Dmitri Vedensky Collection 1998.-7

Shelly L. Irving

Arrangement and description of this collection was funded by a grant from the LEF Foundation.

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

2002

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: Dmitri Vedensky Collection

Creator: Vedensky, Dmitri, 1930-1997

Identifier/Call Number: 1998.-7

Physical Description: 25 Linear Feet: 6 boxes, 5 flat file drawers, 2 tubes

Date (bulk): 1948-1996

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],Records of Dmitri Vedensky, (1998-7), Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley.

Biographical / Historical

Dmitri Vedensky (1930-1997)

Dmitri Nicholas Vedensky, Jr. was born in Berkeley in 1930, the son of metallurgist Dmitri Nicholas and Helen Montmorency Vedensky. Raised in Berkeley, he attended Stanford University for one year before transferring to the University of California, Berkeley were he received his bachelor's degree in 1951. After an interruption in his graduate education to serve in the Korean War from 1952 to 1954, he returned to Berkeley, finishing his Masters Degree in Architecture in 1955. Upon graduation he went to work in the San Francisco office of UC professor, Joseph Esherick, Esherick, Homsey, Dodge & Davis (EHDD). He worked there for eight years on some of Esherick's most notable houses, such as the Lurline Roth House in Hawaii, until he left to open his own practice in 1964. Working mostly as a residential designer he completed six houses at The Sea Ranch, including his own residence, which received the Architectural Award of Excellence for Design and was published in Architectural Record's 1975 Record Houses Issue. Other notable projects include a collaboration with the late Charles Moore on two homes for Mr. and Mrs. Henry Shinefield – one at Sea Ranch (The Sea Ranch Design Award 1978) and the other in San Francisco's Presidio neighborhood, the Blanchard Residence in Anchor Bay, and the McIntyre House in Pebble Beach.

From 1964 to 1967 Vedensky lectured and taught design at the UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design. In 1970 he served as a juror for the Awards Program of the A.I.A. Chapter of Portland, OR. In 1976 the then-Mayor George Moscone appointed Vedensky to the San Francisco Art Commission and he chaired the civic design committee for 10 years. In 1986 Vedensky joined the design review committee at The Sea Ranch and served as chairman from 1988 until his death from heart failure in 1997. Sources: "A Brief Resume," by Dmitri Vedensky San Francisco Chronicle, November 4, 1997 Obituary.

Scope and Contents

Records for Dmitri Vedensky span the years 1948-1996. The collection is organized into four series: Personal Papers, Professional Papers, Office Records, and Project Records. Within these series documents are ordered chronologically and alphabetically.

Most of the collection contains projects completed by Vedensky as a sole practitioner. Office records include photographs and reduced scale drawings that were most likely created and collected to promote the firm. They record not only the buildings themselves, but indicate how projects were presented, interpreted, and received. The project files include written records (correspondence, specifications, notes, and reports), drawings, site photographs and slides, as well as photographs of architectural study models.

Vedensky's personal papers constitute only a fraction of the collection. The professional papers reveal his active involvement in the San Francisco Arts Commission in the mid-1970s and early 1980s.

Personal Papers I. 1948-1996

Biographical Information A.

Box 1, Folder 1

Resume Materials undated

Correspondence B.

Box 1, Folder 2

Personal Correspondence 1984-1996

Box 1, Folder 3

Holiday Card Designs 1953-1961

Student Work C.

flat-file-drawer R 33.9, Flat-File 1

Student Drawings 1948-1949

Photographs D.

Box 1, Folder 4

Photographs and Slides 1985

Professional Papers II. 1975-1996

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with the S.F. Redevelopment Agency, letters regarding the Joseph Esherick oral history project, a hand written document about the design process for an unidentified house, and papers relating to Vedensky's participation in the San Francisco Arts Commission.

Correspondence A.

Box 1, Folder 1

Correspondence 1975-1995

Box 1, Folder 2

San Francisco Redevelopment Agency Correspondence 1989

Box 1, Folder 3

William Turnbull AIA 1996 Firm Award Nomination 1995

Box 1, Folder 4

Joseph Esherick Oral History Introduction Request 1996

Writings B.

Box 1, Folder 5

"A Brief Case History" undated

Associations and Committees C. 1976-1983

flat-file-drawer R 33.9, Flat-File 2

San Francisco Arts Commission Membership Certificates 1976-1981

Box 1, Folder 6

San Francisco Arts Commission Visual Arts Program 1976-1983

Box 1, Folder 7

San Francisco Arts Commission Neighborhood Arts Program 1976

Box 1, Folder 8

San Francisco Arts Commission Airport Arts Commission Project 1982

Awards and Licenses D. 1960-1994

Box 1, Folder 9

Awards and Licenses 1960-1978

Box 1, Folder 10

AIA Membership and Awards 1963-1994

Faculty Papers E. 1978

Box 1, Folder 11

Course Descriptions 1978

Juries F. 1970

Box 1, Folder 12

Portland A.I.A. Chapter Honor Awards Program 1970

Office Records III. 1954-1985

Scope and Contents

Documents within sub-series A and B are arranged chronologically. Sub-series C is arranged alphabetically. Office records include signs, design manuals for Sea Ranch, magazine clippings, office photographs, and slides and photographs of completed projects.

Administrative A.

flat-file-drawer R 33.9, Flat-File 3

Office Signage undated

Reference Materials B. 1965-1988

Box 2, Folder 1

The Sea Ranch Design Manual 1965-1988

Box 2, Folder 2

Town & Country Magazine 1979

Photographs C. 1967

Box 2, Folder 2a

Office Photographs 1967

Project Records IV. 1960-1994

14th Street - 645, 647 San Francisco CA undated

flat-file-drawer R 33.12, Flat-File 52

Drawings

174 Grant Avenue San Francisco CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer R 33.12, Flat-File 52

Drawings

185 Post Street San Francisco CA 1977

flat-file-drawer R 33.9, Flat-File 5

Drawings

2123 Bush Street San Francisco CA 1974

flat-file-drawer R 33.9, Flat-File 6

Drawings

Box 2, Folder 3

Photographs

22nd Street - 1715, 1717 San Francisco CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer R 33.9, Flat-File 7

Drawings

2612 South Court Palo Alto CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer R 33.12, Flat-File 52

Drawings

2716 Franklin Street San Francisco CA 1964

flat-file-drawer R 33.12, Flat-File 52

Drawings

Alinder [see also Shinefield, Henry] Sea Ranch CA 1990-1991

flat-file-drawer R 33.9, Flat-File 8

Drawings

Box 4, Folder 1

Photographs

Aron, Paul Oakland CA 1963

flat-file-drawer R 33.9, Flat-File 9

Drawings

Beernink, Heinrich E. Berkeley CA 1967

flat-file-drawer R 33.9, Flat-File 10

Drawings

Box 4, Folder 2

Project Files

Berard, Don Sea Ranch CA 1968

flat-file-drawer R 33.9, Flat-File 11-12

Drawings

Box 4, Folder 3

Photographs

Berglund, William ("W" Ranch) 1963

flat-file-drawer R 33.9, Flat-File 13

Drawings

Box 4, Folder 4

Project files

Bianchi Tahoe NV 1970

flat-file-drawer R 33.9, Flat-File 14

Drawings

Blanchard, Richard F. Anchor Bay CA 1974

Creator: Molten, Philip

flat-file-drawer R 33.9, Flat-File 4, Box 2, Folder 4-5

Photographs

flat-file-drawer R 33.9, Flat-File 15

Drawings

Box 4, Folder 5

Project Files

Bozarth, Robert L. Sea Ranch CA 1976

flat-file-drawer R 33.9, Flat-File 16

Drawings

Box 4, Folder 6

Project Files

Bradley, Douglas D. Anchor Bay CA 1991

flat-file-drawer R 33.9, Flat-File 17

Drawings

Box 4, Folder 7

Project Files

Brennan, James Daly City CA 1960

flat-file-drawer R 33.9, Flat-File 18

Drawings

Brown, Christopher Berkeley CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer R 33.9, Flat-File 19

Drawings

Brown, Travis Taber Berkeley CA 1976

flat-file-drawer R 33.9, Flat-File 20

Drawings

Box 4, Folder 8

Project Files

Carpenter, Cliff Sonoma CA 1965-1971

Creator: Engh, Barbeau

flat-file-drawer R 33.9, Flat-File 4, Box 2, Folder 6

Photographs

flat-file-drawer R 33.9, Flat-File 21

Drawings

Box 4, Folder 9

Project Files

Chambers, Frank San Francisco CA 1968

flat-file-drawer R 33.9, Flat-File 22

Drawings

Box 4, Folder 10

Project Files

Church of Saint Mary the Virgin 1961?

flat-file-drawer R 33.12, Flat-File 52

Drawings

Churchman, C. West Mill Valley CA 1966

Creator: Engh, Barbeau

flat-file-drawer R 33.9, Flat-File 23

Drawings

Box 3, Folder 7

Photographs

Citizens Savings Bank San Francisco CA 1975

flat-file-drawer R 33.12, Flat-File 52

Drawings

Clark, Sydney Berkeley CA 1923

Creator: Reed & Corlett

flat-file-drawer R 33.12, Flat-File 52

Drawings

Concus, Paul Kensington CA 1969

flat-file-drawer R 33.9, Flat-File 24

Drawings

Daniels, Edgar Santa Fe NM 1989

flat-file-drawer R 33.10, Flat-File 25

Drawings

Box 4, Folder 11

Project files

Davis Sonoma CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer R 33.12, Flat-File 52

Drawings

Deakin n.d.

Box 4, Folder 12

Drawings

Dennis, Reid W. Lake Tahoe CA 1967

flat-file-drawer R 33.10, Flat-File 26

Drawings

Box 4, Folder 13

Project Files

Dennis, Reid W. Woodside CA 1965, 1985, 1995

Box 3, Folder 8

Photographs

flat-file-drawer R 33.10, Flat-File 27

Drawings

Donlon, D.D. Inverness CA 1973

flat-file-drawer R 33.10, Flat-File 28

Drawings

Box 4, Folder 14

Project Files

Evans, Mrs. Harry L. Bolinas CA 1964

flat-file-drawer R 33.9, Flat-File 4, Box 3, Folder 9

Photographs

flat-file-drawer R 33.10, Flat-File 29

Drawings

Fillmore Building San Francisco CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer R 33.10, Flat-File 30

Drawings

Forrester, George Hillsborough CA 1972

flat-file-drawer R 33.10, Flat-File 31

Drawings

Frank, Frederick Woodside CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer R 33.12, Flat-File 52

Drawings

Box 4, Folder 15

Project Files

Freiberg, Myron Sonoma CA 1972

Box 3, Folder 10

Photographs

flat-file-drawer R 33.10, Flat-File 32

Drawings

Friedlander, Richard K. Sonoma County CA 1963, 1985

Box 3, Folder 11

Photographs

flat-file-drawer R 33.10, Flat-File 33

Drawings

Box 4, Folder 16

Project Files

Funsten, Reed San Francisco CA 1963

flat-file-drawer R 33.10, Flat-File 34

Drawings

Gillard, Dan San Francisco CA 1976-1977

flat-file-drawer R 33.12, Flat-File 52

Drawings

Gustafson, John K. Berkeley CA 1966

flat-file-drawer R 33.12, Flat-File 52

Drawings

Guttman, Karl San Francisco CA 1968

flat-file-drawer R 33.10, Flat-File 35-36

Drawings

Box 4, Folder 17

Project Files

Harrison 1968

flat-file-drawer R 33.12, Flat-File 52

Drawings

Hartsell Sobre Vista n.d.

flat-file-drawer R 33.12, Flat-File 52

Drawings

Holt, Harry, pool house Stockton CA n.d.

Creator: Church, Thomas Dolliver, 1902-1978

flat-file-drawer R 33.11, Flat-File 37

Drawings

Ingber, Philip Los Gatos CA 1981-1982

flat-file-drawer R 33.11, Flat-File 38

Drawings

Box 4, Folder 18

Project Files

Jackson, J.H. San Francisco CA 1969

flat-file-drawer R 33.11, Flat-File 39

Drawings

Jetzelberger, Manfred San Francisco CA 1971

flat-file-drawer R 33.12, Flat-File 52

Drawings

Johnson Berkeley CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer R 33.12, Flat-File 52

Drawings

Kirchmaier, H. San Francisco CA 1970

Creator: Esherick, Joseph, 1914-1998

flat-file-drawer R 33.11, Flat-File 40

Drawings

Koford, Carl Berkeley CA 1961

flat-file-drawer R 33.11, Flat-File 41

Drawings

Korn, Harold Palo Alto CA 1966

Box 3, Folder 12

Photographs

flat-file-drawer R 33.12, Flat-File 52

Drawings

Korn, Harold Tallahassee FL 1969

flat-file-drawer R 33.11, Flat-File 42

Drawings

LaGare Restaurant Corp. San Francisco CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer R 33.12, Flat-File 52

Drawings

Lee, Theodore San Francisco CA 1972

flat-file-drawer R 33.11, Flat-File 43a

Drawings

London Ltd. Hayward CA 1964

flat-file-drawer R 33.11, Flat-File 43b

Drawings

Lyons, Arthur San Francisco CA 1965

flat-file-drawer R 33.11, Flat-File 44

Drawings

MacMahon San Rafael CA 1965

flat-file-drawer R 33.12, Flat-File 52

Drawing

Markus, Richard Sonoma County CA 1962

flat-file-drawer R 33.11, Flat-File 45

Drawings

Martin n.d.

flat-file-drawer R 33.12, Flat-File 52

Drawings

May, Thomas H. Oakville CA 1967

Creator: Church, Thomas Dolliver, 1902-1978

flat-file-drawer R 33.11, Flat-File 46-47

Drawings

Box 4, Folder 19

Project Files

McCoy, Richard Berkeley CA 1964

Creator: Engh, Barbeau

Box 3, Folder 13

Photographs

flat-file-drawer R 33.11, Flat-File 48a

Drawings

McCoy, Richard Anchor Bay CA ca. 1980

flat-file-drawer R 33.11, Flat-File 48b

Drawings

Box 4, Folder 20

Project Files

McDonald, Morton Berkeley CA 1992

flat-file-drawer R 33.11, Flat-File 49

Drawings

Box 4, Folder 21

Project Files

McIntyre, Henry Pebble Beach CA 1962, 1970

flat-file-drawer R 33.9, Flat-File 4, Box 3, Folder 14

Photogaphs

flat-file-drawer R 33.11, Flat-File 50

Drawings

Box 4, Folder 22

Project Files

McIntyre, Henry [see also Stache manuscript box] Atherton CA 1969-1974

Creator: Palmer, Phil (1911-1992)

Box 3, Folder 15

Photographs

flat-file-drawer R 33.11, Flat-File 51

Drawings

Box 4, Folder 23

Project Files

Miscellaneous projects

flat-file-drawer R 33.12, Flat-File 52

Drawings

Monte Vista Park No. 1 Monterey CA 1978

flat-file-drawer R 33.12, Flat-File 52

Drawings

Moore, Thomas Hillsborough CA 1967

flat-file-drawer R 33.12, Flat-File 53-54

Drawings

Box 5, Folder 24-30

Project Files

Morgan, Irenah Sea Ranch CA 1971, 1987

flat-file-drawer R 33.12, Flat-File 55a

Drawings

Box 6, Folder 31

Project Files

Moseman n.d.

flat-file-drawer R 33.12, Flat-File 52

Drawings

Noble Sonoma CA 1989

flat-file-drawer R 33.12, Flat-File 52

Drawings

Box 6, Folder 32

Project Files

Oppenheimer Palo Alto CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer R 33.12, Flat-File 55b

Drawings

Box 6, Folder 33

Project Files

Otto, George San Francisco CA 1979

flat-file-drawer R 33.12, Flat-File 55c

Drawings

Palmer, James Healdsburg CA 1978

flat-file-drawer R 33.12, Flat-File 56

Drawings

Box 6, Folder 34

Project Files

Paul deck 1971

flat-file-drawer R 33.12, Flat-File 52

Drawings

Pearson, Miss Deidre Sea Ranch CA 1970

flat-file-drawer R 33.12, Flat-File 57

Drawings

Ponting Glen Ellen CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer R 33.12, Flat-File 52

Drawings

Posert, H. Belvedere CA 1969

flat-file-drawer R 33.12, Flat-File 58

Drawings

Box 6, Folder 35

Project Files

Ray's Bar San Francisco CA 1984

flat-file-drawer R 33.12, Flat-File 52

Drawings

Roberts Milwaukee Furniture Company San Francisco CA 1966

flat-file-drawer R 33.12, Flat-File 59

Drawings

Rudkin (The Reedlands) 1966

flat-file-drawer R 33.12, Flat-File 52

Drawings

Lots 13 & 14, Block 97 San Francisco CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer R 33.12, Flat-File 52

Drawings

Saveri, Missy Sonoma CA 1989-1993

flat-file-drawer R 33.12, Flat-File 60

Drawings

Box 6, Folder 36

Project Files

Scholle, Oliver Hillsborough CA 1978

flat-file-drawer R 33.12, Flat-File 61

Drawings

Schwabacher Hillsborough CA 1979

flat-file-drawer R 33.12, Flat-File 62

Drawings

Box 6, Folder 37

Project Files

Sea Ranch Lot 13, Unit 19 Sea Ranch CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer R 33.12, Flat-File 52

Drawing

Service Center for the Citizens Utilities Company of California Susanville CA 1979

Creator: Lee, Gerald

flat-file-drawer R 33.12, Flat-File 63

Drawings

Sharp n.d.

flat-file-drawer R 33.12, Flat-File 52

Drawings

Sherk 1976

flat-file-drawer R 33.12, Flat-File 52

Drawings

Shinefield, Henry San Francisco CA 1970-1971

Creator: Moore, Lyndon, Turnbull, and Whitaker (MLTW)

Box 3, Folder 16

Photographs

flat-file-drawer R 33.13, Flat-File 64

Drawings

Box 6, Folder 38

Project Files

Shinefield, Henry [see also Alinder] Sea Ranch CA 1976

flat-file-drawer R 33.13, Flat-File 65

Drawings

Box 6, Folder 39-40

Project Files

Shuman, John Robert Piedmont CA 1982

flat-file-drawer R 33.13, Flat-File 66

Drawings

Box 6, Folder 41

Project Files

Stache, Gunther Tegucigalpa Honduras 1969-1974

Box 3, Folder 17

Photographs

flat-file-drawer R 33.13, Flat-File 67-68

Drawings

Box 6, Folder 42

Project Files

Stache, Gunther Atherton CA ca. 1994

flat-file-drawer R 33.13, Flat-File 69

Drawings

Box 6, Folder 43

Project Files

Steele, Ralph R. Glen Ellen CA 1958

Creator: Burke, Thomas R.

flat-file-drawer R 33.12, Flat-File 52

Drawing

Steffanides, E.S. Napa County CA 1965

flat-file-drawer R 33.13, Flat-File 70

Drawings

Box 6, Folder 44

Project Files

Thomas, Arthur Hillsborough CA 1979

flat-file-drawer R 33.13, Flat-File 71

Drawings

Tobin, Michael H. deYoung Hillsborough CA 1972

flat-file-drawer R 33.13, Flat-File 72

Drawings

Box 6, Folder 45

Project Files

Tomaselli, Richard Sea Ranch CA 1968

flat-file-drawer R 33.13, Flat-File 73

Drawings

Box 6, Folder 46

Project Files

Unidentified projects

Box 3, Folder 18

Photographs

flat-file-drawer R 33.13, Flat-File 74

Drawings

Box 6, Folder 47

Project Files

United Nations Memorial San Francisco CA 1966

flat-file-drawer R 33.13, Flat-File 75

Drawings

Vedensky, Dmitri Sea Ranch CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer R 33.9, Flat-File 4, Box 3, Folder 19

Photographs

von Weisel, John San Francisco CA 1964

flat-file-drawer R 33.13, Flat-File 76

Drawings

Walker, Fred Sea Ranch CA 1969

Creator: Walters, Tom F.

Box 3, Folder 20

Photographs

flat-file-drawer R 33.13, Flat-File 77

Drawings

Wallace, Robert Sea Ranch CA 1968

flat-file-drawer R 33.13, Flat-File 78

Drawings

Wallace, William Berkeley CA 1960

flat-file-drawer R 33.13, Flat-File 79

Drawings

Weller, Nelson Piedmont CA 1986

flat-file-drawer R 33.13, Flat-File 80

Drawings

Box 6, Folder 48

Project Files

Wells / Tiburon 1965

flat-file-drawer R 33.13, Flat-File 81

Drawings

Westgate, Edward Napa CA 1969

flat-file-drawer R 33.13, Flat-File 82

Drawings

White, Ian McKibbin Healdsburg CA 1989

flat-file-drawer R 33.13, Flat-File 83

Drawings

Box 6, Folder 49

Project Files

Whittaker, Thomas San Mateo CA 1975

flat-file-drawer R 33.12, Flat-File 52

Drawings

Williams, Richard Napa CA 1986

flat-file-drawer R 33.13, Flat-File 84

Drawings

Williamson n.d.

flat-file-drawer R 33.12, Flat-File 52

Drawings

Box 6, Folder 50

Project Files

Williamson / Bird Sonoma CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer R 33.12, Flat-File 52

Drawings

Woods San Francisco CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer R 33.13, Flat-File 85

Drawings

Yates, Don Portola Valley CA 1971

flat-file-drawer R 33.13, Flat-File 86

Drawings

Yates, J. Perry San Francisco CA 1964

flat-file-drawer R 33.12, Flat-File 52

Drawings