EHDD

Esherick began his career designing houses for the architect Gardner Dailey and maintained an interest in private residences throughout his life.

[2] He taught at the University of California, Berkeley (1952–1985), was among the faculty who supported William Wurster's founding of the College of Environmental Design in 1959, and served as the chair of the Architecture Department (1976–1982).

[2] In the late 1970s, the firm was commissioned to design Monterey Bay Aquarium which opened in 1984 and won the National Honor Award from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) in 1988.

Through the 1980s and continuing to the present, the firm's work has included a wide range of building types and scales in both the public and private sectors.

While building on the legacy of the founder and original principals, in order to better reflect the changes in leadership, the firm adopted the name EHDD architecture.