- 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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2528 Hawthorne, Berkeley
Today we feature a home that began its life as a fairly typical period revival bungalow but sometime in the 50s a second floor was added with a decidedly modernist flavor. It was designed by one of our favorite local … Continue reading
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1091 Creston, Berkeley
Another week, another lovely Roger Lee residence. This one was designed for author Beverly Cleary and her husband Clarence and it remains in beautiful original condition. Most of the living space is carefully laid out on the second floor in … Continue reading
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189 Highland, Kensington
This charming post and beam mid-century is one of four spec homes built together from the same Roger Lee plan. Lee built a number of notable speculative homes around the East Bay including the Reed Place cluster in his own … Continue reading
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264 Saint James, Piedmont
Our featured home today is an exceptionally well-preserved residence designed by local Bay Region modernist John Hans Ostwald. Ostwald’s homes tend to be angular, highly logical, and full of carefully conceived spaces. This example is no exception with its prow-shaped … Continue reading
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1770 Highland, Berkeley
This lovely Bay Region residence is part of the first home designed by Bernard Maybeck in Berkeley. It was commissioned by Charles Keeler whose book “The Simple Home” would codify much of what would become known as the First Bay … Continue reading
88 Kensington, Kensington
Today we feature a beautiful Bay Region mid-century designed by local standouts Campbell and Wong. Worley Wong and John Campbell were both Bay Area natives hailing from Oakland and San Francisco respectively. They met in the army during WWII and … Continue reading
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3360 Dwight, Berkeley
Our featured home today is a particularly creative residence designed by Robert Ratcliff. Here, the public spaces are sheltered under a sprawling pavilion supported by a singular steel column while the private spaces extend out over the carport under a … Continue reading
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3075 Buena Vista, Berkeley
Dmitri Vedensky was Bay Region through and through. He was born and raised in Berkeley and would continue his education at Stanford and Cal before beginning his career in Joseph Esherick’s office. After opening his own practice, Vedensky would focus … Continue reading
Posted in Architect-Designed, Dmitri Vedensky, Mid-Century
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1860 Meadow, Walnut Creek
We are always pleased to see a Karl Kolbeck home come on the market. They are without fail thoughtful and carefully detailed. This particular example from the late 50s already demonstrates a number of the trademarks of his later work … Continue reading
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872 Arlington, Berkeley
This charming First Bay Region residence is an early and fairly understated design by Julia Morgan. The exterior is an interesting combination of Prairie and Shingle styles with what looks like a bit of Tudor half timbering for good measure. … Continue reading