Following graduation from the University of Illinois, Bruce worked in Indiana and in Los Angeles before joining Tucker, Sadler & Bennet here in San Diego. Later Bruce worked for Paul W. Mckim & Associates prior to launching the firm PBD Architects Associated in 1972.
Bruce Dammann was born in Chicago in 1939 and graduated from the University of Illinois with a Bachelor of Architecture degree in 1963. Following graduation he worked in Indiana (for 2 years) and then in Los Angeles (for 1 year) before joining Tucker, Sadler & Bennet, under the direction of Hal Sadler, in San Diego. While working for Paul W. Mckim & Associates (for 2 years), Bruce worked from the Design Center on Fifth Avenue where Leonard Veitzer, Don Goldman, Lloyd Ruocco, Joe Yamada, and John Oldenkamp worked and Ilse Ruocco ran the Design Center retail store and interior design firm.
Mr. Dammann established PBD Architects Associated in 1972 along with O.W. Phipps and Richard Bundy. Bundy left firm in 1974 and O.W. Phipps passed away in 1980 from cancer. Bruce closed PBD Architects in 1995 and concentrated on developing housing projects in San Diego by becoming partners with developers concentrating on small in-fill residential projects. He retired from practice in 2010 after involvement in over 300 projects throughout San Diego.
Partial List of Projects
Adams, Richard & Gail Residence (1986)
2885 Fallbrook Lane, Bay Park
Beetles House (1983)
3066 Arroyo Drive, Mission Hills
Cramer House (1971)
2906 Chicago Street, Bay Park
Dammann Condominiums
1304 24th Street, Golden Hill
Dammann Homes
3169 A Street, Golden Hill
Dammann, Ray Residence (1976)
637 Travelodge Drive, El Cajon
*For the architect's parents
Dammann Townhouses (ca. 1982)
1429 Edgemont Street, South Park
1433 Edgemont Street, South Park
1437 Edgemont Street, South Park
1441 Edgemont Street, South Park
1445 Edgemont Street, South Park
1449 Edgemont Street, South Park
Dammann Townhouses (1973)
2953 Erie Street, Bay Park
2957 Erie Street, Bay Park
2965 Erie Street, Bay Park
Davies House (1980)
2841 Fallbrook Lane, Bay Park
Edgemont Mews (1986)
1401 Edgemont Street, South Park
Energy Conservation House for Family Circle Magazine
(1975)
1205 Canter Road, Escondido
*Approximately 7,000 plans of this design were sold by Family Circle Magazine between 1975-1976
Golden, Robert House (1974)
381 Silvergate Drive, Point Loma
Hall House (1975)
2104 El Amigo Drive, Del Mar
Leipman House (1973)
2916 Chicago Street, Bay Park
Mosley House (1994)
1855 Lyndon Road, Mission Hills
Miller, Kenneth Residence (1978)
3075 Curlew Street, Bankers Hill
Private Residence (1975)
5067 Windsor Drive, Pacific Beach
*Attribution via 2016 real estate listing
Rast House (1980)
4204 Falcon Street, Mission Hills
Silverberg Residence (1978)
3065 Curlew Street, Bankers Hill
Thompson House (1976)
4135 Dillon Way, Bay Park
Wood, William House (1971)
2965 Erie Street, Bay Park
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