Description
For more than 40 years Richard Bender has had a vital role in the success of the College of Environmental Design (CED) and the U.C. Berkeley campus. With his background in civil engineering, architecture, construction, building technology, urban design and art, Bender has employed a holistic approach to educating designers and creating engaging and livable environments from individual houses, to museums, campuses and entire cities.
As a faculty member in the Architecture Department, he taught thousands of students from 1969-1995, even while serving two years as Department Chair (1974-76) and 12 years as Dean of CED (1976-88). After his retirement, in addition to his international urban design practice, he continued organizing ateliers or studios and directing the Urban Construction Laboratory