Mario J. Ciampi

Mario Joseph Ciampi
Born	April 27, 1907 San Francisco, California
Died	July 6, 2006 San Rafael, California
Nationality	American
Awards	1959 and 1961 American Institute of Architects
Work
Practice	M.J.C. and Associates
Buildings	Berkeley Art Museum, 1970

Mario Joseph Ciampi (April 27, 1907 - July 6, 2006) was an American architect and urban planner best known for his modern design influence on public spaces and buildings in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Biography

Born April 27, 1907, in San Francisco, California, Ciampi soon moved to Sonoma, California, with his family. His father was a wine grower.

Ciampi studied in the graduate architecture program of Harvard University from 1930–1932, and at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1933. He founded his design firm, M.J.C. and Associates, in 1945.

He died age 99 on July 6, 2006, of heart failure in San Rafael, California.

Works

• University (Berkeley) Art Museum (now the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive), 1970. Berkeley, California [1].
• Westmoor High School, 1956. Daly City, California (with landscape architect Lawrence Halprin). [2]
• Sonoma Elementary School. Sonoma, California.
• Marjorie H. Tobias (Vista Mar) Elementary School, 1958. Daly City, California. [3]
• Corpus Christi Catholic Church. San Francisco, CA
• Newman Hall, Berkeley, CA [4]
• Interstate Highway 280 between San Francisco and San Jose, California

Marjorie H. Tobias Elementary School, Daly City, California

External links

• San Francisco Chronicle article on Ciampi
• San Francisco Chronicle article on Ciampi
• San Francisco Chronicle obituary
• Berkeley Art Museum
• picture by Ciampi of Westmoor High School

Persondata
Name	Ciampi, Mario J.
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	April 27, 1907
Place of birth	San Francisco, California
Date of death	July 6, 2006
Place of death	San Rafael, California