was J. Esherick and Associates; in 1972, he
cofounded and became president of Esherick Homsey Dodge and Davis,
Architects and Planners, in San Francisco.
From 1956 to 1985, Esherick taught in the department of
architecture at the University of California, Berkeley. For his
efforts to improve the quality of education in the field of
architecture, he was awarded the AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion for
Excellence in Architectural Education in 1982, awarded jointly by
the AIA and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
(ACSA). This award honors an individual who has made outstanding
contributions to architecture education for at least 10 years and
whose teaching has influenced a broad range of students. Esherick
retired in 1985, receiving at that time the Berkeley Citation, its
most prestigious award given for notable achievement and service to
the university.
Esherick rejected generally accepted concepts of beauty and
advocated a practical design approach, preferring functionality
over appearance: he felt that buildings should be designed for
their intended purposes and their residents’ tangible needs.
He believed that because every project is different, solutions must
be devised from unique beginnings, never reusing another
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