Résumé

Draftsman, Thomson and Wilson, Architects, San Francisco, CA, 1946-1948.

Draftsman, Michael Goodman, Architect, Berkeley, CA, 1949.

Construction Superintendent, Leonard M. Tivol, San Francisco, CA, 1949-1950.

Designer, Winfield Scott Wellington, Architect, Berkeley, CA, 1950-1952.

Partner, Kolbeck, Cardwell and Christopherson, Architects, Berkeley, CA, 1960-1966.

Teaching

Part-time Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley (UCB), School of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, 1949-1952.

Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley (UCB), School of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, 1952-1953. Cardwell taught architectural design and descriptive geometry.

Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley (UCB), School of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, 1953- . Dean William Wurster appointed Cardwell Curator of the architectural drawings and art objects in the UCB Architectural Documents Collection, c. 1953. He served as the head of this archives until 1967.

Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley (UCB), School of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, -1978.

Professor, University of California, Berkeley (UCB), School of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, 1978-1982.

Professional Activities

He became a Registered Architect in the State of CA in 1949.

Member, California State Board of Architectural Examiners, Sacramento, CA, 1951.

In the early 1950s, Prof. Cardwell founded what became the College of Environmental Documents Collection, under the guidance of Dean William Wurster. He actively solicited the acquisition of architectural drawings collections, including that of Bernard Maybeck, during the 1950s and 1960s. The Maybeck Collection would form the research base for Cardwell's valuable book on Maybeck's architecture, Bernard Maybeck: Artisan, Architect, Artist, (1977).

Member, American Institute of Architects (AIA), East Bay Chapter.

Historic Resources Officer, AIA, East Bay Chapter.

President, AIA, East Bay Chapter, 1970.

Member, State of California, Historic Building Code Commission, Sacramento, CA, 1975-1980.

Member, City of Berkeley, Civic Art Commission and Board of Adjustments.

President, Berkeley Historical Society, Berkeley, CA, 1997-1999.

Professional Awards

Fellow, American Institute of Architects (FAIA).

Recipient, University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Citation for Distinguished Teaching, Berkeley, CA, 1982.

High School/College

Graduate, Redondo Union High School in Redondo Beach, CA, 1937.

B.Arch., University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Berkeley, CA, 1947.

Relocation

Cardwell and his wife had a vacation residence located in Inverness, CA.

Parents

His father was Stephen William Cardwell, his mother, Beatrice Viola Duperraul Cardwell.

Spouse

He wed Mary Sullivan in 1947. They would be married for 63 years.

Children

Mary and Kenneth had five children.