Kaiser Center
Oakland, California
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Kaiser Center
300 Lakeside Drive
Oakland, CA 94612
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Library of Congress - HALS
Once completed, the HALS report will be available from the Library of Congress.
Architectural Visual Resources Library at University of California, Berkeley
“Kaiser Roof Garden”
The Monthly (November 2006)
Archives
Henry J. Kaiser Papers
Edgar F. Kaiser Papers
Eugene E. Trefethen Papers
Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Kaiser Roof Garden Architectural Plans
Theodore Osmundson Collection
Environmental Design Archives
University of California, Berkeley
Oakland History Room
Oakland Public Library
Cultural Heritage Survey
City of Oakland Planning Department
Custom drinking fountain designed by John Sue.
Photo © Tom Fox
“Kaiser Center Features Aerial Garden.” Landscape Design and Construction 7, no. 2 (June 1961).
Mayall, R. Newton. “Kaiser Center’s Garden in the Sky.” Horticulture 30, no. 11 (November 1962).
“New Rooftop Garden in Downtown Oakland.” Sunset (May 1961).
O’Mara, Al. “The Kaiser Center Roof Garden.” California Horticultural Society Journal 26, no. 3 (July 1965).
Osmundson, Theodore H. “The Changing Technique of Roof Garden Design.” Landscape Architecture (September 1979).
-----------------------------. Roof Gardens: History, Design, and Construction. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1997.
Osmundson, Jr, Theodore. “Kaiser Center Roof Garden.” Landscape Architecture (October 1962).
Richards, J.M. “The View from Above.” The Architectural Review 135, no. 804 (February 1964).
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