William P. Coburn Collection 2020.03

Gabrielle T. Clement
University of California, Berkeley. College of Environmental Design. Environmental Design Archives
2020
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: William P. Coburn Collection
Creator: Coburn, William P.
Identifier/Call Number: 2020.03
Physical Description: 2 Linear Feet: 2 flat files
Date (inclusive): 1977-1983
Language of Material: English .

Access Statement

Collection is open for research. Many of the Environmental Design Archives collections are stored offsite and advance notice is required for use.

Publication Rights

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], William P. Coburn Collection, Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley.

Biographical Note

William P. Coburn, born in 1944, is an architect based in Berkeley, CA. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Massachusetts College of Arts in 1966, and a Masters in Architecture from Harvard School of Design in 1971. In 1978, Coburn opened his firm in the San Francisco Bay Area. Coburn's projects are primarily based in the East Bay and Contra Costa County, but there have also been projects in Seattle, WA; Martha's Vineyard, MA; Hong Kong; and India. Coburn's practice focuses on creating designs that include existing urban and cultural contexts, and solutions to environmental problems. Coburn's work includes residential projects, historic preservation, multi-family homes, and landscape design.
William P. Coburn is also the author of "A Northern California Modernist Architect," published by Archetype in Fall 1980.
Sources: "About Firm." William P. Coburn, Architect, 2013, wcoburn.freeservers.com/about.html. Accessed 20 February 2020.
William Pierce Coburn, prabook.com. Accessed 20 February 2020.

Scope and Contents

The William P. Coburn Collection consists of drawings documenting 13 projects of primarily residential architecture and landscape designs. There are also two commercial projects of which Coburn designed the signage for storefronts in Oakland, CA.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Architects -- California.
Architects -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area.
Landscape architects--California.

 

PROJECT RECORDS SERIES I.

 

Castle Ridge: garden plan (Castle Pines, CO) n.d.

Creator: Callister, Gately, Heckmann, Bischoff

General

Residential-multi
flat-file-drawer R 5.6, Flat-File 1

Drawings

Creator: Callister, Gately, and Biscoff
 

Dutra, Allen and Pauline (Pacheco, CA) 1978

General

Residential
flat-file-drawer R 5.6, Flat-File 1

Drawings

 

Dutra, Allen and Pauline: Blackhawk Country Club (Danville, CA) 1978

General

Recreational
flat-file-drawer R 5.6, Flat-File 1

Drawings

 

Joshua's Deli: Kaiser Center (Oakland, CA) 1979

General

Commercial
flat-file-drawer R 5.6, Flat-File 1

Drawings

 

Kaufman: garden plan (Fairfax, CA) 1982

General

Residential
flat-file-drawer R 5.6, Flat-File 2

Drawings

 

Las Vegas Plaques: design proposal (Oakland, CA) 1980

General

Commercial
flat-file-drawer R 5.6, Flat-File 1

Drawings

 

Morse, Fred and Kathy (Montclair, CA) n.d.

General

Residential
flat-file-drawer R 5.6, Flat-File 2

Drawings

 

Nauman, Gary Inc. (Danville, CA) 1980

General

Residential
flat-file-drawer R 5.6, Flat-File 2

Drawings

 

Occupante, Rich and Debbie: pool (unknown, CA) 1981

General

Residential
flat-file-drawer R 5.6, Flat-File 2

Drawings

 

Parcel, Stanley: condominium housing (El Sobrante, CA) 1983

General

Residential-multi
flat-file-drawer R 5.6, Flat-File 2

Drawings

 

Pivnick, Alice and Stu: garden study (Oakland, CA) 1978

General

Residential
flat-file-drawer R 5.6, Flat-File 2

Drawings

 

Rowell, Connie: garage/guest house (Montclair, CA) 1977

General

Residential
flat-file-drawer R 5.6, Flat-File 2

Drawings

 

Smith, Gary: house (Castro Valley, CA) 1983

General

Residential
flat-file-drawer R 5.6, Flat-File 2

Drawings