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William Wilson Wurster
Black and white profile showing head and shoulders of William Wurster, a prominent Bay Area architect. Wurster is dressed in a light-colored suit with a dark tie.
Born(1895-10-20)October 20, 1895
Stockton, California
DiedSeptember 19, 1973(1973-09-19) (aged 77)[1]
Berkeley, California
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley (1919)
OccupationArchitect
SpouseCatherine Bauer Wurster
Children1 daughter
PracticeWurster, Bernardi & Emmons (WBE)
Buildings
  • 555 California Street
  • Ghirardelli Square
  • CASBS

William Wilson Wurster (October 20, 1895 – September 19, 1973) was an American architect and architectural teacher at the University of California, Berkeley, and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, best known for his residential designs in California.[2]

  1. ^ "William Wilson Wurster (Architect)". Pacific Coast Architectural Database. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
  2. ^ "USModernist Archives". usmodernist.org. Retrieved January 19, 2024.

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