The GSD remembers Hubert Donn Logan MAUD ’65, who passed away on August 10, 2024, at the age of 86. Donn was a prominent California architect and urban designer whose career spanned six decades. The eponymous founder of two architecture firms, ELS Architecture and Urban Design (formerly Elbasani & Logan Architects) and Wong Logan Architects, Donn spurred urban revitalization in cities across the San Francisco Bay Area and the United States.

A graduate of the GSD’s burgeoning Urban Design Program under the direction of Dean Jose Lluis Sert, Donn was drawn to urban design theorist Fumihiko Maki, whose ideas influenced Donn’s approach to urban form-making and teaching. Donn was a distinguished educator of urban design studios at UC Berkeley, where he taught for 20 years.

Donn is survived by his wife, Marcy; sister, Bonnie; sons, Lindsey, Jeff (MArch ’88), Christo, Peter, and Thomas; and grandsons, Kiran, Nathan, Helix, and Neon.

Photo courtesy of Peter Logan.