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Berkeley home moves across town, slice of history saved
The second story of the Cheney Cottage makes its way along Sacramento Street on Sunday February 20. Photo: Tracey Taylor. Last Sunday, a house went on a journey across Berkeley. To be precise, it was...
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BAHA’s Spring Tour will focus on villas of Arlington Heights
An Arlington Heights home. Photo courtesy BAHA. The Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association‘s annual Spring Tour, which takes place on Sunday May 8, will this year be devoted to the villas of the...
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Berkeley developer sees future in small, smart homes
The prototype SmartSpace nestled in a secret Berkeley location offers all the essentials for an urban dweller -- and no more. Photos: Tracey Taylor In a top-secret location in Berkeley, Patrick Kennedy...
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Group circulates ballot measure to preserve ice rink
A rendering of Iceland from the environmental report on remodeling it into a Sports Basement A group that worked to place Berkeley Iceland on a city list of historic places is circulating a ballot...
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Landmark Bernard Maybeck home for sale in Berkeley
The Kennedy-Nixon home's recital hall has cathedral windows and clear-heart unfinished redwood paneling Chances to buy — or at a minimum see inside — a Bernard Maybeck designed home in Berkeley come...
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Berkeley Built: Sand hoppers at Second and Cedar streets
Sand hoppers, Berkeley, 2002. Photo: David Wilson Berkeley Built is a new occasional series in which architect David Stark Wilson of WA Design takes a look at a notable Berkeley structure or building....
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Lovingly restored mid-century modern opens for a tour
Joanne Koch has added living space to the 1,125 sq ft home designed by Roger Lee in 1952. Photo: Courtesy Koch Architects Joanne Koch knew it was a tall order: she wanted a mid-century modern home in...
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Nine Berkeley buildings win ‘design excellence’ awards
Comal restaurant in downtown Berkeley, whose interior was designed by Berkeley’s Abueg Morris Architects, was awarded separately for its interior and for its exterior architecture. Full credits in the...
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Berkeley firm, project win AIA SF architecture awards
The North Branch of Berkeley’s Public Library has won two big design awards in a month. Photo: David Wakely Photography The American Institute of Architecture San Francisco announced the winners of its...
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Berkeley Built: Bernard Maybeck’s Senger House
Photo: David Wilson Berkeley Built is an occasional series in which Berkeley’s David Stark Wilson of WA Design takes a look at a notable Berkeley structure or building. I’ve always been a fan of...
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Modernist Donald Olsen house in Berkeley sells for $1m
Donald Olsen’s glass house in North Berkeley sold this week for the first time since it was built in 1954. Photo: Berkeley Hills Realty/EBRD An architecturally distinguished mid-century modern home in...
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Berkeley’s brown shingles: The original party houses
The Stromberg House in Berkeley, 1966, designed by Roger Lee. Featured in “Shingle Style,” the latest book from Ace Architects owners Lucia Howard and David Weingarten. Photo: David Duncan...
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Berkeley architects, Berkeley home on East Bay tour
The Roll-Up House, designed by Berkeley’s Leger-Wanaselja Architecture. Photo: AIA A fresh twist on an artfully crafted contemporary home by a Berkeley architecture firm, and a sensitive updating of a...
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56 years after her death, Julia Morgan wins top award
Julia Morgan: recognition for her as an architect in her own right has been recent. Photo: Creative Commons Last month, the American Institute of Architects awarded its highest honor, a Gold Medal, to...
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Donald Olsen: A Berkeley architect of high modernism
The Metz House in Point Richmond, designed by Berkeley-based Donald Olsen about whom a new book has been published. Photo: Rondal Partridge The homes designed by Donald Olsen stand out as remarkably...
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4 stunning Berkeley homes on East Bay architecture tour
See inside this beautiful home, designed by David Wilson, on AIA East Bay’s 2014 home tour on Saturday Aug. 9. Photo: courtesy AIA East Bay Four beautiful Berkeley homes will be on show at this year’s...
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How Quirky is Berkeley? The former Rivoli Theatre
Former Rivoli Theatre, 1941 San Pablo Ave. in Berkeley. Photo: John Storey I venture to say that most people who have driven by the 99¢ Only Stores on San Pablo Avenue just north of University Avenue...
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11 Berkeley projects recognized for design excellence
The UC Berkeley-owned Dwight Way Childcare Center, one of 11 buildings recognized by BDA this year for its excellent design. Photo: Siegel & Strain Architects Berkeley Design Advocates, a volunteer...
View ArticleOp-ed: Calling Le Corbusier as a witness in Berkeley
The Court of Public Discussion on current Berkeley development matters now evokes Time magazine’s ‘Architect of the Century’ for his take on things. When the leaders of post-Great War Paris decided on...
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Three Berkeley homes on AIA East Bay architecture tour
‘Canyon repose': a Berkeley home that had been “remodeled one too many times.” Photo: Matthew Millman Photography Three Berkeley homes are featured on the American Institute of Architects’ fifth East...
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