Education is learning what you didn’t even know you didn’t know.
– Daniel J Boorstin
Pritzker Prize winning architects with degrees from California architecture programs
Frank Gehry, USC ’54, Pritzker 1989
Thom Mayne, USC ’68, Pritzker 2005
www.pritzkerprize.com
Recent NCARB Prize recognition of California architecture programs
2010 California College of the Arts Cal Poly SLO
2009 (none)
2008 Cal Poly Pomona
2007 USC
2006 California College of the Arts
www.ncarb.org
Recent ACSA Competition Winners among California architecture programs
2009 California College of the Arts / Cal Poly SLO / Woodbury
2008 Cal Poly SLO / UC Berkeley / UCLA / Woodbury
2007 Cal Poly SLO / Woodbury
2006 California College of the Arts / UC Berkeley / UCLA / Woodbury
www.acsa-arch.org
Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon participation by California architecture programs
2009 California College of the Arts with Santa Clara University
2007 (none)
2005 Cal Poly SLO
2002 (none)
www.solardecathlon.gov
AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion winning faculty from California architecture programs
1997 Donlyn Lyndon, UC Berkeley
1992 Spiro Kostof, UC Berkeley
1990 Raymond Kappe, SCI-Arc
1982 Joseph Esherick, UC Berkeley
www.acsa-arch.org
Number of professional degrees granted in 2006 by the nine California architectural programs
Academy of Art University – 18 March
California College of the Arts -24 BArch – 20 MArch
Cal Poly SLO – 104 BArch
Cal Poly Pomona – 68 BArch – 16 MArch
NewSchool of Architecture and Design- 32 BArch 43 March
SCI-Arc – 49 BArch – 78 MArch
UC Berkeley 35 MArch
UCLA 17 MArch
USC – 113 BArch – 22 MArch
Woodbury – 70 BArch – 6 March
Total of all professional degrees: 715
www.archschools.org
California licensed architects in 2006
Total 21,279
New licenses 480
Licenses through reciprocity 96
Deceased – 95
Delinquent – 750
Total change – 269
www.cab.ca.gov
Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
– Oscar Wild
Originally published in arcCA 10.3, “Design Education.”
