Selected Press Articles

Digital Documents

Beverly Willis: A Biographical Essay
Beverly Willis: A Biographical Essay
Engineering News Record, August 31, 2018
Engineering News Record, August 31, 2018
Architecture Record, August 23, 2018
Architecture Record, August 23, 2018
Architecture Record, June 23, 2018
Architecture Record, June 23, 2018
Architect Magazine, June 11, 2018
Architect Magazine, June 11, 2018
Dezeen, June 11, 2018
Dezeen, June 11, 2018
Architect Magazine, June 2018
Architect Magazine, June 2018
Press release for Unknown New York film, May 2018
Press release for Unknown New York film, May 2018
6sqft, January 3, 2018
6sqft, January 3, 2018
Competition Magazine, July-Sept. 2017
Competition Magazine, July-Sept. 2017

Digitized Articles


Interiors, May 1999
Interiors, May 1999
Interiors, May 1999

New York Times Magazine, February 1998
New York Times Magazine, February 1998
New York Times Magazine, February 1998

AIArchitect, February 1998
AIArchitect, February 1998

ACADIA Quarterly, 1997
ACADIA Quarterly, 1997
ACADIA Quarterly, 1997

Metropolis, September 1994
Metropolis, September 1994
Metropolis, September 1994

Inland Architect January/February 1991.
Inland Architect
January/February 1991.
Inland Architect January/February 1991.
Inland Architect January/February 1991.
Inland Architect January/February 1991.
Inland Architect January/February 1991.

Inland Architect, March/April 1989.
Inland Architect, March/April 1989.
Inland Architect, March/April 1989.
Inland Architect, March/April 1989.
Inland Architect, March/April 1989.
Inland Architect, March/April 1989.
Inland Architect, March/April 1989.

Theatre Design and Technology Summer 1987
Theatre Design
and Technology
Summer 1987
Theatre Design and Technology Summer 1987
Theatre Design and Technology Summer 1987
Theatre Design and Technology Summer 1987

Home, May 1986
Home, May 1986
Home, May 1986
Home, May 1986
Home, May 1986

Savvy, November 1982
Savvy, November 1982
Savvy, November 1982
Savvy, November 1982
Savvy, November 1982
Savvy, November 1982

Engineering News Record, November 1976
Engineering News Record, November 1976
Engineering News Record
Engineering News Record
Engineering News Record

California Living, Feb. 1971
California Living, Feb. 1971
California Living, Feb. 1971
California Living, Feb. 1971

Projects Published by Date

  • Gould, Kira L. “New York City’s Cool Schools.” AIArchitect May 1999.
    Project: Manhattan Village Academy, New York, New York (#0807)
  • Moed, Andrea. “Class Conscious.” Interiors May 1999: 62-63.
    Project: Manhattan Village Academy, New York, New York (#0807)
  • Green, Harris “Dancescape.” Dance Magazine February 1998: 12.
  • Merkel, Jayne. “Back to School.” Oculus September 1995: 10-13.
    Project: Manhattan Village Academy, New York, New York (#0807)
  • Thrush, Glenn. “Visionaries in Exile – New York’s Small School Movement.” Metropolis Magazine Sept. 1994: 5.
    Project: Manhattan Village Academy, New York, New York (#0807)
  • Oliver, Joan Duncan. “Bathed in Glory.” The New York Times Magazine 24 January 1993: 35.
  • Mann, Lian Hurst. “Forest.” Architecture California November 1993: 52.
  • Davidson, Cynthia Chapin. “Ballet Building Takes the Stage.” Inland Architect March/April 1989: 59-63.
    Project: San Francisco Ballet Building, San Francisco, California (#0753)
  • Lewis, Barbara. “Rimless Pool Seems to Glide Right into Vineyard.” Sunset September 1989: 86.
    Project: River Run Residence, St. Helena, California (#0810)
  • Freeman, Allen. “City Beautiful Civic Center.” Architecture December 1988: 82-85.
    Project: San Francisco Ballet Building, San Francisco, California (#0753)
  • Lewis, Barbara. “Compact and Wide Open to the Living Area.” Sunset June 1988: 106.
    Project: Greenwich Apartment, San Francisco, California (#0813)
  • Lewis, Barbara. “Fool-the-Eye Book Nook.” Sunset May 1988: 188.
    Project: Greenwich Apartment, San Francisco, California (#0813)
  • Staff Writer. “Homes 88.” Northwest Portfolio October l988: 18.
    Project: River Run Residence, St. Helena, California (#0810)
  • Nelson, Christina. “Modern Retreats.” Home 1986: 58-61.
    Project: River Run, St. Helena, California (#0810)
  • Nelson, Chris. “Powder Room Poise.” Home August l986: 70-74.
    Project: River Run Residence, St. Helena, California (#0810)
  • Stockman, Leslie Ensor. “Builder’s Choice 1985 Design and Planning.” Builder 1985: 161.
    Project: River Run, St. Helena, California (#0810)
  • Parman, John. “Inner City Setting for Play.” Architecture California 1984: 20.
    Project: Margaret S. Hayward Playground Building, San Francisco, California (#0716)
  • Green, Lois Wagner. “The Willis Way.” California Living 11 December 1983: 38-40.
    Project: The San Francisco Ballet, San Francisco, California (#0753)
  • “Project Reference File: Green Valley.” The Urban Land Institute July-September 1981.
    Project: Green Valley, Henderson, Nevada (#0745)
  • Staff Writer. “Apartments in Town.” Building Progress 1977: 6.
    Project: Vine Terrace Apartments (Nob Hill Court), San Francisco, California (#0594)
  • McGrath, David J. “A-E Firm Computerized Path to Large-Scale Housing.” Engineering News-Record 4 November 1976: cover story.
    Project: Aliamanu Family Housing, Honolulu, Hawaii (#0660)
  • Staff Writer. “Vine Terrace: An Architect’s Answer to In-City Housing.” Pacific Coast Builder 1976: 22, 24.
    Project: Vine Terrace Apartments (Nob Hill Court), San Francisco, California (#0594)
  • “Apartments, Townhouses Designed for Families in New Combined Military Community.” Multi-Housing News 1976: 44-45.
    Project: Aliamanu Project, Honolulu, Hawaii (#0660)
  • Staff Writer. “Vine Terrace: An Architect’s Answer to In-City Housing.” Western Building Design 1976: 14-15.
    Project: Vine Terrace Apartments, (Nob Hill Court), San Francisco, California (#0594)
  • Staff Writer. “Three Rental Winners.” House and Home 1976: 86-87.
    Project: Vine Terrace Apartments, (Nob Hill Court), San Francisco, California (#0594)
  • Staff Writer. “Low-Rise Multis Seen as Best Solution for New City Housing.” Apartment Construction News 1976: 19.
    Project: Vine Terrace Complex (Nob Hill Court), San Francisco, California (#0594)
  • Hart, Leslie. “Captures City Ok: Overwhelms Local Project Resistance.” Homebuilding Business 1974: 1, 6.
    Project: Diamond Heights, San Francisco, California (#0570, #0629)
  • Staff Writer. “Sure the View’s Great…But This Site Posed Plenty of Problems.” House and Home October 1974: 64, 66.
    Project: Diamond Heights, San Francisco, California (#0570, #0629)
  • Ryder, Sharon Lee. “Getting at the Issues.” Progressive Architecture 1974: 82-87.
    Project: Environmental Impact – Methodology
  • Marlin, William. “The Streets of Camelot.” The Architectural Forum 1973: 26-38.
    Project: Union Street Shops, San Francisco, California
  • “Economic Probes, Key to Developer’s Success, Enhanced by Computers.” Building Design & Construction June 1972: 44-46.
    Project: Computerized Land Planning (#0816)
  • Staff Writer. “All Set for Another 58 Years.” Building Progress 1968: 8.
    Project: Gavello Building, San Francisco, California (#0245)
  • MacDonald, Ken. “Brick-‘Aged’ by Asphalt.” Masonry Industry 1968: 14-16.
    Project: Gavello Building, San Francisco, California (#0245)
  • Staff Writer. “The Refinishing Touch.” Buildings October 1967: 70-71.
    Project: Trans-America Building (#0373)
  • Staff Writer. “New Respectability for a Relic of the Barbary Coast.” Building Progress 1967: 12-13.
    Project: Campbell-Ewald Building, San Francisco, California (#0221, #0234, #0262)
  • Staff Writer. “Steel on the Coast.” Building Construction 1967: 53-54.
    Project: Gavello Building, San Francisco, California (#0245)
  • “Recapturing Past with Aged Look and New Materials.” California Architecture 1967: 22-23, 27-28.
    Project: Gavello Building, San Francisco, California (#0245)
  • MacDonald, Kenneth R. “Lighting Helps Restore Old Building.” Lighting 1967: 44-45.
    Project: Campbell-Ewald Building, San Francisco, California (#0221, #0234, #0262)
  • Staff Writer. “New Store Design Hikes Volume.” Liquor Store 1966: 32-35.
    Project: Mike Rossi Liquors, Mountain View, California (#0249)
  • Staff Writer. “Designing a Profit-Maker.” Masonry Industry 2 November 1966: 12-14, 20.
    Project: Trans-America Building (#0373)
  • MacDonald, Kenneth R. “Barbary Coast Dance Hall Is Now an Office Building.” The Office March 1966: 82-84, 89-90, 93.
    Project: Campbell-Ewald Building, San Francisco, California (#0221, #0234, #0262)
  • Staff Writer. “Lath-Plaster Updates San Francisco Relic for Ad Agency.” Plastering Industries June 1966: 15-16.
    Project: Campbell-Ewald Building, San Francisco, California (#0221, #0234, #0262)
  • Staff Writer. “Victorian Image Retained through Planned Renovation.” Building Maintenance and Modernization 12 December 1965: 10-12, 42.
    Project: Campbell-Ewald Building, San Francisco, California (#0221, #0234, #0262)
  • Guiney, Timothy J. “How to Succeed by Selling ‘On’ Brands.’ Beverage Industry News 15 October 1965: 8-9.
    Project: Mike Rossi Liquors, Mountain View, California (#0249)
  • Staff Writer. “Retailer of the Month – Harbor Bottle Shop.” Patterson’s California Beverage Gazetteer 25 October 1965: 69.
    Project: Harbor Bottle Shop, San Jose, California (#0223)
  • Staff Writer. “Design Skill Rehabilitates Old San Francisco Building.” American Journal of Building Design 1 July 1965: 10-15.
    Project: Campbell-Ewald Building, San Francisco, California (#0221, #0234, #0262)
  • Goldrath, Bert. “A Store That Sells Up.” Liquor Store May 1964: 42-45 [about Daly City, California location]
    Project: The Jug Shop, Daly City, California (#0176)
  • Staff Writer. “Campbell-Ewald Refurbishes Building on Barbary Coast.” Advertising Age 6 April 1964: 104.
    Project: Campbell-Ewald Building, San Francisco, California (#0221, #0234, #0262)
  • Staff Writer. “Save Mart Combines Discount Psychology with Elegance.” Progressive Grocer March 1963 pg. 68-69, 126, 128, 130.
    Project: Save Mart Stores, California (#0196, #0236)
  • Staff Writer. “The Jug Shop.” Package Store Management May 1963: 20-21. [about Burlingame, California location]
    Project: Jug Shop, Burlingame, California (#0294)
  • Rossi, Robert. “United Vintners Expands Its Madera Premises.” Wines and Vines September 1962: 24-27.
    Project: United Vintners, Madera, California (#0198)
  • Staff Writer. “Save Mart Super – First of its Kind in Modesto.” Pacific Coast Review August 1962: 18-19, 38.
    Project: Save Mart Stores, California (#0196, #0236)
  • Staff Writer. “Sid’s Newest Has Something for Everyone.” Progressive Grocer March 1962: 52-57.
    Project: Sid’s Stores (#0103, #0109, #0125, #0126, #0138, #0143, #0155, #0157, #0158, #0160, #0161)
  • Staff Writer. “Dozens of New Ideas in Sid’s Two New Stores.” Nargus Bulletin November 1961: 28-31.
    Project: Sid’s Stores (#0103, #0109, #0125, #0126, #0138, #0143, #0155, #0157, #0158, #0160, #0161)

Project Citations

  • Oliver, Joan Duncan. “Bathed in Glory.” The New York Times Magazine 24 January 1993: 35.
  • Nelson, Chris. “Powder Room Poise.” Home August l986: 70-74.
    Project: River Run Residence, St. Helena, California (#0810)
  • Staff Writer. “Design News: Redevelopment Renascent in the City by the Bay.” Architectural Record July 1984: 49.
    Project: Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, California (#0752)
  • Heymont, George. “Ballet Baron Richard E. LeBlond.” The Executive 8 Nov. 1983: SF4.
    Project: San Francisco Ballet Building, San Francisco, California (#0753)
  • Hilker, Collen. “Home for the San Francisco Ballet.” Scene 1 July/Aug. 1982: 31.
    Project: San Francisco Ballet Building, San Francisco, California (#0753)
  • MacDonald, Kenneth. “Case History I: Computer Aids in Project Design Helps Allay Community Opposition.” National Real Estate Investor 19 Dec. 1977: 26.
    Project: CARLA (#0816)
  • Staff Writer. “San Francisco’s Magic Time Machine.” San Francisco Business 8 Oct. 1973: 8-14.
    Project: Union Street, San Francisco, California
  • “Northern California AIA Design Awards Honor 17 Projects in 1967 Program.” Architecture/West 74 July 1968: 11.
    Project: Union Street, San Francisco, California
  • Staff Writer. “Sid’s No. 8 Draws Industry Attention.” California Grocers Advocate 63 16 May 1958: 20, 21.
    Project: Sid’s Stores (#0103, #0109, #0125, #0126, #0138, #0143, #0155, #0157, #0158, #0160, #0161)
  • Thomas, Lynn. “Restored Commercial Buildings: How the City Saves Face.” San Francisco 10 Mar. 1968: 27.
    Project: Union Street, San Francisco, California
  • Staff Writer. “1966 Citations for Modernization Excellence.” Buildings 60 Dec. 1966: 37.
    Project: Trans-America Building (#0373)
  • “21 City Scenes.” House Beautiful 107 Aug. 1965: 72, 73.
    Project: Union Street, San Francisco, California
  • Kroeger, Albert R. “Television San Francisco.” Television XXI Nov. 1964: 33.
    Project: Campbell-Ewald Building (#0221, #0234, #0262)
  • Staff Writer. “Unusual Ideas in Piedmont’s Skyline Market.” Nargus Bulletin L Mar. 1963: 20.
    Project: Piedmont Grocery (#0180, #0212, #0300)
  • Staff Writer. “Modern Stores Gallery.” Nargus Bulletin XLIX Feb. 1962: 38.
    Project: Sid’s Stores (#0103, #0109, #0125, #0126, #0138, #0143, #0155, #0157, #0158, #0160, #0161)
  • Staff Writer. “The Impact of Color and Design in the Supermarket.” Progressive Grocer 40 Dec. 1961: 59.
    Project: Sid’s Stores (#0103, #0109, #0125, #0126, #0138, #0143, #0155, #0157, #0158, #0160, #0161)
  • Gutmanis, Ivars. “Royal Hawaiian Liquors.” Hawaii Industry 5 Apr. 1960: 44, 45.
    Project: Royal Hawaiian Liquors (#0129, #0149, #0162)

Articles About Beverly Willis

  • 2001 – 2003: Co-founded and directed Rebuild Downtown Our Town (R.Dot). Articles that referenced R.Dot, ARI, and Beverly Willis were published in many newspapers and magazines such as Architectural Record, Associated Press, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, New York Observer, Newsday, US News and World Report, national and international television such as CNN, NBC, Voice of America, WB News Fox News, BBC, Irish Broadcasting, Japan TV, Canadian TV, Glasgow Herald, and many others.
  • Lerner, Kevin. “R.Dot recommends new retail corridors in Lower Manhattan.” Architecture Record March 2003
  • Mellins, Tom. “Symposium looks to the Grands Travaux for inspiration in rebuilding Lower Manhattan.” Architecture Record November 2002
  • Szenasy, Susan. “Experience Mapping.” Metropolis Magazine September/October 2002
  • Rogers, Pat. “Renaissance Woman Looking Ahead.” Southampton Press 2000
  • Staff Writer. “Challenging Historic Truths.” Progressive Architecture June 1995: 69-70.
  • Dietch, Deborah. “Muses, Furies, and Goddesses.” Architecture Magazine May 1995: 15.
  • Haar, Sharon and Clare Weisz. “Inherited Ideologies: A Reexamination.” Oculus June 1995: 5.
  • Thompson, Julie. “Shifting Perspectives.” Update October 1993: 10.
  • Davidson, Cynthia Chapin. “Beverly Willis – One Woman’s Story.” Inland Architect January / February 1991: 48-51.
  • MacKenzie, Janis. “Success By Her Own Rights.” San Francisco Business 19 Aug. 1984: 25.
  • Powell, Jim. “Ways and Means: Beverly Willis Listens.” Savvy 3 Nov. 1982: 46-50.
  • Staff Writer. “Honorary Degrees Awarded.” Mount Holyoke Alumnae Quarterly LXV Summer 1981: 31.
  • Staff Writer. “Willis Says CCAIA’s Accomplishments Mean Strong Professional Organization.” Building News 34 16 Nov. 1979: 1.
  • Marlin, William. “She Strives for ‘Affable, Affordable Buildings’.” The Christian Science Monitor 20 Oct. 1977: 27.
  • Bell, Joseph N. “The Architect as Visionary.” Signature 12 Mar. 1977: 37, 38, 40,41,68,69.
  • Rochlin, Harriet. “From High Rises to Restaurants: Seven Architects Break Ground.” Ms. V Dec. 1976: 15.
  • Putney, Michael. “Everyone Needs a Corner of the World.” The National Observer 15 13 Nov. 1976: 11.
  • Marlin, William. “City Shapers.” The Architectural Forum 138 April 1973: 42, 43.

Books, Citations of Work

  • Anthony, Kathryn H. Designing for Diversity, Gender, Race, and Diversity in the Architectural Profession. University of Illinois Press, Urbana and Chicago, 2001: 5, 45, 54, 209.
  • Lorenz, Clare. Women in Architecture. Trefoil Books Ltd, London, 1990: 134.
  • Lorenz, Clare. Women in Architecture. Rizzoli, New York, 1990: 134.
  • Mazzurco, Phillip. Bath Design: Concepts, Ideas, Projects. New York: Quarto Marketing Ltd., 1986.
    Project: River Run, St. Helena, California (#0810)
  • Beebe, Morton, et al., eds. San Francisco. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1985.
    Projects: San Francisco Ballet Building (#0753) and Union Street, San Francisco, California
  • Armstrong, Leslie and Roger Morgan. Space for Dance. Washington, D.C.: Publishing Center for Cultural Resources, 1984.
    Project: San Francisco Ballet Building, San Francisco, California (#0753)
  • Woodbridge, Sally B. and John M. Woodbridge. Architecture: San Francisco. The Guide. San Francisco: 101 Productions, 1982.
    Projects: Yerba Buena Center and Gardens (#0752), Nob Hill Court (#0594), Margaret Hayward Playground/Building (#0716), San Francisco Ballet Center (#0753), Koret of California (#0399), San Francisco, California
  • Spence, William P. Architecture: Design. Engineering. Drawing. Illinois: McKnight and McKnight, 1972.
    Project: Contributing Author to Chapter 15, “Grocery Stores”
  • The Junior League of San Francisco, Inc. Here Today: San Francisco’s Architectural Heritage. Chronicle Books, 1968.
    Project: Union Street, San Francisco, California

Citations of Beverly Willis

  • Fillip, Janice. “Architecture as an Image.” Architecture June 1989: 18-25.
  • Barber, Jean. “Spotlight on Beverly Willis FAIA.” Women-in-Architecture Issue 2, October 1988. American Institute of Architects, Washington, D.C.
  • Rosch, Leah. “Modern Day Mentors.” Working Woman August 1987: 55-58.
  • Staff Writer. “Conversation: Beverly A. Willis, FAIA.” Architecture California 7 Jan./Feb. 1985: 16,17.
  • Emrich, Ann Freeman. “Alumnae Life.” Alpha Phi Quarterly LXLII Winter 1980: 17, 18.
  • Staff Writer. “A Market for Marketers.” Building Design and Construction 15 Sept. 1974: 42, 43.
  • Cano, William. “The Golden Gait: The People Who Set The Pace.” After Dark 7 Aug. 1974: 40, 41.
  • Staff Writer. “The Other Minority.” Building Design and Construction Magazine 13 July 1972: 43.
  • Staff Writer. “Small Firms’ Future.” California Architecture 3 Apr./May 1967: 8, 22.
  • Haley, Alex. “People on the Way Up.” The Saturday Evening Post 235 5 May 1962: 26.
  • Alainoto, Jean. “Industrial Design.” Hawaii Industry 3 Mar. 1958: 44-45.