Richard Whitaker is an American

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. Whitaker was one of four architects who designed The Sea Ranch. He was the teaching assistant to

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at the University of California, Berkeley. Halprin invited Whitaker along to help with the project. In 1965, he became Director of Education for the

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. He was also the Executive Director of the

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. He worked at the

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from 1967 until 1971, where he served as Director of Design. Next, he worked at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. Whitaker served as dean of the school of architecture at the

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. He developed architectural programs for colleges, practiced professionally, and consulted internationally. Today, Whitaker owns a house at Sea Ranch. The house was designed by and for Dimitri Vedensky in 1972.

Notable works

* Condominium 1

References

Living people Architects from California UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design alumni University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee faculty University of Colorado Boulder faculty University of Illinois Chicago faculty People from Sea Ranch, California Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-architect-stub