Deborah Berke

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Deborah Berke is an American architect and educator whose practice focuses on buildings that are elegant, restrained, and deeply attuned to use. Working across cultural, residential, academic, and hospitality projects, her architecture emphasizes scale, proportion, and material nuance over spectacle.

Berke’s interiors often feature careful daylighting, warm finishes, and a sense of spatial calm. Circulation is clear, transitions understated, and detailing purposeful.

Her academic leadership and writing further articulate a vision of architecture grounded in humanity, ethics, and clarity.

Deborah Berke is an American architect known for restrained, human-centered designs that emphasize comfort, proportion, and material simplicity.

Deborah Berke is an American architect known for refined, human-centered buildings defined by proportion, daylight, and understated material clarity.

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