The House That Students Built

• Daniella Thompson
• Feb 21, 2012

The first Phi Kappa Psi Chapter House on Berkeley’s Northside was designed by the chapter’s founder, Harris C. Allen.

History

When Berkeley’s Home Street Was a Street of Homes

• Daniella Thompson
• Feb 6, 2012

Two historic downtown Brown Shingles are boarded up and slated for removal. Find out how people lived here a hundred years ago, when Walnut Street was called Home Street.

History

UC Berkeley Buildings Inspired by Precedent

• Daniella Thompson
• Jan 23, 2012

The UC Berkeley campus is full of architectural variety. Learn about some of the most impressive buildings and the inspiration for their styles.

History

East Bay Architecture Inspired by Precedent

• Daniella Thompson
• Jan 9, 2012

A number of buildings in the East Bay are modeled after famous architectural monuments. Three of them are reviewed here.

When Walter Ratcliff Was City Architect

• Daniella Thompson
• Dec 12, 2011

Walter H. Ratcliff, Jr. was the only City Architect Berkeley ever had. During his eight years on the job, he accomplished much.

How a Hawaiian Sugar Magnate Made Berkeley Home

• Daniella Thompson
• Dec 5, 2011

The Norwegian Fayé family, which owned sugar plantations in Kauai, brought its brood of eight children to b educated in Berkeley after the breakout of WWI. Some Fayés remained here until the 1980s.

History

In Berkeley, Architect Seth Babson Gets No Respect

• Daniella Thompson
• Nov 21, 2011

Seth Babson was one of the most eminent Victorian architects on the Pacific coast. His two Berkeley houses, both designated landmarks, have been consigned to degradation.

Schweinfurth’s First Unitarian: A Powerhouse of a Church

• Daniella Thompson
• Nov 7, 2011

Daniella Thompson will lecture on “The Berkeley Unitarians and Architectural Innovation” on 18 Nov. 2011 at 7:30 pm, at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley, 1 Lawson Road, Kensington.

History

SBCC: A Grand Building on a Modest Scale

• Daniella Thompson
• Oct 24, 2011

The South Berkeley Community Church, a City of Berkeley Landmark designed by Hugo Storch and built in 1912, follows the residential scale of its Lorin neighborhood.

A Rare Glimpse Inside Berkeley’s Premier Art Deco House

• Daniella Thompson
• Oct 11, 2011

The Joseph W. Harris House, a City of Berkeley Landmark built in 1936, is on the market for the first time in decades.