Joseph Esherick was a Bay Area architect and professor at UC Berkeley. Born in Philadelphia in 1914, he received a bachelor’s degree in architecture from the University of Pennsylvania in 1937 and moved to the Bay Area the following year. In 1946, Esherick founded his own firm in San Francisco, which designed Wurster Hall at UC Berkeley. In 1952, he joined the UC Berkeley faculty and headed the College of Environmental Design (1972-1973) and the architecture department (1977-1985). Additionally, Esherick designed the Cannery in San Francisco, the Monterey Bay Aquarium, and the first Sea Ranch houses on the Sonoma County coast. In 1988, he was awarded the Gold Medal of the American Institute of Architects. In this interview, he discusses his education at University of Pennsylvania School of Architecture, the San Francisco chapter of the American Institute of Architects, SFMoMA, UC Berkeley, and memorable peers. This interview is part of a group of interviews documenting the architecture and landscape architecture of the San Francisco Bay Area