Dan Spiegel

Dan Spiegel is a Continuing Lecturer in Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley within the College of Environmental Design and Department of Architecture. He is a licensed architect in California and Hawaii and founding partner of SAW // Spiegel Aihara Workshop.

Education:

• M.Arch: Harvard University
• BA: Stanford University

Research Focus: Spiegel's work explores the productive tension between architecture and landscape architecture, deliberately moving beyond traditional disciplinary oppositions (interior/exterior, synthetic/natural, contained/continuous). His research centers on conceptions of experience over time through hybrid design practices that integrate architectural and landscape systems into unified experiential frameworks.

Scientific Recognition: SAW has received major industry accolades including:

• AIA Emerging Professionals distinction (2016)
• The League Prize from Architectural League of New York (2018)
• Architect Magazine’s Next Progressives (2018)
• Architectural Record's Design Vanguard (2019)
• Multiple national and local design awards

Academic Contributions: Spiegel teaches core architecture curriculum including Fundamentals of Architectural Design (ARCH 100A/B), Introduction to Architecture Studio (ARCH 200A/B), Integrated Design Studio (ARCH 203), and Professional Practice Colloquium (ARCH 207C), while providing secondary thesis advising. His industry recognition directly informs pedagogical approaches in design integration.

Professional Practice: As co-founder of SAW // Spiegel Aihara Workshop, he leads a practice that has redefined boundaries between architectural and landscape disciplines through award-winning projects that prioritize temporal spatial experiences over formal oppositions.