The Cal Poly Pomona College of Environmental Design is a college part of the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona). The college houses over 1,600 students; making it one of largest environmental design programs in the United States. The college offers bachelor's degrees in five departments, as well as three master's degree programs. It is the only academic unit within the California State University system to be associated with a Pritzker Prize laureate (often referred to as "The Nobel Prize in Architecture").

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Cal Poly Pomona
College of Environmental Design

Type	Public College Space Grant[1]
Established	January 1971 (1971-01)
Parent institution	California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Academic affiliations	National Architectural Accrediting Board Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
Dean	Mary Anne Alabanza Akers
Students	1,632 (Fall 2001)
Undergraduates	1,480
Postgraduates	152
Location	Pomona , California , U.S.
Website	www.cpp.edu/cenv
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The planning programs at Cal Poly Pomona evolved from the undergraduate landscape architecture program that originally was part of the School of Agriculture.^[2] After approval of the creation of a new School of Environmental Design, the landscape and urban planning programs moved into their current building in January 1971. The Department of Urban Planning was created and soon after a Department of Architecture. Department of Urban Planning was renamed "Department of Urban and Regional Planning" in 1983 to reflect an expanded program. The School was renamed the "College of Environmental Design" in 1988. The Department of Art was transferred to Environmental Design from the College of Arts in 1992.

In 1978, the College was briefly led by Richard Saul Wurman, founder of the TED (conference) and given credit for coining the term "information architect".^[3]

In the summer of 2009 the University hired former Los Angeles City Councilman and current member of the Planning Commission Michael Woo to serve as Dean of the college.

The college is housed in several buildings around campus including Building 7, designed by modernist architect Carl Maston, and the IDC (Interim Design Center), a 30,000-square-foot (2,800 m²) design studio building at the east end of the campus. Current plans are for a new Architecture Building adjacent to the IDC (Interim Design Center).

• Richard Neutra - VDL House - The college maintains the house of renowned modernist architect Richard Neutra, whose wife left the house to the college to continue his legacy.^[30] The house serves as a laboratory for the study of historic preservation and sustainable design and has been used to host college guests and design studio presentations. There are student led tours of the house every Saturday from 11am to 3pm. For more information visit the neutra-vdl.org website ^[31]
• Office for International Studies - The college encourages students to participate in study abroad programs through the CSU International Programs in Italy, Denmark and Canada. In addition the college maintains direct exchange programs^[32] in architecture with the École Spéciale d'Architecture in Paris France, the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia, Kyushu University in Japan, the National Technical University of Athens in Greece, University of Strathclyde in Glasgow Scotland, Hochschule Biberach in Germany, and the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Tamkang University and Chaoyang University of Technology in Taiwan. An average of 60 to 80 students participate each year in the various programs. Under existing agreements, a number of foreign students also study each year at the College.
• Resource Center - A resource library containing 25,000 books, periodicals, technical reports and a special collection of documents from the architectural offices of Richard Neutra, Craig Ellwood, Raphael Soriano, Garrett Eckbo^[33] and Donald Wexler.^[34]
• W. Keith and Janet Kellogg Art Gallery - Located in building 35A, the 4,500-square-foot (420 m²) gallery hosts contemporary art exhibits for the campus and greater Los Angeles community. The building was designed by architecture instructor James Pulliam^[19] and its sculpture garden and entry gates were designed by Italian industrial designer Ettore Sottsass.
• Neutra Medal for Professional Excellence - An annual award given in recognition of an individual's contribution to the environmental design profession. Past recipients include Renzo Piano, Harwell Hamilton Harris (1982), Kisho Kurokawa (1988), Herman Hertzberger, Konrad Wachsmann (1980),^[35] Ralph Rapson (1984), Bruce Schneider-Wessling (1985), Lawrence Halprin (1986), Ian McHarg (1992), Moshe Safdie (1993), Jaime Lerner (1994), Albert Frey (1996), Glenn Murcutt (1998), Samuel Mockbee, Francis Dean, Raymond Kappe, Al Gore (1999), Rafael Viñoly (2000), Jones and Jones (2007), Thom Mayne (2011), Tadao Ando (2012), Michael Rotondi (2014),^[36][37] Enrique Norten (2015).^[38] and Carme Pinós (2016).
• Schrage House - In 2011, the college was pledged the Schrage House designed by renowned Mid-Century Modern architect Raphael Soriano in the 1950s. The $3 million bequest includes funding for the future maintenance of the home.^[39]
• The Dale Prize - "The Dale Prize recognizes planning excellence, creates dialogue between scholars and practitioners, and enriches the education of planning students. Scholar and practitioner awardees demonstrate excellence in a common topic that is selected each year. Awardees spend two days on the campus, meeting with students and participating in a colloquium. The Dale Prize is made possible by an endowment provided by June Dale, wife of the late William R. Dale (Bill Dale)."^[40]
• Link Magazine - A twice a year publication showcasing the accomplishments of students, faculty and alumni in the fields of Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Art and Urban Planning.^[41]