Lynn Harrison
Faculty, School of Landscape Architecture
H. Lynn Harrison is a San Francisco based architect with over forty years of professional experience in a wide variety of projects, specializing in residential and retail interior design. He combines his architectural expertise with a background in graphic design. As an AWARD winning designer, he is recognized for his mastery of space and his inventive use of color. He has been published in numerous venues, has lectured on his design work and is active in the Bay Area design community. In his role as Preservation Director for the Art Deco Society of California, he actively campaigned for preservation of and education about local landmarks of art and architecture. As University Instructor, he has taught a range of professional courses at UC Berkeley Extension and Academy of Art University, including both undergraduate and graduate curricula.
- New Architecture San Francisco: Featured article Kiiroihana Restaurant, San Francisco, CA
- Sunset Magazine: Featured article of Cooper Residence Design
- San Francisco AIA Design Award: Cooper Residence, Tiburon, CA
- San Francisco AIA Design Award: Kiiroihana Restaurant, San Francisco, CA
- Award for Historic Renovation: Stanyan Park Hotel, San Francisco, CA
- Yerba Buena Gardens Exhibit of Buildings: Harrison Plaza Office Building, San Francisco, CA
- Preservation Director Art Deco Society of California (ADSC)
- ADSC Design Award: Harrison Plaza Office Building, San Francisco, CA
- ADSC Design Award: Piedmont Piano Company, Oakland, CA
- ADSC Design Award: Stookey’s Club Moderne, San Francisco, CA
Education
- North Carolina State University, Bachelor of Architecture
What is the best advice you received that helped you get where you are today?
An established Architect whose work I very much admired told me the real reason that he had changed the plan on a house design was that it didn’t fit on one of his standard sheet sizes. The final design was still excellent design.
What was the biggest obstacle you overcame while pursuing your career goals?
I was struggling with the concept of fitting a design into a standard sheet size without compromising any quality of design or integrity of professional service to the client
What is a resource you wish you had better utilized when you were a student?
Experiencing in person more constructed design projects by designers and educators with whom I had interactions.
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