- Edificionado is an Oakland-based real estate brokerage specializing in architecturally and historically significant homes. The listings we feature here are those that have recently caught our eye due to their provenance or exceptional state of preservation. We select them without regard to size, price, or location and in general we are not the listing broker, so we have no stake in their being posted here. As we are based in Oakland, most of the homes will be in the East Bay, though we may throw one in from elsewhere in the Bay Area from time to time. If you would like to visit any of these homes, or receive a personalized list of properties more tailored to your specific requirements and tastes please contact Christian Olson at colson@edificionado.com or at 510 686 3343.
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- 2967 Avalon, Berkeley - Highly symmetrical colonial revival by Edward Seely: edificionado.wordpress.com/2019/04/18/296… https://t.co/vDbu2Lffih 5 days ago
- 3111 Claremont, Berkeley - Charming and reserved late MCM designed by Loy Chamberlain: edificionado.wordpress.com/2019/04/12/311… https://t.co/rjoiitlZQM 1 week ago
- 1772 Le Roy, Berkeley - Exceptional First Bay Region photography studio cum residence deigned by Bernard Maybeck… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 week ago
- 330 2nd, Oakland - Ace Architect's postmodern Leviathan rises from the streets of Jack London:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 3 weeks ago
- 918 18th, Oakland - Landmark Hume-Willcutt house by Robert Smilie: edificionado.wordpress.com/2019/03/25/918… https://t.co/Kcsbtx8V1w 4 weeks ago
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Author Archives: edificionado
2967 Avalon, Berkeley
Today we feature a sizable and highly symmetrical colonial revival residence. This one was reportedly designed by Edward Seely for well-to-do Berkeley builder J A Marshall. Seely favored the gable roof and here he has blessed the home with two … Continue reading
3111 Claremont, Berkeley
Having grown up in a home designed by Ernest Coxhead with a studio by Bernard Maybeck in the back yard, one might say that Loy Chamberlain’s education in Bay Region design began at a very young age. It would continue … Continue reading
Posted in Architect-Designed, Loy Chamberlain, Mid-Century
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1772 Le Roy, Berkeley
Today we feature an exceptional First Bay Region structure designed by Bernard Maybeck. The Oscar Maurer studio was built for a highly respected photographer who relocated to the East Bay after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. It is a beautifully … Continue reading
330 2nd, Oakland
We don’t often feature commercial structures here, but this particular building was home to one of the Bay Area’s most flamboyant local architecture firms. Ace Architects was responsible for some of the most playful and inventive postmodern homes built in … Continue reading
Posted in Ace Architects, Architect-Designed, Postmodern
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918 18th, Oakland
The Joseph Willcutt house was designed and built by Robert Smilie for a local official of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Smilie was an Oakland-based builder and designer who was involved in many local business ventures including the famous Hotel Metropole … Continue reading
Posted in Architect-Designed, Queen Anne, Robert Smilie, Victorian
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3913 Happy Valley, Lafayette
This sprawling Lafayette mid-century is a bit reminiscent of the work of Richard Danskin who built a great number of homes in Lafayette and Orinda during the 1960s. His trademark low slope roofs interrupted by a high peak are easy … Continue reading
Posted in Architect-Designed, Mid-Century, William Wurster
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1035 Shattuck, Berkeley
Our featured home today is an early and exquisite shingle style craftsman by prolific local designer John Hudson Thomas. Thomas is perhaps best known for his later Secessionist structures but he began his career, like many of his contemporaries, working … Continue reading
