PCAD - Michael Louis Severin

Exterior view of the Recreational Sports Facility, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 2020. From Google Maps/Street View

Satellite view of the Edwards Stadium (left), Hellman Tennis Center (upper left), Evans Diamond (right center), Haas Pavilion (upper right), and Recreational Sports Facility (lower center), University of California, Berkeley, CA, 2020. From Google Maps/Street View

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Male, US, born 1931-12

Associated with the firms network

Elbasani, Logan and Severin, (ELS), Design Group; Elbasani, Logan, Severin, Freeman, Architects

Professional History

Résumé

Partner, Elbasani, Logan and Severin, (ELS), Design Group, Architects.

Education

College

B.Arch., Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.

M.Arch., Harvard University, Graduate School of Design (GSD), Cambridge, MA.

Personal

Relocation

Born in Brooklyn, NY, Severin attended Pratt Institiute in that city.

After graduating from Pratt, the architect moved to Cambridge, MA, to obtain a masters degree in architecture at Harvard University.

He relocated to Berkeley, CA, where he taught on the faculty of the University of California, Berkeley.

PCAD id: 1833

Buildings and other works

Name	Date	City	State
Broome County Cultural Center, Binghamton, NY	1971-1973	Binghamton	NY
California Theatre, San Jose, CA	1926-1927	San Jose	CA
Capitol Centre I and II, Downtown, Madison, WI	1980-1982	Madison	WI
Hyatt Regency Oakland, Downtown, Oakland, CA	1981-1983	Oakland	CA
L.A. Live, Nokia Theatre, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA	2007	Los Angeles	CA
Oakland Convention Center, Downtown, Oakland, CA
Paramount Theatre, Aurora, IL
State Office Building 1977 Building Competition Second Prize Design Project, Sacramento, CA
State of California, State Office Building, San Jose, CA		San Jose	CA
Uncle Sam Atrium, Downtown, Troy, NY	1977-1979	Troy	NY
University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Recreational Sports Facility (RSF), Berkeley, CA		Berkeley	CA

Publications

Temko, Allan, "California's New Generation of Energy Efficient State Buildings", AIA Journal, 50-56, 12/1977. Dean, Andrea Oppenheimer, "New city center built around an atrium: public-private partnership fills a downtown cavity in Troy, N.Y", AIA Journal, 70: 7, 50-55, 1981-06. "Paramount Arts Centre in Aurora, Illinois", Architectural Record, 165: 130-133, 1979-04. "Hard work for fun: Recreational Sports Facility, University of California at Berkeley", Architectural Record, 173: 10, 90-95, 1985-09. "Recreational sports facility, University of California, Berkeley: ELS/Elbasani & Logan Architects", Architecture California, 8: 2, 16-17, 1986-03/04. "Texture, Color Animate a Set of 'Shoe Boxes:' Sports Facility, University of California, Berkeley; ELS/Elbasani & Logan", Architecture: The AIA Journal, 75: 5, 140-145, 272, 1986-05. "River Given Credit for Design", Binghamton Press and Sun-Bulletin, 3A, 1967-11-12. Willman, Martha L., "Designer Pictures City 'Living Room", Los Angeles Times, 1, 4, 8, and 9, 1983-09-25. Faber, Harold, "Troy Gets New Shopping Mall as It Tries to Halt Decline", New York Times, 60, 1979-05-06. "Correction", New York Times, 2, 1979-05-13. Woodbridge, Sally, "Governing Energy", Progressive Architecture, 65: 4, 86-91, 1984-04. "California Trio Sweeps Broome Competition", Progressive Architecture, 49: 1, 29, 1968-01. Stephens, Suzanne, "As Troy turns: Uncle Sam Atrium, Troy, New York; architects: Geoffrey Freeman Associates and ELS Design Group", Progressive Architecture, 62: 7, 90-93, 1981-07.

Links

California Theatre Era's end: Troy Atrium mall to be razed, rebuilt for apartments, parking