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Edificionado is an Oakland-based real estate brokerage specializing in architecturally and historically significant homes. BRE 01883790

2528 Hawthorne, Berkeley

Posted on May 30, 2023 by edificionado

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

Posted on May 22, 2023 by edificionado

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

Posted on May 15, 2023 by edificionado

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

Posted on May 8, 2023 by edificionado

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

Posted on May 1, 2023 by edificionado

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 →

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88 Kensington, Kensington

Posted on April 24, 2023 by edificionado

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

Posted on April 17, 2023 by edificionado

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

Posted on April 10, 2023 by edificionado

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 →

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1860 Meadow, Walnut Creek

Posted on April 3, 2023 by edificionado

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

Posted on March 27, 2023 by edificionado

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 →

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