Dwinelle Hall

Built 1952. With more than 300,000 square feet of office and classroom space, an infuriating room-numbering system, and a layout often likened to a maze, Dwinelle is the second largest building on campus. It is named for John W. Dwinelle, a UC regent, state assemblyman, and author of the 1868 "Organic Act" establishing the University of California. In the center is Ishi Court, named in honor of a Native American "found" by anthropologist Alfred Kroeber near Oroville, CA, in 1911 and brought to live in the UC Berkeley Museum of Anthropology.

Because of its site on a hill, Dwinelle has ground-level entrances on four different floors, and the same "floor" may be on two different levels a few feet apart, thanks to the building's dual nature as classroom and office space with their differing height requirements.

Building Details

Floors: 8

Accessible entrances: Usable entries with automatic doors are located on the north side of the building on level B and the east side of the building on level D. Other entrances not requiring stairs are located in the office wing on the east side of level C (not marked as an usable entry). In the classroom wing on the east side of level C (door is not adjacent to a level surface), and the west side of level B (entrance to the Durham Theatre, does not have an automatic door) usable entries are provided.

Restrooms: There are a set of recently remodeled restrooms on the E floor of classroom wing. Both restrooms provide side transfer stalls.

Designated waiting area: Classroom Side: The Designated Waiting Area is located directly across the elevator in the stairwell lobby. Faculty Side: Facing the elevator, you take two rights and enter the stairwell lobby to find the Designated Waiting Area.

Emergency evacuation cabinet: W & N: Classroom Side: The emergency evacuation cabinet is located in the stairwell across from the elevator on level D. Faculty Side: From the main entrance on the left hand side is the emergency evacuation chair on level B.

Pictures of Dwinelle Hall

Dwinelle Building Front Entrance

Dwinelle Hall

Location

Classrooms and Departments

Classics, Rhetoric, Linguistics, History, Comparative Literature, South & Southeast Asian Studies, Film Studies, French, German, Italian Studies, Scandinavian, Slavic Languages, Spanish & Portuguese, ETS