The ads for 1220 Spruce in Berkeley call it a "rare opportunity to own a classic brown shingle home designed by renowned architect Julia Morgan, one of only 49 private residences she built in Berkeley."
Nestled between storybook and traditional homes, a contemporary wonder rises in Berkeley. Refreshingly, neither open-floor plan nor Carrara marble kitchen island can be found here. Phew.
Built in 1968 and later restored by Douglas Burnham of Envelope Design Architectures, this four-story home up in the Berkeley Hills offers a warm midcentury vibe in a rustic, tranquil setting.
And starting at 10:15 a.m. on August 21, the Bay Area will be able to catch the solar eclipse for roughly two minutes. This sighting is rare, and you won’t want to miss it.
Berkeley eats our hearts out, beating or meeting San Francisco in almost every category in college rankings site Niche’s 2017 rankings. SF came in 24th on the same list.
Classic structure going in favor of new glass canopy as part of $7.6 million plaza redesign approved in 2016. The new entrance won’t be ready until 2018.
Kids in Oakland, Emeryville, and Fremont tested for dangerous lead levels in 2012. Meanwhile, Alameda County cities’ lead screening programs go largely unfunded.
Newly seated councilmember admits that he had San Francisco developer’s experimental modular homes in mind when he put the legislation together, and the city is now soliciting bids and scouting locations.
Commuter boats offer cushy cross-bay trips, but only on Fridays, and only if they can get the city of Berkeley to agree that they are permitted after all. Permits or not, the maiden East Bay voyage departed the Port of SF this morning.
Local micro-developer’s invention may finally have its day in the East Bay, as Berkeley considers a measure to create 100-unit prefab building on city property for low-income housing.
Shades of grey got you down? This 1925 Spanish-Med in the Berkeley Hills, with a kaleidoscope of delicate colors, will perk you up. Dramatically different compared to its former glory in 2011, when it sold for $725,000, it returns this week for $1,100,000.
What did Curbed SF readers love in 2016? If the biggest stories of the year are anything to go by, then castles in the Easy Bay, small towns, tilting skyscrapers, and hunting for the elusive Pikachu. Here now are the 10 most read stories of 2016.
Originally built for oil baron/banker Paul 0. Tietzen, the 1910 mansion in Berkeley’s Claremont Court, which went on the market in June, finally sold this week. Initially asking $5.45 million, it closed well below that price for a still warm $3.6 million.
The color gurus at Pantone came up with a springtime-fresh selection for color of 2017—15-0343, aka Greenery. A yellow-green hue that "evokes the first days of spring," the color is meant to bring us back to nature, back to Mother Earth. Here’s where you can see it in action.
The three-story brown shingle home at 66 Panoramic Way in Berkeley, renovated and reconfigured into a triplex, is a historic treat. Noted architect Julia Morgan designed this stellar abode for friend and client Elsie Lee Turner back in 1912.
How refreshing to see a Bay Area midcentury not of the Eichler variety appear on the market. And this 1950 home at 1125 Grizzly Peak Blvd is just that.
Conceived by area architect Robert Nebolon—who, among other things, designed this bonkers houseboat in Mission Creek—this "idea house" (a term that has a tendency to be overused) at 540 Gravatt in the Berkeley Hill "exemplifies the Craftsman movement in the Bay Area," per the listing.
As this Bernal Heights "Scandinavian-style" redo can attest, sometimes, at least for those with an eye firmly planted on the past, a renovation can fly too close to the sun. And when it comes to this circa 1900 home in the Berkeley Hills, a careful albeit ginger refresh is just what’s in order.
It’s fall, y’all, and that means now is the time to witness some downright gorgeous autumnal colors unfurling on the trees—if you live on the East Coast, that is. But we do have a few spots to see fall in action.