Olof Dahlstrand Collection 2008.-01
Sara Perez
University of California, Berkeley. College of Environmental Design. Environmental Design Archives
April 2009
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: Olof Dahlstrand Collection
Creator:
Dahlstrand, Olof
Identifier/Call Number: 2008.-01
Physical Description:
16 Linear Feet:
4 boxes, 4 flat file drawers
Date (inclusive): 1938, 1947 – 2004
Abstract: Records in the Olof Dahlstrand Collection span the years 1947-1983. The collection is organized into three series: Personal
Papers, Project Records, and Art and Artifacts. Personal Papers include local and regional newspaper articles and personal
correspondence from the 1960s to the late 1990s. Project Records include preliminary sketches, working drawings, renderings,
final plans, and blueprints. They also include some written records (correspondence, specifications, notes, and reports) and
photographs. These files document the buildings and the creative and developmental process of the architect. The written records
also indicate the extent of the participation of the client in the design process. The Art and Artifacts includes drawings
and paintings completed throughout Dahlstrand's career.
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], Olof Dahlstrand Collection, (2008-01), Environmental Design Archives, University of California,
Berkeley.
Biographical Note
Olof Dahlstrand, born in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin in 1916, earning his degree in architecture from Cornell University in 1939.
After receiving his degree, Dahlstrand worked briefly in Wisconsin, and then moved to the San Francisco Bay area in 1948.
He worked as an associate for Fred and Lois Langhorst, both modernist architects gaining recognition in Northern California.
While working for the Langhorsts, Dahlstrand worked on the Muscatine residence and a show at the San Francisco Museum of Art
(later San Francisco Museum of Modern Art). The trio's sketches, renderings, photographs, and drawings were a sensation.
When the Langhorsts moved to Europe in 1950, Olof became responsible for the practice. During this uncertain period, Olof
and John Lautner discussed a partnership but nothing came of their discussions. Later, Olof worked in the San Francisco offices
of Skidmore, Owens & Merrill, and produced renderings for a number of other architects including John Carl Warnecke.
Inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright, Dahlstrand's work exhibits elements and ideals emphasized by the strong horizontal and vertical
elements of the Prairie style. His work also reflects Wright's "organic architecture" and its ideas that: a building (and
its appearance) should follow forms that are in harmony with its natural environment; that the materials used on the exterior
should be sympathetic to the building's locale, thereby relating the building to its setting; and that use should be made
of low-pitched overhanging roofs to provide protection from the sun in the summer and to provide some weather protection in
the winter. In addition, maximum use should be made of natural day lighting. During a nine-year period between 1950 and 1958,
seven clients who wanted site-specific, custom-designed, homes came to Dahlstrand. These "Usonian" residences are built on
sites that range from flat parcels, to steep hillsides, to cliff sides on the San Francisco Bay.
In the early 1960s, Dahlstrand relocated to Carmel in the Monterey Bay area. Here he established his own practice and continued
to work on residences, commercial centers, and educational facilities located throughout Northern California. His significant
projects included the 1966 Carmel Valley Shopping Center and the UC Santa Cruz Faculty Housing begun in 1974. Dahlstrand retired
in 1984 and currently resides in Carmel where he has become active in city politics. He has continued to do renderings for
other architects.
Sources:
Welty, William. Olof Dahlstrand: The Usonians, the Magnificent Seven of the East Bay. Brook House Press, 2007
System of Arrangement
The collection is organized into three series: Personal Papers, Project Records, and Art and Artifacts.
Scope and Contents
Records in the Olof Dahlstrand Collection span the years 1947-1983. The collection is organized into three series: Personal
Papers, Project Records, and Art and Artifacts.
The majority of the collection documents the design work of Olof Dahlstrand. A small quantity of Personal Papers include local
and regional newspaper articles and the personal correspondence from the 1960s to the late 1990s. These clippings and letters
cover topics such as local buildings Dahlstrand designed, as well as his role in the Carmel City Council and historical events
that he felt were important or impacted his life in some way. Dahsltrand's correspondence includes letters and invitations
that indicate the professional relationships and friendships he maintained throughout his life. Project Records include preliminary
sketches, working drawings, renderings, final plans, and blueprints. They also include some written records (correspondence,
specifications, notes, and reports) and photographs. These files document the buildings and the creative and developmental
process of the architect. The written records also indicate the extent of the participation of the client in the design process.
The Art and Artifacts series contains drawings and paintings completed throughout Dahlstrand's career.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Architects -- California.
Architects -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area.
Architecture, Modern -- 20th century -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area.
Prairie School
PERSONAL PAPERS SERIES I.
1950s-2000s
Physical Description: 0.5 Linear Feet:1 Box
Scope and Contents
Dahlstrand's personal papers include scrapbooks and newspaper clippings that document thirty years (1950s-2000s) of Dahlstrand's
professional activities and personal friendships. This includes, personal correspondence, and newspaper articles that commemorate
Dahlstrand's work as an architect, painter, and his civic role in the Carmel city council. Photographs include portraits of
and residences of Dahlstrand.
Box 3, Folder 1--4
Correspondence/Clippings and Miscellaneous A.
1950s-2000s
flat-file-drawer R 22.1, Flat-File 1
Box 2, Folder 2
Office of Olof Dahlstrand, Architect (Carmel, CA)
1959
Box 2, Folder 3
Dahlstrand Residence (Carmel, CA)
n.d.
Box 2, Folder 4
Vacation Cabin, Genoa Bay Farms (Duncan, B.C.)
n.d.
PROJECT RECORDS SERIES II.
1947-1983
Physical Description: 13 Linear Feet:2 Boxes, 4 Flat File Drawers
Scope and Contents
Primarily drawings for residential and commercial projects; also includes a small quantity of correspondence and photographs.
Aquajito Building (Monterey, CA)
1966-1968
flat-file-drawer R 22.1, Flat-File 2
Atlantic Richfield Co. Service Station (Carmel Valley, CA)
1968
flat-file-drawer R 22.1, Flat-File 3
Bank of America: Hollister Branch (Hollister, CA)
1969
flat-file-drawer R 22.1, Flat-File 4
Bank of America: King City Branch (King City, CA)
1967-1968
Creator: Hugh, Charles Robert
flat-file-drawer R 22.1, Flat-File 5
Butterfield (Carmel, CA)
1971-1972
flat-file-drawer R 22.1, Flat-File 6
Caniglia, Anthony (Monterey, CA)
1965
flat-file-drawer R 22.1, Flat-File 7
Carmel Plaza - design studies, parking garage, "Le Duet" theatre, etc (Carmel, CA)
1959-1965
flat-file-drawer R 22.1, Flat-File 8
Carmel Plaza (Carmel, CA)
1959-1965
flat-file-drawer R 22.1, Flat-File 9
Carmel Valley/Mid-Valley Shopping Center (Carmel Valley, CA)
1966-1981
flat-file-drawer R 22.1, Flat-File 10
Central Coast Properties: Highlands Apartment Building for Fenton & Clark (Carmel Highlands, CA)
1961
flat-file-drawer R 22.1, Flat-File 11
Convalescent Hospital, Forest Hill Manor (Pacific Grove, CA)
1967-1968
Creator: Stone, Marraccini & Patterson
flat-file-drawer R 22.1, Flat-File 12
Crocker-Citizens National Bank: Carmel Office (Carmel, CA)
1965
flat-file-drawer R 22.1, Flat-File 13
Dahlstrand, Olof Additions & Alterations (Orinda, CA)
undated
flat-file-drawer R 22.1, Flat-File 14
Dahlstrand, Olof: Residence and Studio (Dousman, WI)
1946-1948
flat-file-drawer R 22.2, Flat-File 15
Dansk Designs LTD. (Carmel, CA)
1973-1974
flat-file-drawer R 22.2, Flat-File 16
Dental Office Building: T. W. Slaughter (Salinas, CA)
1968-1970
flat-file-drawer R 22.2, Flat-File 17
Dodds, Ruth (Carmel Valley, CA)
1960-1961
flat-file-drawer R 22.2, Flat-File 18
Dunaway, Jane (Carmel Valley, CA)
1976
flat-file-drawer R 22.2, Flat-File 19
Emile Norman Building (Carmel, CA)
1976
flat-file-drawer R 22.2, Flat-File 20
Farrar, Philip (Otter Cove, CA)
1971
flat-file-drawer R 22.2, Flat-File 21
Feichtmeir, R.A. (Walnut Creek, CA)
1952
flat-file-drawer R 22.1, Flat-File 22
Garneau, Douglas (Lafayette, CA)
1956-1962
flat-file-drawer R 22.2, Flat-File 23
Genoa Bay Farms (Genoa Bay, BC)
1970
flat-file-drawer R 22.2, Flat-File 24
Greene, Margaret (Otter Cove, CA)
1976
flat-file-drawer R 22.2, Flat-File 25
Gurries Apartments (Carmel Highlands, CA)
1963-1965
flat-file-drawer R 22.2, Flat-File 26
Hammond, Eugene R. (Carmel, CA)
1972
flat-file-drawer R 22.2, Flat-File 27
Handley Office/ Apt building (Carmel, CA)
1980-1981
flat-file-drawer R 22.2, Flat-File 28
Hartwell, Thomas Pebble Beach, CA)
1974-1975
flat-file-drawer R 22.2, Flat-File 29
Hockett, Jane (Carmel, CA)
1962
flat-file-drawer R 22.2, Flat-File 30
Holiday Inn: Monterey preliminary study (Monterey, CA)
1963-1965
flat-file-drawer R 22.3, Flat-File 31
JCC - Progressive Architecture Competition
1946
flat-file-drawer R 22.3, Flat-File 32
Johnston, William R. (Carmel Valley, CA)
1973
flat-file-drawer R 22.3, Flat-File 33
Kay, Sidney A. (Carmel Meadows, CA)
1973-1975
flat-file-drawer R 22.3, Flat-File 34
Knapton, James (Berkeley, CA)
1958
flat-file-drawer R 22.3, Flat-File 35
Knapton, James (Aloha, OR)
1968
flat-file-drawer R 22.3, Flat-File 36
Kutsky, Roman J. (Lafayette, CA)
1950-1954
flat-file-drawer R 22.3, Flat-File 37
Langhorst, Fred Projects (Lafayette, CA)
1949-1950
flat-file-drawer R 22.3, Flat-File 38
Leidig Building (Carmel, CA)
1978-1980
flat-file-drawer R 22.3, Flat-File 39
Leppert, George (Carmel, CA)
1972-1973
flat-file-drawer R 22.3, Flat-File 40
Little Brothers, Property Development (Carmel, CA)
1981-1984
flat-file-drawer R 22.3, Flat-File 41
Littlefield, Robert C. (Pebble Beach, CA)
1980-1983
flat-file-drawer R 22.3, Flat-File 42
Los Gatos Town Center Competition (Los Gatos, CA)
1962
flat-file-drawer R 22.3, Flat-File 43
Lund, Todd (Milwaukee, WI)
1947
flat-file-drawer R 22.4, Flat-File 44
Muscatine, Charles S. (Berkeley, CA)
1955-1967
flat-file-drawer R 22.4, Flat-File 45
Muscatine/ Park Property (Angwin, CA)
1973-1974
flat-file-drawer R 22.4, Flat-File 46
Neill Building (Carmel, CA)
1980-1981
flat-file-drawer R 22.4, Flat-File 47
Oliver, E. Jean: Design Studies (Pebble Beach, CA)
1962
flat-file-drawer R 22.4, Flat-File 48
Olivier, E. Jean: Design Studies (Pebble Beach, CA)
1973-1974
flat-file-drawer R 22.4, Flat-File 49
Palm, Gunther (Monterey County, CA)
1967
flat-file-drawer R 22.4, Flat-File 50
Perpectives and studies: misc projects
1967-1979
flat-file-drawer R 22.4, Flat-File 51
Peterson, W.H.(Point Richmond, CA)
1953-1954
flat-file-drawer R 22.4, Flat-File 52
Reid, John R. (Carmel, CA)
1971-1972
flat-file-drawer R 22.4, Flat-File 53
Reid, John: study project (Carmel Valley, CA)
1969
flat-file-drawer R 22.4, Flat-File 54
Reimers Commercial Development: Working Drawings Tracings (Carmel, CA)
1976-1977
flat-file-drawer R 22.4, Flat-File 55-57
Sachs, Maurice David (Carmel Highlands, CA)
1969-1971
flat-file-drawer R 22.4, Flat-File 58
Schoenbrun (Carmel Meadows, CA)
1968-1969
Creator: Hugh, Charles Robert
flat-file-drawer R 22.4, Flat-File 59
Sconberg, Bruce (Salinas Valley, CA)
1967-1968
flat-file-drawer R 22.5, Flat-File 60
Simpson, A.W. III (Carmel, CA)
1972-1973
flat-file-drawer R 22.5, Flat-File 61
Smith, George (Orinda, CA)
1956-1957
1961
flat-file-drawer R 22.5, Flat-File 62
Smith, W.A.(Carmel, CA)
undated
flat-file-drawer R 22.5, Flat-File 63
Sollecito Hotel (Monterey, CA)
1962
flat-file-drawer R 22.5, Flat-File 64
Standard Oil Service Station: David Ave/ Hawthorne St (Monterey, CA)
1971
flat-file-drawer R 22.5, Flat-File 65
Standard Oil Service Station: Golf Course Rd/ Freeway Frontage Rd (Monterey, CA)
1968
flat-file-drawer R 22.5, Flat-File 66
Stout Apartments (Santa Cruz, CA)
1971
flat-file-drawer R 22.5, Flat-File 67
Stratton, Harry (Otter Cove, CA)
1974
flat-file-drawer R 22.5, Flat-File 68
Templeman, Ted (Otter Cove, CA)
1980
flat-file-drawer R 22.5, Flat-File 69
The York school: Faculty Apartments Addition (Monterey, CA)
1969
flat-file-drawer R 22.5, Flat-File 70
The York school: Headmaster's Residence (Monterey, CA)
1967-1968
flat-file-drawer R 22.5, Flat-File 71
Thurston, W.H. (Orinda, CA)
1952-1953
flat-file-drawer R 22.5, Flat-File 72
Twin Theaters: Toro Creek Estates (Toro Park, CA)
1971
flat-file-drawer R 22.5, Flat-File 73
UC Santa Cruz: Misc. (Santa Cruz, CA)
undated
flat-file-drawer R 22.5, Flat-File 74
UC Santa Cruz: Music Center (Santa Cruz, CA)
undated
flat-file-drawer R 22.5, Flat-File 75
UC Santa Cruz: Porter College House; Provost Residence (Santa Cruz, CA)
1974-1983
flat-file-drawer R 22.5, Flat-File 76
Valle-Riestra, J. Frank (Walnut Creek, CA)
1954-1955
flat-file-drawer R 22.5, Flat-File 77
Valley Plaza: Post Office (Carmel Valley, CA)
1969
flat-file-drawer R 22.5, Flat-File 78
Valley Plaza: shopping center (Carmel Valley, CA)
1968-1971
flat-file-drawer R 22.5, Flat-File 79
Valley Plaza: twin theater (Carmel Valley, CA)
flat-file-drawer R 22.5, Flat-File 80
Wells Fargo Bank: Carmel Office (Carmel, CA)
flat-file-drawer R 22.5, Flat-File 81
Wells Fargo Bank: Carmel Office - Preliminary drawings, sketches (Carmel, CA)
flat-file-drawer R 22.5, Flat-File 82
Wells Fargo Bank: Carmel Office - working drawing tracings (Carmel, CA)
flat-file-drawer R 22.5, Flat-File 83
Whitaker, Francis: Forge Shop Building (Aspen, CO)
flat-file-drawer R 22.5, Flat-File 84
ART AND ARTIFACTS SERIES III.
1938, 1962, 1984-2004
Physical Description: 0.5 Linear Feet:1 Box, Framed
Scope and Contents
This series contains approximately 30 original works of art including drawings and paintings of landscapes and structures.
Media includes watercolor, oils, charcoal, and pencil. This also contains photocopies of Dahlstrand's paintings not in the
EDA.
Box 3, Folder 2
photographs of drawings and paintings
