Wurster, Bernardi and Emmons (WBE), Architects (Partnership)

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Albert S. Aronson, Catherine Krouse Bauer, Theodore C. Bernardi, Donn Emmons, Geoffrey Wynne Fairfax, George Ripley Kennaday, Richard Collamore Millet, Donald Emmanuel Scharnell Olsen, Benjamin Polk, Willard Doane Rand Jr., Donald E. Stover, James Donald Wickenden, Russell E. Williams, William Wilson Wurster

Active 1945-present

Firm Notes

The architectural firm of Wurster, Bernardi and Emmons (WBE) was headquartered in San Francisco, CA. The WBE Office became an important "finishing school" for many Bay Area architects.

Durign the 1950s, WBE had its office at 202 Green Street in San Francisco. It moved its offices to 1620 Montgomery Street in 03/1961.(See "New Addresses," Pacific Architect and Builder, vol. 67, no. 4, 04/1961. p. 18.)

PCAD id: 128

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Buildings and other works

NameDateCityState
1st Unitarian Church, Kensington, CA1962KensingtonCA
Arian House, Mill Valley, CA1947Mill ValleyCA
Baer, Morley, House, Garrapata Creek, Big Sur, CA1966
Bank of America, World Headquarters Building, 555 California Street, San Francisco, CA1967-1969San FranciscoCA
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) System1964-1967San FranciscoCA
Bernardi, Theodore, House, Sausalito, CA1951SausalitoCA
Bissinger, Paul, House, Kent Woodlands, CA1956-1957
Boggs, James, House, Atherton, CA1952-1953AthertonCA
Capitol Towers Apartments, Sacramento, CA1957-1960SacramentoCA
City of Mill Valley, Public Library, Main Library #2, Mill Valley, CA1964Mill ValleyCA
Coleman, James V., House, San Francisco, CA1962San FranciscoCA
Emmons, Donn and Nancy, House, Almonte, Mill Valley, CA1947-1948Mill ValleyCA
Episcopal Diocese of California, Grace Episcopal Church, alterations ( Saint Helena , CA ; 1959-1965
Gerbode, Frank L.A., and Martha Barker Alexander, House, Pacific Heights. San Francisco, CA1938-1939San FranciscoCA
Ghirardelli, Domenico and Son, Chocolate Company, Factory #3, San Francisco, CA1896-1898San FranciscoCA
Giddings, R.J., House, Modesto, CA1962-1964
Giffen, Russell, House, Fresno, CA1964-1966
Giffen, Russell, House, Santa Cruz, CA1951-1957
Gould Medical Group Clinic, Modesto, CA1952
Gregory, Warren and Sarah McLean Hardy, House #1, Greenwood Terrace, Berkeley, CA1904BerkeleyCA
Heller, E.H., House, Lake Tahoe, NV1950Lake TahoeNV
Huntley, Stirling L. and Roberta Baily, House, Pine Hill #2, Stanford, CA1962-1962StanfordCA
Kelso, James, House, Kent Woodlands, Kentfield, CA1952-1953KentifeldCA
Monterey Peninsula Junior College, Theatre, Monterey, CA1968-1970MontereyCA
Myers, Helen, House, San Francisco, CA1951San FranciscoCA
Nowell, Nelson T., and Marguerite, House, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA1946-1947Carmel-by-the-SeaCA
Nowell, Nelson T., and Marguerite, House, Stockton, CA1952-1953StocktonCA
Partridge, Gryffyd, House, Mill Valley, CA1947-1948Mill ValleyCA
Pope, George A., Jr., Ranch House, Madera, CA1958
Pope, Saxton Temple, House #3, Lafayette, CA1955LafayetteCA
Richmond-Chase Office Building, San Jose, CA1946San JoseCA
Ritter House, Atherton, CA1957AthertonCA
San Francisco Civic Center, Brooks Exhibit Hall, San Francisco, CA1956-1958San FranciscoCA
San Francisco Redevelopment Agency, Golden Gateway Redevelopment Project, San Francisco, CA1960-1966San FranciscoCA
Schuman, Isadore and Ida, House, Woodside, CA1949WoodsideCA
Sherman, Clay and Company, Piano Store, Oakland, CA
Sherman, Clay and Company, Piano Store, San Francisco, WA
Sperry House, Brentwood, Los Angeles, CA1953Los AngelesCA
Stanford Medical Plaza, Stanford, CA1959StanfordCA
Stanford University, Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, CA1953-1955StanfordCA
Temple Emanu-El #4, North Dallas, Dallas, TX1956-1957DallasTX
Terry House, Claremont Hills, Berkeley, CA 1949BerkeleyCA
Trinity University, One Trinity Place, Master Plan, San Antonio, TX1951-1962San AntonioTX
Turner, John D., House Project, Stockton, CA1946-1947StocktonCA
United States Government, Department of State, Consulate Office Building, Hong Kong, China1958Hong Kong
Vallco Financial Center, Cupertino, CA1972
Wells, Mason, and Hamilton, Frank, House, San Francisco, CA1963San FranciscoCA
Woodlake Residential Apartments, San Mateo, CA1965San MateoCA
Wurster, William and Catherine Bauer, House, Seadrift, Stinson Beach, CA1960-1961

Publications

Editors of Architectural Record, "California Note: Good Teamwork, Good House", A Second Treasury of Contemporary Houses, 1959. "Columbia Lighting Incorporated Advertisement, 1977", AIA Journal, 66: 11, 26-27, 10/1977. American Architects Directory, 1956, First Edition: 40, 1955. "The 1969 Honor Awards", American Institute of Architects Journal, 51: 1969-06. "Good News To Transportation Planners, Automatic Train Control Successful", American Institute of Architects Journal, 56: 6, 12, 12/1971. "People: William Wilson Wurster", Architectural Forum, 91: 2, 16, 8/1949. "40 Stores", Architectural Forum, 88: 93-144, 1948-05. "'Architectural Forum'is sponsored by Macy's in San Francisco", Architectural Forum, 91: 3, 14, 9/1949. "40 Stores", Architectural Forum, 88: 93-144, 1948-05. "People", Architectural Forum, 91: 5, 16, 11/1949. "A seemingly artless vacation house gives well-directed views and three-way exposure to every major room", Architectural Forum, 91: 2, 80-82, 1949-08. "Wurster Portrait", Architectural Forum, 91: 3, 44, 9/1949. "Awards of Merit Ghirardelli Square", Architectural Record, 140: 1, 43, 1966-07. "Recent Work of William Wilson Wurster", Architectural Record, 133: 1, 112-115, 01/1963. "Four Public Libraries", Architectural Record, 180-181, 09/1967. "Recent Work of William Wilson Wurster", Architectural Record, 133: 1, 107-111, 01/1963. "California Note: Good Teamwork, Good House", Architectural Record, 119: 5, 144-147, 1956-Mid-05. "Genetrix: Personal Contributions to American Architecture", Architectural Review, 121: 341, 1957-05. Halprin, Lawrence, "A Statement by Lawrence Halprin on the Fountain Sculpture in Ghirardelli Square", Architecture / West, 16, 1968-05. "News +", Architecture Plus, 1: 10, 19, 11/1973. McCallum, Ian, Architecture U.S.A, 72, 1959. Ronchi, Lisa, "Profilo di un Architetto Americano, William Wilson Wurster", Architettura, 33, 1957-05. Beach, John, "The Bay Area Tradition 1910-1918", Bay Area Houses, 76, 1988. "Ariston Spiral Stairs for Residences", Book of Homes, 12: 4, Spring/Summer 1956. Peters, Richard C., "L'architetto Williiam Wilson Wurster", Casabella, 258: 21, 1960-04. College of Environmental Design, University of California, Campus Planning, and Architectural Practice, 1964. "Wohnhaus Kelso:, Kentfield / Kalifornien", Deutsche Bauzeitung, 183-184, 1961-03. Venuti, Silvia, "Wurster and California", Domus, 777, 103-110, 12/1995. Barnes, Edward Larrabee, Edward Larrabee Barnes Architect, 18-19, 1994. Perini Land and Development Company, Golden Gateway proposal by Perini-San Francisco Associates, 1960. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, "Warren Gregory House, 1903-06", Guide to Architecture in San Francisco and Northern California, 258, 1985. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, "Medical Plaza", Guide to Architecture in San Francisco and Northern California, 160, 1985. "Mezzanine Houses", House and Home, 1: 2, 74-78, 02/1952. Bednar, Michael J., Interior Pedestrian Places, 92, 1989. "Contemporary Regional Architecture", Journal of San Diego History, 8: 3, 114-119, 09/1947. "Honors Awards Luncheon", Journal of the American Institute of Architects, 46: 3, 67, 09/1966. "Group Portrait, 79th Annual AIA Convention", Journal of the American Institute of Architects, 7: 6, 275, 06/1947. "Award of Merit Wurster Bernardi & Emmons", Journal of the American Institute of Architects, 46: 1, 46-47, 07/1966. "Newslines: Emmons Resigns as BART's Consulting Architect; Charges Absence of Architectural Considerations", Journal of the American Institute of Architects, 46: 5, 12, 11/1966. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 99, 1994. "The Bank of America, San Francisco, California", Marble Architectural Awards USA 1985, 27-28, front cover, 1985. Mid-Century Architecture in America, 141, 1961. Mid-Century Architecture in America, 154-155, 1961. Eckardt, Wolf Von, "Wurster, Bernardi and Emmons", Mid-Century Architecture in America, 194, 1961. Eckardt, Wolf Von, "Wurster, Bernardi and Emmons", Mid-Century Architecture in America, 215, 1961. Eckardt, Wolf Vonj, "Wurster, Bernardi and Emmons", Mid-Century Architecture in America, 214, 1961. "W.W. Wurster, Architect, Dies", New York Times, 09/21/1973. "Emmons House, Mill Valley", Pacific Architect and Builder, 15, 08/1956. Ford, Katherine Morrow, Creighton, Thomas, Quality Budget Houses, 58-59, 1954. Whiting, Sam, "Light of Day minus the Central Freeway, a block re-emerges", San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, 8, 9/21/2003. Eckbo, Garrett, Urban Landscape Design, 22, 1964. "Prestressed Concrete in the West", Western Architect and Engineer, 221: 1, 22-25, 34-35, 01/1961. "Editorial", Western Architect and Engineer, 221: 1, 1, 01/1961.

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