SCUP National Excellence Award Jury’s Choice for Outstanding Achievement for Integrated Planning and Design, UC Berkeley Lower Sproul Redevelopment
AIA East Bay Berkeley Design Advocates (BDA) Award, UC Berkeley Lower Sproul Redevelopment
SCUP Excellence Award, Plant Sciences District Plan, University of California, Riverside
Excellence in Structural Engineering Award of Merit, Retrofit/Alteration, UC Berkeley Lower Sproul Redevelopment
AIA Honolulu Design Award, Ruddell House
AIA California Council Honor Award for Urban Design, UC Berkeley Lower Sproul Redevelopment
American Institute of Architects Firm Award
AIA National Honor Award for Regional and Urban Design, University of British Columbia, University Boulevard
Berkeley Design Advocates Award of Excellence, Congregation Beth El
Educational Facilities Design Award of Merit, AIA Committee on Architecture for Education, University of Cincinnati Joseph A. Steger Student Life Center
Member, American Institute of Architects College of Fellows
Mario J. Violich FAIA, ASLA
Principal
“Great architecture and planning can weave building, campus, landscape and city into highly integrated and visually dynamic compositions, bridging communities and cultures.”
Mario’s projects integrate buildings, campuses, and urban landscapes, revitalizing the public realm, while preserving the natural environment. Mario is advancing an increasingly vital intersection of campus planning and community design.
For over 30 years, Mario has been an innovative leader in urban planning, architecture, and landscape architecture at Moore Ruble Yudell. His commitment to design excellence is evident at multiple scales. Across a spectrum of demographic and global geographies, his projects reshape the character of the built environment. Mario has led a broad spectrum of projects ranging from innovative master planning and urban design projects, institutional buildings for higher education, places of worship and residential homes and gardens. In Mario’s work, the interconnected scales of home, neighborhood, campus, and city all share a common attribute of linking to a broader network of systems, cultures, and ecologies. His work as Principal in Charge has focused on higher education and student life, with large scale planning and building projects at University of California, Berkeley, University of Cincinnati, Claremont McKenna College, University of Denver and University of California, Riverside.
