Modernism: Born in California

Modernism: Born in California features works made throughout the long careers of architects Ernest and Esther Born, from their time as architecture students at UC Berkeley Architecture in the 1920s through the days of urban renewal in the 1960s. Through their photography, architectural work, curatorial activities, and graphic design, the Borns visualized and framed the new “look” of a world dramatically changed by the economic and social disruptions of modernization in the early decades of the 20th century. Although the Borns ultimately built very little, their influence on the image of Northern California “modernism” is outsized.

The exhibition is free and open to the public during Environmental Design Library hours.