William P. Coburn Collection
Scope and Contents
The William P. Coburn Collection consists of drawings documenting 13 projects of primarily residential architecture and landscape designs. There are also two commercial projects of which Coburn designed the signage for storefronts in Oakland, CA.
Dates
- 1977-1983
Access Statement
Collection is open for research. Many of the Environmental Design Archives collections are stored offsite and advance notice is required for use.
Publication Rights
All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from materials in the collection should be discussed with the Curator.
Biographical Note
William P. Coburn, born in 1944, is an architect based in Berkeley, CA. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Massachusetts College of Arts in 1966, and a Masters in Architecture from Harvard School of Design in 1971. In 1978, Coburn opened his firm in the San Francisco Bay Area. Coburn’s projects are primarily based in the East Bay and Contra Costa County, but there have also been projects in Seattle, WA; Martha’s Vineyard, MA; Hong Kong; and India. Coburn’s practice focuses on creating designs that include existing urban and cultural contexts, and solutions to environmental problems. Coburn’s work includes residential projects, historic preservation, multi-family homes, and landscape design.
William P. Coburn is also the author of “A Northern California Modernist Architect,” published by Archetype in Fall 1980.
Sources:
“About Firm.” William P. Coburn, Architect, 2013, wcoburn.freeservers.com/about.html. Accessed 20 February
2020.
William Pierce Coburn, prabook.com. Accessed 20 February 2020.
Extent
2 Linear Feet: (2 flat files)
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- William P. Coburn Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Gabrielle T. Clement
- Date
- 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of California, Berkeley. College of Environmental Design. Environmental Design Archives Repository