UC Berkeley Campus Research Guide: Plans and Planning

Titles are grouped chronologically from the earliest phases of campus development, beginning in 1860 and continuing to the present.

1860-1896 BERKELEY CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT (Olmsted Plan, Farquharson Plan)

• Allen, Walter Cummings. Map of the grounds and buildings of the University of California: compiled from original surveys and existing maps... [1891?]. Scale [1:960]. 80 ft. to an in.
• Barcroft, David. University site: [University of California, Berkeley]. [18]82. Scale [ca. 1:1,200].
• Farquharson, David. University of California. [1870] Map. Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye view. Proposed plan.
• Hall, William Hammond. Plan for the Cal. University grounds, Berkeley. 1874. Scale [ca. 1:1,800].

• Benard, Emile. University of California: new project according to the programme of January 1900. [S.l.:bs.n., 1962?]. Scale [ca. 1:7,190].
• Phoebe Hearst Architectural Plan for the University of California. Final international competition for the Phoebe Hearst Architectural Plan for the University of California. [n.p., n.d.].
• -----The international competition for the Phoebe Hearst Architectural Plan for the University of California. [San Francisco, Trustees of the Phoebe A. Hearst Architectural Plan for the Univ. of Calif., 1899?].

• Howard, John Galen. Phoebe A. Hearst architectural plan: grounds and buildings of the University of California, Berkeley, Alameda County, California. 1908. Map. Scale [1:360].
• -----The Phoebe Apperson Hearst plan, University of California. Rev. Jan. 1914. Berkeley: [s.n.], 1914. Scale [ca. 1:4,000] not 1 in. equals 50 ft. as stated on map.
• -----The Phoebe Apperson Hearst Plan, University of California. Rev. Dec. 30, 1921. Scale [1:1,200]. 1 in.=100 ft.

• Kelham, George W. Development of a portion of the west campus, Univ. of California, Berkeley [sic], Calif. San Francisco, [1928]. Map. Scale [1:240]. 1" = 20'.
• United States. National Park Service. Master Plan for University of California Strawberry Canyon project: Strawberry Canyon Camp S.P.10. Office of National Parks, Buildings and Reservations. [Berkeley?: The Office], 1933. Map. Scale [1:1,200] 1" = 100'.

• Brown, Arthur. General plan development, University of California, Berkeley, California: Sept. 26, 1939. [San Francisco] : Arthur Brown Jr., 1939. Scale [1:1,200] 1" = 100'0".

• Planning the physical development of the Berkeley campus. Prepared by the Office of Architects and Engineers, University of California. [Berkeley]: The Office, [1951].
• Long range development plan for the Berkeley campus, University of California. [Berkeley, Calif.?]: The University, 1956.
• City of Berkeley Liaison Committee. Special report to the City Planning Commission, September 1957: a review of city policy on University of California development plans: proposed amendments to the Berkeley master plan: points of divergence and suggested modifications to the long range development plan of the Berkeley campus. [Berkeley, 1957].

1957-1980 BERKELEY CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT

• Russell, David J. University of California Berkeley campus and environs. Compiled by Cartwright Aerial Surveys Inc. [Berkeley]: Office of Architects and Engineers, 1973. Scale [1:2,400]. 1"= 200'.

• University of California, Berkeley. Campus Planning Office. University of California campus environs survey. Prepared for the University of California, Office of the President, Assistant Vice President-Physical Planning and Construction. San Francisco, 1970-1973. 3 v.

• Campus transportation plan. Fehr & Peers Associates, in association with Ira Fink and Associates; prepared for University of California, Berkeley, Campus Planning Office. Lafayette, CA: Fehr & Peers Associates, [1987].
• Kendall, Alison. The Southside study: proposed guidelines for University development in the Southside. Berkeley: Campus Planning Study Group, [1985].
• University of California, Berkeley. Buildings and Campus Development Committee. The Berkeley Campus Space Plan. Berkeley, 1981-1984. Includes description and evaluation of buildings; general condition; seismic safety; floor space(s); floor plans; accessibility. Vol. 1: The I & R component of the long range development plan. Overall campus survey, including responses to precinct studies in volume 2. Gives history of Berkeley campus plans, with examples. Vol. 2: Academic precincts. Vol. 3: Support activities.
• Pacific Aerial Surveys. [Aerial photographs of the University of California and adjacent areas: Berkeley, California.].[Oakland: Pacific Aerial Surveys], 1985. 5 aerial remote sensing images. Scale 1:12,000. Colored contact prints ; stereo overlap. Extends from Grizzly Peak to Sacramento St., from Ward to Eunice St.
• -----[Aerial photographs of the University of California and adjacent areas: Berkeley, California.]. [Oakland], 1985. 3 aerial remote sensing images. Scale 1:12,000. Colored contact prints ; stereo overlap. Extends from Grizzly Peak Blvd. to Milvia St., from Blake to Eunice St.
• Sedway/Cooke (Firm) University of California, Berkeley, West Side Study. Phase I, Site and environs survey and analysis: summary report. Sedway/Cooke in association with Lynn Sedway & Associates [and] PRC Voorhees. [San Francisco?], [1982?].
• University of California, Berkeley. Campus Planning Study Group. Urban design studies for the Berkeley campus.Contributors, Campus Planning Study Group, Richard Bender, director ... [et al.]; case studies, Meredith Clausen ... [et al.]. Rev. Berkeley: Center for Planning & Development Research, College of Environmental Design, University of California, Berkeley, 1979-1982.
• -----Urban design studies for the Berkeley campus [series]. Series successfully identifies the major planning issues involved in the recent development of the UC Berkeley campus. Listed here is a selection of titles in the series.
  • The Northeast precinct. 1983 
  • The Southeast precinct. 1983
  • Southwest precinct. 1981.
  • The Piedmont edge. 1986. 
  • Telegraph Euclid connection: a pedestrian pathway through the central campus. 1986. Includes design proposals for a pedestrian pathway from North Gate through the Central Glade and the Classical Core to Sproul Plaza
  • West face of campus, east edge of town. 1980. 

• Campus planning. Special issues on the Long Range Development Plan. Issues 1 & 2. Berkeleyan, (Feb. 10-23, 1988 & Apr. 19, 1989). These two articles provide an excellent overview of the planning issues involved in the long range development plan. Plans, charts, photographs.
• -----Draft long range development plan, 1989-2005. April 1989. First draft long range development plan.
• -----University of California at Berkeley: information on the Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) and other proposed projects. [1988].
• -----University of California at Berkeley long range development plan: draft environmental impact report. April 1989. Accompanies the first draft long range development plan.
• -----University of California at Berkeley long range development plan: draft environmental impact report: response to comments on April 1989 draft environmental impact report.

• -----Draft long range development plan, 1990-2005. University of California, Berkeley. Campus Planning Office. Berkeley, Calif. Rev. Jan. 1990. Second draft long range development plan, incorporating public reaction to the first draft. Added sections include proposed use of People's Park.
• -----University of California at Berkeley long range development plan: draft environmental impact report. [Rev.] January 1990. Revision of the 1989 draft EIR; accompanies second draft long range development plan.
• -----Long range development plan, University of California at Berkeley: response to comments on January 1990 draft environmental impact report. May 1990.

1990-2005 Long-Range Development Plan

• Kahn, Brady. Evaluating UC's long range development plan: did the city get the best deal it could? Express, v. 12:46 (Aug. 24, 1990).

• University of California, Berkeley. University of California at Berkeley long range development plan, 1990-2005. May 1990. Final version of the Long Range Development Plan.

• Long Range Development Plan, 1990 - 2005

NEW CENTURY PLAN

• New Century Plan - developed by UC Berkeley, Capital Projects, 2002.

• Strategic Academic Plan - developed by UC Berkeley, Capital Projects, 2002.

• University of California, Berkeley new century plan : regional and campus analysis : themes and propositions : regional plan options. [Berkeley,Calif.? : University of California, Berkeley?, 1999].

2005-2020 LONG RANGE DEVELOPMENT PLAN

• University of California, Berkeley, 2020 long range development plan & Chang-Lin Tien Center for East Asian Studies : draft environmental impact report. [Berkeley : University of California, Facilities Services], 2004.

• First Draft - 2020 Long Range Development Report 
  UC Berkeley's current Long Range Development Plan runs through 2005 and will be replaced with a plan that will guide campus growth and development from 2005 through 2020. The new plan will provide a framework of policies to guide decisions on land use, enrollment growth, housing, parking, academic and research facilities, architectural and landscape design, and more.

• 2020 Long Range Development Report

• Building the Bay Area's future: a study of the economic impact of the University of California, Berkeley / prepared for University of California, Berkeley; prepared by Sedway Group.
• Plans without planning, 1865 to 1950: the Berkeley campus, the University of California. [Berkeley]: Dept. of City and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley, [1950]. Briefly summarizes and critiques phases of Berkeley campus planning.
• University of California, Berkeley.University of California centennial, Berkeley campus. Beverly Hills: Windsor Publications, 1968.
• University of California, Berkeley. Office of programming and architectural services. Identification of architectural barriers and other environmental hazards to physically disabled people, Berkeley Campus, University of California. Project director: Keith Wilson; reports prepared by Barbara Knecht,... 1976.