Category Archives: Robert Ratcliff

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 →

Our featured home today is a lovely Bay Region mid-century designed by Robert Ratcliff. Robert was the eldest of Walter Ratcliff’s children and would eventually be heir to the Ratcliff architecture dynasty, but in the early 50s he was mostly … Continue reading →

This intriguing Bay Region modernist residence was designed by Robert Ratcliff but it is a bit of a departure from the low slope roofs that typified much of his work. Here, it looks almost as though he is channeling his … Continue reading →

Our featured home today comes with a bit of a story. The home was originally built in 1963 by Stanley Hiller and it was the first home constructed in Hiller Highlands. Hiller was a precocious talent who started attending UC … Continue reading →

This beautifully composed Berkeley mid-century is a typically elegant and restrained design by Robert Ratcliff. Ratcliff would inherit a very successful architectural practice when his father Walter retired in 1955, but it was Robert’s vision that would really propel the … Continue reading →

This interesting Oakland Hills mid-century has seen a fair amount of alteration over the years but there is happily still a good deal of period flavor left to enjoy. The home is reported to have been designed by Robert Ratcliff … Continue reading →