To All Officers and Organizers,

We have our officer meeting this Thursday. As usual, we will meet in
Wurster lobby at 6:30pm and walk down to Raleigh's or any other restaurant where we can talk.We have a lot to discuss including: our 5th General Meeting, elections, upcoming events, re-evaluation of our events so far, etc.

Sincerely,

Kate & Mike

p.s. If any of you still want to submit logo designs, please do so asap.

HAVENS HOUSE TOUR - April 25, 2004

Drawing of Weston Havens House, Berkeley CA

On Sunday, April 25, 2004 BUSSA members joined Architecture History Professor Kathleen James-Chakraborty and a few Architecture170b students for a tour of the historic Weston Havens House.

Located on Panoramic Way above the UC Berkeley campus, the house was built c.
1941 by architect Hamilton Harwell Harris (1903-1990). The Havens House is considered his masterpiece. Its unique use of inverted gables and dramatic geometric forms earned the house its reputation as one of the greatest examples of Modernist residential architecture. The house also offers stunning views of the San Francisco Bay and a beautiful courtyard. The University of California is currently in the process
of purchasing the house, and a restoration is planned.

Special thanks go out to BUSSA co-chair Kate Grindlay and Professor James-Chakraborty and our tour guide, Weston Haven's friend Sergio, for making this great event possible.

Photos are below:

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font size="1" face="Arial">view from the house, group on the balcony, carmen and another balcony view

living room, dining room, view of top of staircase

nick in the mirror, staircase looking up, sergio describing the master bedroom to the prof, her son, and jeanine

 

view of house from courtyard, view of courtyard, view of bridge connecting house with street

group in the courtyard, group in the bridge

the staircase from the bridge to the street, a view of the courtyard from the roof

an inside look at the houses inverted gables, sergio talks to kate on the roof

SF MOMA Trip

On Thursday, April 14th some of the members of BUSSA headed over to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art to view a photographic exhibit on the last years of the town of Monticello, Ca, before it was destroyed to make way for Berryessa Resevoir. The photos were taken in 1956 by Dorothea Lange and Pirkle Jones.

After checking out the exhibit the group headed to the Mission District for some good burritos. Thanks to Rudy for planning the trip! Photos are below
(click to view larger image)



the san francisco museum of modern art (moma)

night view of metreon from MOMA, mike, julia, and chris on the MOMA balcony


rudy does some unique poses from across the moma rotunda

nick,chris, and julia with rudy in the background
...and a group photo (back row) mike, nick, rudy (front) kate, julia, chris

julia (left) and kate's out-of-town friend enjoy some burritos in the mission district after moma

Graduate Student-Undergraduate Student Mixer

With the promise of free pizza and drinks, dozens of City Planning Graduate Students, Urban Studies Majors, and City Planning Minors gathered together in the Wurster Lobby for DCRP's first Graduate-Undergraduate Mixer. Thanks to everyone who helped plan BUSSA's first large event! It was a great success.

Photos below (click to see larger version):