Done by: Eilaf Wagdy ,ID:210510045

Course: Arch 344 ,Lecturer: Arshi

Nationality: American

Buildings: Transamerica Pyramid, Geisel Library.

Design: Concrete-shelled buildings of streamlined

and expressive shapes.

His material of choice in creating his unique

geometric forms was pre-cast concrete. Working in this
medium, he could create his impressive facades
by simply attaching them as panels on to the steel frame
of the building.

Pereira had a brief stint as a Hollywood art

director. He shared an Academy Award for
Best Special Effects for
Transamerica Pyramid
the action/adventure film Reap the Wild Wind (1942)

In 1949, Pereira became a professor of architecture

at the University of Southern California.

He then formed a partnership with fellow architect

and classmate, Charles Luckman, in the early 1950s.
The firm, Pereira & Luckman, grew into one
of the nation's busiest.
Geisel Library
The duo designed some of Los Angeles's most well-known
buildings, including the famed
"Theme Building" at Los Angeles International Airport .

He parted with Luckman in 1959. Afterward,

he formed the third and final company
of his career, "William L. Pereira & Associates."
In the 1960s and 1970s,
he and his team completed over 250 projects
Theme Building

Geography:

Irvine borders Tustin to the north, Santa Ana to the northwest, Lake
Forest to the east, Laguna Hills onto the southeast, Costa Mesa to the
west, and Newport Beach to the southwest. San Diego Creek, which
flows northeast into Upper Newport Bay, is the primary watercourse
draining the city.
A planned city

The layout of Irvine was designed by Los Angeles architect William

Pereira and Irvine Company employee Raymond Watson,

it is nominally divided into townships called villages. The townships

are separated by six-lane streets. Each township contains houses of
similar design, along with commercial centers, religious institutions and
schools. Commercial districts are checker-boarded in a periphery
around the central townships.

Pereira originally envisioned a circular plan with numerous man-made

lakes and the university in the center. When the Irvine Company
refused to relinquish valuable farmland in the flat central region of the
ranch for this plan, the University site was moved to the base of
the southern coastal hills.

Traces of the original circular design are still visible in the layout of the
UCI campus and the two man-made lakes at the center of
Woodbridge, one of the central villages.
All streets have landscaping allowances. Rights-of-way for power lines
also serve as bicycle corridors, parks and greenbelts to tie together
ecological preserves.
The greenery is irrigated with reclaimed water.
restrictive areas, houses' roofing, paint colors, and landscaping are
regulated.
Older parts of the Village of Northwood that were developed beginning
in the early 1970s independently of the Irvine Company, have the
distinction of being a larger village that is not under the purview of a
homeowners' association.

The planning areas of Irvine

UCI's core campus and surrounding

areas. Aldrich Park is in the center.

Extent: 1.6 linear feet (3 boxes)

Languages: The collection is in English.
Repository: University of California, Irvine. Library. Special Collections
and Archives.Irvine, California 92623-9557
Abstract: 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.

Historical Background
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 President Clark
Kerr, Pereira conceived of the campus as two concentric rings
around which buildings would stand, with a park at the center. This
circular design would allow student residence halls to be near the
academic buildings and keep the time to walk from building to building
under ten minutes. Buildings were grouped together by function and
academic discipline.
The library, administration, and student union were situated on the
north side of campus, adjacent to the humanities and fine arts.
The science buildings were placed on the south side.