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Berkeley Space Center trellis aerial view of the central courtyard, rendering by Field Operations and HOK

UC Berkeley Announces $2 Billion Space Center At NASA Ames Research Center

5:30 am on October 17, 2023 By Andrew Nelson

New plans have been revealed for a $2 billion research center run by UC Berkeley at the NASA Ames Center in Mountain View, Santa Clara County. The Berkeley Space Center, as it will be called, will reshape 36 acres on the sprawling Ames Research Center, providing a hub for future companies to collaborate with the school and NASA scientists & engineers to improve technology for aviation, space exploration, and how people live and work in space.

2200 Bancroft Way context map, image courtesy UC Berkeley campus master plan

Predevelopment Funding for Student Housing at 2200 Bancroft Way, Southside, Berkeley

5:30 am on September 27, 2023 By Andrew Nelson

The UC Board of Regents has dedicated $7 million to kick-start the pre-development of a new student housing complex at 2200 Bancroft Way in Southside, Berkeley. The project will replace a two-story structure and surface parking with a 1,400-bed dormitory to satisfy the city’s insatiable demand for housing UC Berkeley students.

UC Berkeley’s Gateway Building, rendering by Weiss Manfredi

Construction Progress for UC Berkeley’s Gateway Building

5:30 am on July 19, 2023 By Andrew Nelson

Construction is moving forward on Gateway, the future home for UC Berkeley’s first new college in over half a century. The College of Computing, Data Science, and Society, or CDSS, will occupy the new structure on the northwest edge of the parcel. Weiss/Manfredi is responsible for the design.

UC Berkeley Engineering Center establishing view, rendering by Skidmore Owings and Merrill

Construction Starts for SOM-Designed Bechtel Engineering Center, UC Berkeley Campus

5:30 am on April 26, 2023 By Andrew Nelson

UC Berkeley has celebrated the official groundbreaking for their latest campus expansion, the UC Berkeley Engineering Center. The $95 million project makes adaptive reuse of the existing building, transforming the concrete structure into a prominent lightweight glass and steel skin centerpiece designed by Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill. The new engineering center is expected to open in Berkeley by early 2025.

Anchor House seen from UC Berkeley campus, rendering by Morris Adjmi Architects

New UC Dorm Rising in Downtown Berkeley

5:30 am on March 31, 2023 By Andrew Nelson

Concrete has reached the 10th floor of the Helen Diller Anchor House, a mixed-use student dorm for UC Berkeley at 1921 Walnut Street in Downtown Berkeley, Alameda County. The $300 million project is rapidly approaching its 14-floor peak, with plans for 772 apartment-style bedrooms and university facilities. Morris Adjmi Architects is responsible for the design.

Anchor House establishing view, rendering by Morris Adjmi Architects

Excavation Underway for UC Berkeley Dorm, Anchor House

5:30 am on May 18, 2022 By Andrew Nelson

Excavation work is nearly finished for the Helen Diller Anchor House, a new UC Berkeley student dorm. The $300 million project will create 772 apartment-style bedrooms and additional facilities for the university and community at 1921 Walnut Street in Downtown Berkeley. Morris Adjmi Architects is responsible for the design.

Groundbreaking Held For Helen Diller Anchor House in UC Berkeley

5:00 am on February 9, 2022 By Team YIMBY

Construction is now underway on a massive, new student housing project at UC Berkeley. The project proposal includes the development of a 14-story building dedicated entirely to house transfer students on the campus of UC Berkeley. Plans call for the demolition of two historic structures as well as a 112-year-old rent-controlled building at 1921 Walnut Street. Morris Adjmi Architects is responsible for the design concepts. Anchor House was developed in collaboration with the Helen Diller Foundation and UC Berkeley Capital Strategies.

People's Park seen from across the street, image via UC Berkeley design by LMS Architects and Hood Design Studio

UC Regents Approve People’s Park Development in Southside, Berkeley

5:30 am on October 5, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

The UC Board of Regents has approved plans for UC Berkeley construct a $312 million mixed-housing project to replace the historically significant People’s Park in Southside, Berkeley. The L-shaped complex would take up less than half of the existing park to create housing for 1,113 university students and roughly a hundred units for extremely low income, unhoused, or formerly unhoused people. 1.7 acres of the 2.8-acre park would become landscaped open space.

2317 Channing Way, via Google Street View

17-Unit Apartment Complex Planned for 2317 Channing Way, Berkeley

5:00 am on October 17, 2020 By Andrew Nelson

Zoning permits have been filed for a new residential project at 2317 Channing Way, Berkeley. The project will replace an existing low-rise medical building with surface parking. In its place, the infill project hopes to add a four-story structure with basement, providing seventeen units to the high-traffic neighborhood.

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