Deborah Berke
Deborah Berke is an American architect and academic. She is the founder of Deborah Berke Partners, a New York City-based design firm.
Berke has served as an adjunct professor of architectural design at Yale University since 1987; as of July 2016 she became the dean of the Yale School of Architecture, making her the first woman to head the university's School of Architecture.Life
Berke received her education at the Rhode Island School of Design. She has a bachelor's degree in both fine art and architecture. She received an honorary doctorate from the school in 2005.
In 2012, she became the first laureate of the Berkeley-Rupp Architecture Professorship and Prize.Selected works
- 1982, Rob Krier : urban projects, 1968-1982
- 1984, Visual analysis
- 1985, 32 buildings
- 1990, 30 buildings
- 1997, Architecture of the everyday
- 2008, Deborah Berke
- 2016, House rules : an architect's guide to modern life
Berke is referenced extensively in the 2017 film Columbus by director Kogonada. The female protagonist, Casey, is a fan of her work, citing Berke's Irwin Union Bank as her third favorite building.
Berke ate Beans on Toast with Ina Garten in a 2017 episode of Barefoot Contessa.
