Howard A. Friedman Collection 2000.-12
Nadia Bagdasar
Arrangement, description, and digitization of this collection was funded by the Friedman Family
University of California, Berkeley. College of Environmental Design. Environmental Design Archives
2006
230 Bauer Wurster Hall #1820
Berkeley, CA 94720-1820
designarchives@berkeley.edu
Contributing Institution:
University of California, Berkeley. College of Environmental Design. Environmental Design Archives
Title: Howard A. Friedman Collection
Creator:
Friedman, Howard A.
Identifier/Call Number: 2000.-12
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear Feet:
4 boxes, 1 flat box
Date (inclusive): 1937-1990
Date (bulk): 1975-1987
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], Howard A. Friedman Collection, (2000-12), Environmental Design Archives, University of California,
Berkeley.
Biographical / Historical
Howard Abraham Friedman, 1919-1988
Howard A. Friedman was born in New York City on June 26, 1919. At the age of 17, following graduation from Saunders Technical
High School in Yonkers, he started work as a junior drafter in a Manhattan architecture office. In 1942 he joined the United
States Navy Seabees and served in the Pacific during World War II. On his return to San Francisco in 1946 Howard married Phyllis
Koshland. In 1949 he graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with an A.B. degree in architecture. After several
years with San Francisco architecture firms, in 1953 he formed his own practice in partnership with Henry Schubart. In 1967
that firm became Howard A. Friedman and Associates.
Friedman worked as an architect and planner until 1982, when he transitioned to the firm's consulting architect. During 35
years of practice, Howard's firm compiled a distinguished record of nationally recognized designs. These include a group-living
complex at the Jewish Home for the Aged, Mt. Zion Hospital's outpatient clinic, the modernization of Levi Strauss' Valencia
Street factory, and the construction of the firm's award-winning corporate headquarters complex on Battery Street. Other projects
included St. Louis Bertrand Church in Oakland, and the Levi Strauss headquarters in Powell, Tennessee, which was dedicated
to Howard in 1982. In later Howard served as master architect for the south terminal expansion at San Francisco International
Airport, where he set an extraordinary precedent in employing and successfully coordinating a wide spectrum of small, local,
minority and women-owned design firms. Friedman completed projects in Northern California, Nevada, Georgia, Texas, Mexico,
France,
Holland, and Spain. He retired from private practice in 1984, in part to devote more time to teaching and academic affairs.
With former student Robert DeGoff, he co-authored Construction Management for Architects, Engineers and Owners published by
John Wiley and Sons in 1985, and Issues for Seismic Strengthening of Existing Buildings, with Henry J. Lagorio and Kit M.
Wong, published by the Center for Environmental Design Research in 1986.
Howard continued his active connection with his alma mater throughout his life, as an active alumnus, a devoted supporter
of athletics, and a parent of a succeeding generation of Cal students. In 1966 he strengthened that connection when he became
a Lecturer in the Department of Architecture. In 1980 he was appointed Professor, and in 1987 he became department chair.
In 1971 the American Institute of Architects honored Howard by electing him a Fellow. In addition to his distinguished practice
he served his profession as President of the Northern California Chapter of the AIA, as director of the California Council
AIA (CCAIA), and as chair of the State of California Board of Architectural Examiners. In 1989 the CCAIA, the AIA, and the
California Council of Architectural Education posthumously awarded Howard their Excellence in Education Award. Other awards
included the Architectural Record award for interior architecture in conjunction with Gensler & Associates for the Levi Strauss
offices in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1980, and the campus' Berkeley Citation, also awarded posthumously.
Howard had a long record in civic and community affairs. In 1970 he became a trustee of Dominican College and chaired the
board in 1973-1978 and 1980-1983. The Dominican College connection represented a pattern. Howard had also been president of
the Jewish Home for the Aged in San Francisco. At the time of his death he was a trustee of Mills College, the University
of California at Berkeley Foundation, and chair of the Newhouse Foundation. He had also been a trustee of the University Art
Museum.
Howard Friedman died suddenly on October 28, 1988, in what was to have been the final year of his notable leadership as Chair
of the Department of Architecture.
Source:
Friedman. Howard A. (1990). Successful architecture: Selected works and thought of Howard A. Friedman. Berkeley, CA: Howard
Friedman Family.
Stoller, C., Olsen, D., Montgomery, R., Samuel, S.M., Conlan, O.P. (1990). Howard Abraham Friedman. University of California:
In Memorium. Retrieved October 5, 2006, from http://content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docId=hb5f59n9gs&chunk.id=div00012&brand=calisphere&doc.view=entire_text
Scope and Contents
The bulk of this collection consists of photographs documenting Howard Friedman's architectural work. This, along with a scrapbook,
portfolio, and proposal book, make up the whole of project documentation. The collection does not contain any drawings, save
for a handful of blueprints from Friedman's early work as a junior draftsman and plans from his time in the United States
Navy.
Materials created later on in Howard Friedman's life and career, specifically during his tenure at the University of California,
Berkeley School of Architecture make up about one carton worth of material. This includes university biographies, employment
papers, speech transcripts, and class notes. Miscellaneous items such as personal photographs and photography, awards and
certificates, and publications about Friedman's work make up the remainder of the collection.
Biographical Information A.
Box 1, Folder 1
Biographical Summaries
1973-1988
Box 1, Folder 2
Successful Architecture
1990
Box 4, Folder 8
Blueprints, Erik Kaeyer Architecture
1937
Box 1, Folder 3
United States Naval Project Drawings
1943
Box 1, Folder 4
Photography, Personal Travel
n.d.
Box 1, Folder 5
Photography, Personal Travel, Mounted
n.d.
Box 1, Folder 6
Photographs, Personal
n.d.
Box 1, Folder 7
Photography, Personal
n.d.
Box 1, Folder 1
Awards, Certificates
1964-1990
Box 3, Folder 2
Address to California Council, AIA
1970
Box 3, Folder 3
AIA Brown Bag - Outline, Final Draft
1976, 1981
Box 3, Folder 4
Speeches, Miscellaneous
1978-1986
Box 3, Folder 5
Design Conference, Monterey, CA
1987
Box 3, Folder 6
Design Conference, San Francisco Galleria, CA
1987
Box 3, Folder 7
Design International Collaborations, San Francisco, CA
1984
Box 3, Folder 1
Employment Documentation
1966-1988
Box 3, Folder 2
Architecture 120
1983-1986
Box 3, Folder 4
Architecture 160
1968-1980
Box 3, Folder 6
Architecture 225
1984-1987
Box 3, Folder 7
Construction Management
1981-1988
Box 3, Folder 8
Professional Practice of Architecture
1981-1987
Box 3, Folder 10
Faculty Meeting Notes
1987-1988
Box 3, Folder 11
Professional Liaison Program
1974
Box 3, Folder 12
Correspondence, Fred Stitt
1985-1988
Box 3, Folder 13
Correspondence, General
1974-1988
Box 3, Folder 14
Correspondence, Students
1974-1987
Box 3, Folder 15
Judith Clancy Johns
1976-1986
Box 2, Folder 1
Delcina Bair, Residence, Mill Valley
n.d.
Box 2, Folder 2
Dominican College, Dining Room, San Rafael
1957-1958
Box 2, Folder 3
Farley, Erwin, Residence, Belvedere
c. 1955
Box 2, Folder 4
Friedman, Howard, Residence, Hillsborough
n.d.
Box 2, Folder 5
Goldman Residence, Atherton
n.d.
Box 2, Folder 6
Goldman Residence, Tahoe
n.d.
Box 2, Folder 7
Holy Name Parish, San Francisco
c. 1962
Box 2, Folder 8
Jewish Home for the Aged, new addition, San Francisco
c. 1962
Box 2, Folder 9
Levi Strauss & Company: Florence, KY, Little Rock, AK, Murphy, NC, Roswell, NM, Powell, TN
c. 1979
Box 2, Folder 10
McNabb, Fred, Residence, Sausalito
c. 1957
Box 2, Folder 11
Mitchell, John, Residence, San Francisco
c. 1955
Box 2, Folder 12
Peletz Residence, location unknown
n.d.
Box 2, Folder 13
Sienna High School, Napa
n.d.
Box 2, Folder 14
Smith, Oliver, Residence, Tiburon
c. 1962
Box 2, Folder 15
St. John the Baptist Church, Napa
n.d.
Box 2, Folder 16
St. Louis Bertrand Church, Oakland
1961
Box 2, Folder 17
Unidentified Residences
n.d.
Box 3, Folder 18
14th Floor Embarcadero II, San Francisco
n.d.
Box 3, Folder 19
Del Valle Apartments, location unknown
n.d.
Box 3, Folder 20
Dominican College, Library, San Rafael
1958
Box 3, Folder 21
Friedman, Howard, Office, San Francisco
c. 1967
Box 3, Folder 22
Friedman, Howard, Residence (exterior), Tahoe
n.d.
Box 3, Folder 23
Friedman, Howard, Residence (interior), Tahoe
n.d.
Box 3, Folder 24
Jones, Pirkle, Residence, Mill Valley
c. 1967
Box 3, Folder 25
King Norman Children Paradise, Marin County
1955
Box 3, Folder 26
Levi Strauss Plaza, San Francisco
c. 1979
Box 3, Folder 28
Mt. Zion Hospital and Medical Center: Acute Care, San Francisco
c. 1980
Box 3, Folder 29
MZHMC: Clinical & Research Laboratories, San Francisco
c. 1980
Box 3, Folder 30
MZHMC: General, San Francisco
c. 1980
Box 3, Folder 31
MZHMC: Outpatient Department, San Francisco
c. 1965
Box 3, Folder 32
MZHMC: Radiation Center, San Francisco
c. 1980
Box 3, Folder 33
Pinecrest, location unknown
n.d.
Box 3, Folder 34
San Domenico School, San Anselmo
n.d.
Box 3, Folder 35
San Domenico School Chapel, San Anselmo
n.d.
Box 3, Folder 36
St. Vincent DePaul Church: Entrance Doors, San Francisco
1963
Box 3, Folder 37
Stanford Cancer Treatment Center
n.d.
Box 3, Folder 38
Town Square Apartments, location unknown
n.d.
Scrapbooks and Project Plans B.
Box 3, Folder 40
Levi Strauss & Company, Naucalpan, Mexico, Criteria and Performance Specs
1979
Box 3, Folder 41
San Francisco International Airport, South Terminal, Plan
1983
Box 3, Folder 42
University of California, Berkeley, Math-Science Building Proposal
1981
Box 3, Folder 43
Project Clippings Scrapbook
1954-1963
Box 4, Folder 44
Dominican College Library Portfolio
1958
Box 1, Folder 45
"Work of Howard A. Friedman" Exhibit
1975-1980
Box 1, Folder 46
Invitation to Bid, Levi Strauss Factory, Witchita Falls, TX
1968
Box 1, Folder 47
111 Chestnut St., San Francisco, Project Proposal
1980
