Mogens Mogensen Collection 2022.08

Waverly Lowell

University of California, Berkeley. College of Environmental Design. Environmental Design Archives

2023

230 Bauer Wurster Hall #1820

Berkeley, CA 94720-1820

designarchives@berkeley.edu

URL: https://ced.berkeley.edu/resources/environmental-design-archives

Contributing Institution: University of California, Berkeley. College of Environmental Design. Environmental Design Archives

Title: Mogens Mogensen Collection

Creator: Mogensen, Mogens

Creator: Mogensen, Cecilia, 1915-2007

Identifier/Call Number: 2022.08

Physical Description: 7 Linear Feet: 2 document boxes, 1 small drawer, 2 flat file drawers

Date (inclusive): 1952-1992

Language of Material: English .

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from materials in the collection should be discussed with the Curator.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of Item], Mogen Mogensen Collection, Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley.

Biographical / Historical

Mogen Mogensen (1920-1997) Was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He graduated in 1942 in Architecture from the Technical School of Copenhagen. Between 1942 and 1946 he worked in architectural offices in Denmark and Sweden. For a two-year period during World War II, he was employed as a designer for DANSK TEGNEFILM animated movies. Mogensen had early success, winning awards for designs for a school in Malmo, Sweden in 1945, and a City Hall in Ulricehamn, Sweden a year later. He arrived in the U.S. in 1946 with the help of a great uncle and aunt who ran a dairy near San Luis Obispo. He quickly found a job with Wurster, Bernardi, Emmons in San Francisco, leaving them in 1947 for a two-year position as a designer with the David D. Bohannon Organization in San Mateo. During this time, he became a licensed architect in California. From 1950 to 1952 he worked in several architectural offices in San Francisco and on the peninsula. In 1952 he returned as chief architect for David Bohannon. He opened his own office in 1956. His Bay Area practice consisted primarily of apartment buildings and condominiums although he also built private homes. Mogensen was also involved in master planning, office buildings, and commercial projects. Mogensen and his wife, Cecilia married in Denmark. A former model, Cecilia was a landscape architect trained in Denmark and licensed in California. She ran her own practice and worked on projects with her husband. Following their divorce in 1972, she returned to using her maiden name Margaret Winther. An early proponent of cultivating native plants, her projects included landscape planning for the cities of San Carlos, Vacaville and King City. She also worked as a site planner and landscape architect for developers Dick Finnegan & Associates.

Sources: Various personal documents https://www.eichlernetwork.com/article/mogie-modern accessed 9/7/23 https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Margaret-Winther-landscape-architect-2562045.php accessed 10/1/2023

Scope and Contents

The Mogensen Collection is organized in four series: Personal Papers, Professional Papers, Office Records, and Project Records. The Personal Papers are comprised of biographical material and correspondence. Professional Papers include Awards and licenses, and his involvement with the San Mateo Historical Sites Committee. The Office Records document administrative operations, public relations, and correspondence. Also included are clippings from newspapers and tear sheets from magazines in which Mogensen's projects were featured.

The Projects Records document Mogensen's projects and designs (1955-1988) through drawings, photographs, and project files. Major Projects include: the Hillside Commercial Center and the Hillside housing development for the David D. Bohannon Organization and Foster City Townhouses. At the end of this series there are a few folders of Cecilia Mogenson's landscape projects.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Architecture -- California.

Women Landscape Architects

Personal Papers I. 1958-1989

Box 1, Folder 1

Biographic

Box 1, Folder 2

Institute of Personality Assessment and Research 1958-1960 1983-1984 1991

Box 1, Folder 3

Personal Correspondence 1963-1964

Professional Papers II. 1956-1987

Box 1, Folder 4

Awards, licenses, memberships, and exams 1956-1987

flat-file-drawer R O 333

National Association of Home Builders of the United States award 1947

Box 1, Folder 5

San Mateo County Historic Sites Committee minutes and historic documentation 1970-1974

Office Records III. 1947-1969

Box 1, Folder 6

Portfolio

Box 1, Folder 7

Bohannon, David D. (Non-project material)

Box 1, Folder 8

Correspondence 1947-1961

Box 1, Folder 9

Office Correspondence (Projects) 1962-1969

Box 1, Folder 10

Public Relations Correspondence 1962-1967

Box 1, Folder 11

Aerial Photographs 1946

Box 1, Folder 12

Clippings

Project Records IV. 1952-1992

63 Unit Apartment Santa Clara CA

Adeline Apartments Burlingame CA

Box 1, Folder 13

Project Files

Ambassador Apartments San Mateo CA 1961

Box 1, Folder 14

Project Files

Andrews Park Pavillion Vacaville, CA 1963

Box 1, Folder 15

Project Files

Beach Park Apartments see M & M Construction

Bel Arbor Apartments Belmont CA 1967

Box 1, Folder 16

Project Files

Bellview Apartments 1959

Box 1, Folder 17

Project Files

Belmont Executive Center Belmont CA 1960-61

Box 2, Folder 1

Project Files

Bofors Inc,

Box 1, Folder 18

Project Files

Bohannon Corp: Hillsdale Commercial Center San Mateo CA 1956

Box 1, Folder 19

Project Files

Bohannon Corp: Hillsdale Shopping Center (Scandicrafts) San Mateo, CA 1956

Box 1, Folder 20

Project Files

Bohannon Corp: Hillsdale housing development San Mateo, CA 1955

Box 1, Folder 21

Project Files

Bohannon Corp: Mayfair Heights San Jose CA 1953

Box 1, Folder 22

Project Files

Bohannon Corp: Westwood Development CA 1959

Box 1, Folder 23

Project Files

Boulevard Apts

Creator: Fred English

Box 2, Folder 2

Project Files

Breakers (The) San Pablo CA 1985

Box 2, Folder 3

Project Files

Canyon Meadows Condo Project (Ferreri & Matteson) Pleasanton CA

Box 2, Folder 4

Project Files

Clark Drive (2) San Mateo CA

Box 2, Folder 5

Project Files

Crestview Apts Belmont CA

Creator: Gordon Bartels

Box 2, Folder 6

Project Files

Crown Harbor Condominiums see Ponderosa Homes

Danco Houses - Sunset Terrace San Mateo CA 1955

flat-file-drawer R 20.3, Flat-File 1

Drawings

Desabla Apts

Box 2, Folder 7

Project Files

Design: Fixtures & Furniture

Box 2, Folder 8

Project Files

Design: Residence

Creator: Crown Photo Service

Creator: Finnegan

Box 2, Folder 9-13

Project Files

Design: Residence West Atherton, CA 1955

Box 2, Folder 14

Project Files

Design/ Illustrations 1974

flat-file-drawer R O 333

Drawings

Diplomat (The)

Creator: Fred English

Box 2, Folder 15

Project Files

Edgewood Hills

Box 2, Folder 16

Project Files

El Camino Real (500) Burlingame CA

Box 2, Folder 17

Project Files

El Camino Real (540) [Chamberlain] San Mateo CA 1990

Box 2, Folder 18

Project Files

Fairfield Court Development see Pringle

Florabunda Apartments

Box 2, Folder 19

Project Files

Foster City Townhouses Foster City CA 1966

flat-file-drawer R 20.3, Flat-File 2

Drawings

Frontera Apts 1968

Box 2, Folder 20

Project Files

Godetia Way see Pringle

Golden Gate Development Corp.: Quail Hill Condominiums Castro Valley CA 1985

flat-file-drawer R 20.3, Flat-File 3

Drawings

Gund, Gordon: Apartments Foster City CA 1964

flat-file-drawer R 20.3, Flat-File 4

Drawings

Gus Enterprises (158 units) Foster City CA 1964

Hayman Homes San Francisco CA

flat-file-drawer R 20.3, Flat-File 5

Drawings

Highlands Community Club Redwood City CA 1954

Box 2, Folder 21

Project Files

Hill Park Homes/Park Forest Apts Menlo Park CA 1964

Box 2, Folder 22

Project Files

Homeplace, Kehoe, Jack (Lot 48) Hillsborough CA 1988

flat-file-drawer R 20.3, Flat-File 6

Drawings

Homeplace: Spec House Lot 26 Hillsborough CA 1984

flat-file-drawer R 20.3, Flat-File 6

Drawings

Homeplace: Starr Hillsborough 1979

Box 2, Folder 33

Project Files

Homeplace: Valdez (residence) Hillsborough CA 1984

flat-file-drawer R 20.3, Flat-File 8, flat-file-drawer R O 333

Drawings

Hunter / Livingston Woodside CA 1992

flat-file-drawer R 20.3, Flat-File 9

Drawings

Box 2, Folder 23

Project Files

Kehoe Residence see Homeplace

Lagoon Apartments Foster CIty CA

flat-file-drawer R 20.3, Flat-File 4

Drawings

Lapin Residence San Leandro CA 1968-1970

flat-file-drawer R 20.3, Flat-File 11

Drawings

Leps, Robert King Redwood City CA

M & M Construction: Beach Park Apartments Foster City CA

flat-file-drawer R 20.3, Flat-File 13

Drawings

M & M Construction: Houses Foster City CA 1965

flat-file-drawer R 20.3, Flat-File 14

Drawings

M & M Construction: Model House Plans Foster City CA 1965

flat-file-drawer R 20.4, Flat-File 15

Drawings

M&M Construction: Apartments Belmont CA

flat-file-drawer R 20.4, Flat-File 16

Drawings

McAker Court San Mateo CA

Box 2, Folder 24

Project Files

Montoya Ave (5005) San Pablo CA 1964

Box 2, Folder 25

Project Files

Normandy Heights Hillsborough CA

flat-file-drawer R 20.4, Flat-File 17

Drawings

Park Central Apartments San Mateo

Box 2, Folder 26

Project Files

Park Forest Townhouses Menlo Park CA 1960

Box 2, Folder 27

Project Files

Planned Development Redwood City CA

flat-file-drawer R 20.4, Flat-File 18

Drawings

Ponderosa Homes: Crown Harbor Condominiums Alameda CA 1978

flat-file-drawer R 20.4, Flat-File 19

Drawings

Box 2, Folder 28

Project files

Prim Residence Atherton CA

flat-file-drawer R 20.4, Flat-File 20

Drawings

Pringle Construction: 2 Clark Drive Apartments San Mateo CA 1961

Pringle Construction: Apartments (13 units) Foster City CA

flat-file-drawer R 20.4, Flat-File 21

Drawings

Pringle Construction: Fairfield Court San Mateo CA

flat-file-drawer R 20.4, Flat-File 22

Drawings

Pringle Construction: Godetia Way Woodside CA 1978

flat-file-drawer R 20.4, Flat-File 23

Drawings

Quail Hill see Golden Gate Development Corp

Rider Pool House Woodside CA 1978

Royal Pines Apartments San Mateo CA

flat-file-drawer R O 333

Photographs

Box 2, Folder 29

Project Files

Santa Maria urban renewal Project Santa Maria CA 1960

Box 2, Folder 30

Project Files

Scarff , E.L.: remodel Los Altos CA 1984

flat-file-drawer R 20.4, Flat-File 25

Drawings

Skyline Terrace Apartments Millbrae CA 1981

Box 2, Folder 31

Project Files

Strawberry Shores

flat-file-drawer R O 333

Photographs

Springwood Condominiums Cupertino CA 1980

Box 2, Folder 32

Project Files

Sturgis San Francisco CA

Box 2, Folder 34

Project Files

Sugar Loaf Condominiums San Mateo CA 1981

flat-file-drawer R 20.4, Flat-File 26-26A

Drawings

Box 2, Folder 35

Project Files

Sunnyvale Center: proposal Sunnyvale CA

Creator: Finnegan

Box 2, Folder 36

Project Files

unidentified apartment buildings

flat-file-drawer R O 333

Photographs

Box 2, Folder 38

Project files

unidentified commercial buildings

Box 2, Folder 39

Project Files

unidentified condominium development

flat-file-drawer R 20.4, Flat-File 18

Drawings

unidentified library

Box 2, Folder 40

Project Files

undentified proposals

Box 2, Folder 41

Project Files

undentified residence

Box 2, Folder 42

Project Files

undentified residences

Box 2, Folder 43

Project Files

unidentified townhouses 1966

Water's Edge Foster City CA

Box 2, Folder 37

Project Files

Box 2, Folder 44

Daley, Morris patio Hillsborough CA 1952

Creator: Mogensen, Cecilia, 1915-2007

Box 2, Folder 45

Mogensen, Celia projects 1967

Creator: Mogensen, Cecilia, 1915-2007

flat-file-drawer R 20.4, Flat-File 27

Cowan, Millie San Mateo CA 1985

Creator: Mogensen, Cecilia, 1915-2007

flat-file-drawer R 20.4, Flat-File 27

Westborough Apartments