Drawing Building
- On the Register
- since Nov 18, 1976
- Style
- Bay Area Tradition
- Built
- 1914
- Architect
- John Galen Howard
- Significant for
- Education, Architecture
- Importance
- Local
- Type
- Building
- Where
- Hearst Ave., University of California campus, Berkeley, CA
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About
The Drawing Building, also called the Naval Architecture Building, is a historical building in Berkeley, California. The Drawing Building was built in 1914. The building and its site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 18, 1976. The Drawing Building was designed by architect John Galen Howard. The Naval Architecture Building is on the University of California Berkeley and is part of Blum Hall Complex, or Richard C. Blum Hall, completed in 2010, after Richard C. Blum. In 2004 the Naval Architecture Building was seismically updated, also a new three-story wing was built, desigened by Gensler Architects.
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Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 123858202 · Wikidata.