Join us for a lecture with Wonne Ickx, 2025 Howard Friedman Visiting Professor of Practice and co-founder of the Mexico City–based firm PRODUCTORA.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Wonne Ickx comes to CED as the spring 2025 Howard Friedman Visiting Professor of Practice. Howard A. Friedman (1918–1988), FAIA, graduated from UC Berkeley in 1949 (AB Architecture) and taught in the architecture department from 1966 to 1988. Established in 1991 by Phyllis Friedman, the visiting professorship intends to advance Professor Friedman’s philosophy of “humanistic architecture” and enhance the liaison between the college and the profession.
Ickx is co-founder of the Mexico City–based firm PRODUCTORA, which he leads with Carlos Bedoya, Victor Jaime, and Abel Perles. The firm has received many awards, including the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize for Emerging Architects and the Oscar Niemeyer Prize for Latin American Architecture. PRODUCTORA’s work is distinguished by an interest in precise geometries, the production of clearly legible projects with limited gestures, and the search for timeless buildings in material and spatial resolutions.
Sponsored by the Department of Architecture. If you require accommodations to fully participate in this event, please contact Boban Zarkovich at least 10 days prior to the event.
Friedman Visiting Professorship
Howard A. Friedman, FAIA, graduated from UC Berkeley in 1949 (A.B. Architecture). He joined the architecture department in 1966 as a lecturer after building a distinguished private architectural practice in the Bay Area. In 1979 he became a full-time member of the CED faculty while continuing his private practice, and served as chair of the architecture department from 1986 until his death in 1988.
To celebrate Professor Friedman’s commitment to the University of California and his contributions to the architectural profession, his wife Phyllis Friedman established the Howard A. Friedman Visiting Professorship in the Practice of Architecture Fund. Since 1991, income from the fund has brought distinguished practitioners of architecture to teach at the College of Environmental Design. Holders of the visiting professorship teach and counsel students and enhance the liaison between the college and the profession.
The visiting professorship intends to advance Professor Friedman’s values and philosophy of “humanistic architecture.” Specifically, holders contribute to increased understanding of the building delivery system and its relationship to design, function, technology, time, money, and cultural and social responsibility. The visiting professorship promotes Professor Friedman’s belief that architects need to acquire a broad base of knowledge in order to contribute effectively to the construction industry and ensure an ever-improving practice of architecture.
