William L. Pereira and Associates project workbooks for the University of California, Irvine campus 1962

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William L. Pereira and Associates project workbooks for the University of California, Irvine campus 1962

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This collection comprises five project workbooks documenting the preliminary planning of the University of California, Irvine campus by the architectural firm William L. Pereira and Associates. Pereira and Associates presented the workbooks to the University of California Regents in 1962 for final approval of the campus plan. The workbooks show the evolution of concepts for the campus's layout. They contain status reports, maps, schematic and architectural plans, and drawings.

1.6 linear feet; (3 boxes)

eng,

University of California, Irvine. Library. Department of Special Collections

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SNAC Resource ID: 6653026

University of California, Irvine. Library. Department of Special Collections

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The University of California, Irvine (UCI or UC Irvine)is a public research university located in Irvine, California. It is one of the 10 campuses in the University of California (UC) system. UC Irvine offers 87 undergraduate degrees and 129 graduate and professional degrees. The university is classified as a Research I university and in 2017 had $361 million in research and development expenditures, according to the National Science Foundation. UC Irvine became a member of the Association of Am...

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In the late 1950s, Architect William Pereira was hired by the University of California (UC) Regents to help identify a suitable site in the Southeast Los Angeles-Orange County area for the next UC campus. The site chosen was the 93,000 acre Irvine Ranch, 1,000 acres of which were dedicated to the new campus. Pereira was hired to be the master architect of both the UC Irvine (UCI) campus and the City of Irvine. With input from UCI Chancellor Daniel Aldrich and UC Presiden...